Microsoft heavily recruiting for Windows Phone Hardware Engineering team

Microsoft just posted some job new job opportunities and i theme has surfaced: they're actively recruiting for what appears to be a new Hardware squad, a sub-grouping in the Mobile Communication Business (MCB). The MCB is tasked with improving Microsoft'south

...focus and processes to rapidly commercialize the new Windows Phone (WP) Bone, software and services with our OEM and Mobile Operator partners. Ane component of this development is the Hardware grouping which is responsible for helping drive rapid commercialization of WP by active management of relationships and technical management with central hardware partners.

No, it'southward not Microsoft building a self-branded Windows Phone, just rather a stronger hand in guiding the time to come evolution of Windows Phone hardware, working in conjunction with OEM partners for rapid deployment. A few of the jobs for this Hardware group include:

Director, Hardware Engineering
Technical Senior Program Manager "to help us design globe-class hardware products"
Senior Engineer 1; Senior Engineer 2

Such loftier level positions sounds to the states like this is a new undertaking for Microsoft (or a lot of key personal went missing recently). In improver, the director will:

... pb a team of hardware developers that design, develop, and test multi-protocol wireless implementations for mobile applications, with an eye toward price reduction, ability consumption and functioning comeback, whilst maximizing re-use and minimizing fourth dimension to market. You will work with business, industrial design, user feel, hardware, and software teams to empathise, identify and drive requirements and identify the emerging technologies that will enable new user scenarios.

Phone call the states crazy, but if this whole grouping is new (or at least being revamped), it sounds to us like Microsoft is going to become more than strict and focused on hardware for Windows Phone, to the point of nearly directing primal OEM partners on new devices (simply we're sure they'd call it "collaborating"). If so, it'south an interesting arroyo of using Microsoft's vast resources and research capabilities to do a lot of hardware engineering, without committing to making the hardware themselves. Thoughts? Audio off in comments.

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