Windows 8 Embedded Confirmed
Last Updated on Sunday, 22 August 2010 01:15 Written by Mire_B Sunday, 22 August 2010 12:06
It appears that Windows 8 Client and Windows 8 Server will be joined by Windows 8 Embedded. There’s no telling if customers will get Windows Embedded Standard 8, but the next version of Windows Embedded will certainly be based on Windows vNext. No real surprise here, Microsoft is simply doing a repeat of the Windows 7 – Windows Embedded Standard 7 pairing.
Software Development Engineer in Test-Windows Embedded (731223) Job
Date: Aug 20, 2010
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job Category: Software Engineering: Test
Location: United States, WA, Redmond
Job ID: 731223 24731
Product: Windows Embedded
Division: Entertainment & Devices Division
This Job is eligible for the following work arrangements :Flex Time
The Windows Embedded for Vertical Industries team is looking for an experienced and strong SDET. Our team delivers Windows Embedded toolkit and Windows Embedded Ready solutions for several key device categories like Point of Service, Thin clients, Set top box/Connected TV, Digital signage, Multi-function printers, Industrial automation, etc…
Our current product, Windows Embedded 7, is the next version of the Windows Embedded tool kit that uses the same binaries and technology as the regular Windows 7 product, but with the potential for much smaller footprint and more robust OS. The idea is to remove any and all unnecessary features so that the device works in custom and usually down sized environments. Our customers deliver a wide variety of solutions from Multifunction print devices to Kiosks and ATM machines, thin client machines to industrial automation. Think of Windows Embedded 7 as a Windows 7 solution which can be tailored directly to the customers’ needs. We interact with both MSR as well as the core Windows groups as well as other teams throughout the company to provide the customers with the rich Windows Experience.
As an SDET on our team, you will be an expert in providing feedback on product design and user scenarios, ensuring testability of our product, developing test suites, and contributing to our automated testing infrastructure. Additional responsibilities include mentoring other SDETs in testing methodologies. A passion for Engineering Excellence will also be essential as it will be crucial to enabling our Product Unit to rapidly innovate in the Mobile space. This team offers an opportunity to development significant knowledge about many features in Windows, gain significant customer exposure through a combination of blogs, DLs, and customer events, develop an early view on future expansion to other areas including thin clients, POS, multi-function printers, and Win 8 Embedded and last but not the least, an opportunity to work with a product and organization that is very successful in the financial and business sense.
Learn MoreWindows 8 Hardware Readiness – Helpimg IHVs with Building Devices
Last Updated on Sunday, 15 August 2010 01:28 Written by Mire_B Saturday, 14 August 2010 10:53
Expect Windows 8 to enjoy a level of hardware support similar to that of Windows 7. As a part of the Windows 8 Hardware Readiness Program, members of the Windows team will work with IHVs (independent hardware vendors) to help them build their devices and ensure that drivers work with Windows vNext.
Senior Program Manager-Windows Job at Microsoft
Are you interested in working closely with our key IHV partners to help the launch of future versions of Windows? Do you enjoy working closely with a motivated team solving tough technical and organizational problems? Do you have excellent time management, task prioritization and communication skills along with an ability to quickly understand technical issues? Do you enjoy working with product teams throughout Microsoft in an effort to drive our partners’ bugs to resolution? Are you a motivated self-starter interested in working in a fast-growing team to address the ever-changing hardware ecosystem landscape? If the answers are yes then we have a great position for you.
The IHV Readiness team is part of the Ecosystem Engineering team in the PC Ecosystem & Planning organization. We are looking for the right individuals to help us grow our program focusing on technical engagement with key IHV partners. These partners will need your deep engagement assistance to help resolve issues around developing devices for Windows. You’ll work closely with Windows core feature teams to understand their partnering needs while having a deep engagement with a set of IHV partners. You’ll be assisting partners throughout the Windows product cycle to support efficient development/test planning and motivate them to conduct focused testing and deliver on overall hardware readiness for Windows 8. Your efforts will focus on refining and leading a successful program, building relationships with your managed partners, facilitating the early identification and proactive resolution of issues, and acting as the main line of communication between IHV testing and our internal Microsoft teams.
Learn MoreNew Windows 8 Modern Authentication Technology in the Making
Last Updated on Sunday, 11 July 2010 03:05 Written by Mire_B Sunday, 11 July 2010 03:04
The authentication technologies in Windows will advance to the next level in Windows 8. At least this is the word from a job listing for a position on the Modern User Authentication Team.
Job Category: Software Engineering: Development
Location: United States, WA, Redmond
Job ID: 722498 19630
Product: Windows
Division: Windows Division
The Modern User Authentication Team (part of the Windows Security Team) is looking for a smart and motivated individual to help design and develop the next version of the Windows Modern Authentication technology.
Modern Authentication for Windows includes a vast array of technologies including smart cards and smart card-like devices, fingerprint authentication, facial recognition, voice recognition, smart phones, web authentication and more.
The inclusion of biometric devices and devices that can be used for biometric authentication on notebook computers has reached a fever pitch and it is becoming difficult to purchase a laptop without such a device. These devices include fingerprint readers, cameras and microphones. Other devices, such as smart phones and USB memory sticks are also increasingly adopting biometric technologies. In addition to biometric technologies, Smart Cards are increasing in usage spearheaded by major governments around the globe. We need to expand our current Smart Card offering in Windows to simplify and promote the use of these amazing devices. Smart Cards aren’t necessarily “cards” in the modern world and include devices such as USB sticks, mobile phones and biometric Smart Cards.
With Windows 7 we made great advances into this area and will increase our investments in the future.
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