SHPE's Weekly Electronic Newsletter (SWEN)
1st Issue: 01/15/07 - 01/21/07
2nd Issue: 01/22/07 - 01/28/07
3rd Issue: 01/29/07 - 02/04/07
4th Issue: 02/05/07 - 02/11/07
5th Issue: 02/19/07 - 02/25/07
6th Issue: 02/26/07 - 03/04/07
7th Issue: 03/04/07 - 03/20/07
8th Issue: 03/20/07 - 03/25/07
1. New Microsoft Opportunities
[top]Software Developer Full Time & Intern Positions - Want to create Software that hundreds of millions of people will use?
Software Developer---Virtual Machine Performance Team
Interested in virtual machines and operating systems? Want to have a major impact on the next-generation Windows Virtualization technology? The Virtual Machine Performance team drives improvements to ensure Windows Virtualization is fast, scalable, and responsive. Built on a new architecture, this will be a core OS technology in every Windows server and desktop in the near future. In this team, you would work on critical components and paths throughout the software stack: from hypervisor, to kernel, to I/O stacks, and to CLR. You would build experience in architectural and cross-component design, strengthen design and development skills, and devise new algorithms to solve interesting and challenging problems. You would work with a wide range of people from architects to developers in many teams and present at meetings with senior and executive management. If you enjoy developing inventive solutions, are passionate about quality, and want to have an impact on a technology that will transform computing in the next decade, send us your resume!
Software Developer in Test - Outlook
Long the world's leader in communications and time management software, the Outlook team is gearing up for the next release and looking for fantastic developers who are capable of driving a brilliant experience for our customers, many of whom "live in Outlook" as their primary productivity tool. We are a fun-loving team of talented testers who love our customers. Working in Outlook will give you the opportunity to impact the productivity of the hundreds of millions of users who live their lives inside Outlook. You may have the chance to make Outlook work the way you always wanted. As a tester in Outlook you will be exposed to a wide spectrum of technology, ranging from low-level database technology to state-of-the-art UI. Strong testing ability and solid coding ability is required.
Software Developer - Office Graphics
Are you passionate about graphics? With the 2007 release of Office, we are taking the first step in making it faster and easier to create great looking documents. Our team's goal is to help make customer's jobs more fun, efficient, and effective when it comes to creating documents and presentations. Build the next version of Office Visio, the premier graphical diagramming application. We'll build on our success with integrated data visualization, make it easier and faster to create rich diagrams with cool graphics, and push into new areas for our business and technical customers. The Visio Team is just beginning the planning and design for Visio's next version; every developer gets a chance to participate in the software design, so join now and use your design skills! The Visio feature set and codebase are diverse, so you may get to use a variety of skills ranging from data structure design, threading, XML, UI, and interfacing with databases and business applications. Come join us to take the next leap forward in this space by leveraging rich media.
Software Developer - Office Shared Services:
Are you ready to stop pirates of Office software in their tracks? Do you want to work on a team that has an opportunity to make an impact on the revenue stream of one of the world's most widely adopted and depended upon systems of applications and server products? Our products are under increasingly sophisticated attacks by professional hackers and organized software pirate groups. A 1% reduction in piracy of our software could increase revenues by $100Ms worldwide. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to integrate new licensing technologies into Office products. You will create features that encourage users to buy Office rather than pirate it by providing additional value and enticing new scenarios. You will own defining how these new features work. You will engage marketing and program management, take scenarios and specifications and design high quality features that will benefit the Office system, Office customers, and help to curb software piracy worldwide. You will also take part in creating the strategy and defining the product, building the anti-piracy expertise and knowledge base that this software development organization needs, and work with other teams in the company to define and deliver a unified attack on software piracy.
Software Developer - InfoPath
Did you know that roughly 80% of the forms in use today are filled out on paper!? Would you like to be part of the team whose mission it is to drive the migration of paper forms and the adoption of Microsoft technology in new markets? Come join the InfoPath team! At InfoPath, our goal is to make the process of creating electronic forms as easy as creating a spreadsheet. InfoPath 2003 and 2007 have started to make this a reality. We need developers who will help us make this process even easier by simplifying our user interface and making the design of forms more accessible to information workers. The ideal candidate for this position is a strong developer who has a passion for customers and new technologies. You will play a primary role in designing and implementing key features that will help make InfoPath easier to use. The position will require you to work proactively with both the Program Management and Test teams on new features for the next wave of InfoPath. You will also work independently to design and implement those features that you own.
Software Developer - Windows Experience Team
Do you want to impact the experience of the software used by more people than any other software in the world? The Windows Experience team is looking for a developer to assist the team in building strong end user value features in the areas of pc to pc communication, playback of media around the home, and enhancing the overall Windows user experience to be more lightweight and responsive to users' needs. You will need a demonstrated ability to develop and schedule user facing features and a track record of meeting deadlines. Experience with at least one software product from design through shipping is desired. If you are a creative, self motivated individual who wants to work in a fast paced group and have big impact on the experience hundreds of millions of users have when using Windows, this is a good job for you.
Software Developer in Test - Windows Live
Come join the team that is developing the synchronization platform for Windows Vista! The Windows Vista team is looking for a strong Software Design Engineer/Test to help deliver the next generation in synchronization user interface and engines. Primary responsibilities include: Manual testing; Filing well written product defect reports based on customer scenarios; Creating test plans using model-based testing; Developing and maintaining automated tests for graphical user interfaces as well as Win32 and managed APIs; Developing Platform SDK samples; Monitoring our customer responses via news groups, PSS, on site visits and beta feedback; Working cross group with test, program management and development. Qualified candidates should have strong coding proficiency in C/C++. Knowledge of SQL, ASP.NET, Win32 APIs, COM, PERL and JScript is a plus but not required.
Software Developer - Windows Live
Are you looking for an interesting and exciting opportunity? Here is your chance to join a team dedicated to improving and enriching the audio experience for millions of Windows Vista users around the world. We successfully delivered on our Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) initiative and High Definition Audio (HD Audio) in Vista and are looking to enhance this work and incorporate new technologies for the next version of Windows. A few of the areas that we look to explore are an improved and higher quality Bluetooth Audio experience, IP connected audio/speakers, rich HDMI support, and support for USB 2.0 audio devices.
The Audio Driver team is looking for a talented, flexible developer who is passionate about music/sound hardware and wants to create killer audio solutions. Overall work will include development on existing and emerging audio driver technologies, as well as interfacing with the audio infrastructure team on the evolution of the Windows audio architecture. This position also gives the opportunity to work with many of the leading hardware companies and individuals in the audio industry. The goal of this team is to produce the highest quality driver solutions for industry standardized audio hardware creating a "Drivers Just Work" end user experience.
Software Developer- Officelabs
Officelabs is an incubator focused on pushing the boundaries of productivity experiences. As an incubator, the role of officelabs is to experiment with new ideas to understand their value by writing code and getting the projects in front of real users. If an idea is valuable enough, it can be spun off into a new product or as part of an existing product. Officelabs members work on any project that excites them, including projects they develop on their own. More compelling ideas will attract more people to work on them. To maximize impact they tend to work with partner teams closely - partners can be product teams, Microsoft Research, or other labs teams. Part of the officelabs philosophy is to foster an open innovation community inside Microsoft through code sharing and community events. As a member of officelabs you will have talented peers in every discipline available to help: market research, user experience, design, ethnography, development, test, project management. The team is made up of diverse individuals from around the company to maximize perspective.
Please email your resume to ranid@microsoft.com by April 9
[top]2. Underrepresented Senator Position
[top]Purdue Student Government is in the process of selecting the two new Underrepresented Senators for the 2007-2008 session. This is a great opportunity for students to get more involved in the minority community on campus, as well as is a potential avenue to make a large impact at Purdue, as students meet with various members of the faculty and administration. This position would require a 4-5 hour commitment each week, but is well worth the time for the connections and experience the Senator obtains.
Applications are due on April 6th to the PSG office, Stewart G6, by 5PM, or they can be emailed to Christa Wessels at cwessels@purdue.edu.
They will be having a meeting to go over applications on April 12th and they will be hosting interviews after they receive applications.
[top]3. PRSA Game Night
[top]Please join us this thursday to play some dominoes, spanish cards, twister and boards game all night at the LCC, and have fun with your friends of PRSA. Everybody is welcome. For more info and more PRSA activties, please visit: www.purdue.edu/prsa.
PRSA Game Night
When: Thursday, March 29
Where: LCC Builiding (600 N. Russel St.)
Time: 8pm to 12am
Free snacks and refreshments
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