The Windows Mobile 7 Search and Windows Mobile 7 Browser teams are currently looking for internal testers, or, “SDETs” (Software Design Engineer in Test), to work out the kinks of the up-and-coming mobile OS. On Microsoft’s Career website, there are a couple of jobs posted, each stating the following:

Windows Mobile 7 Search: “The Windows Mobile 7 Search team is looking for a strong and experienced Software Development Engineer in Test to join the team developing our next generation of Search for mobile devices. There will be significant cross group interactions with the Bing team, so you should have experience with working cross team on complex engineering initiatives.” (Link)

Windows Mobile 7 Browser: “The Windows Mobile 7 Browser team is looking for a strong an experienced software test lead to own the team testing our next generation mobile internet developer tools and the underling document object models supporting those tools. You will be responsible for a team of test engineers building and testing the next generation IE mobile programming interfaces and tools. There will be significant interactions with the Desktop IE team and so you should have experience with working cross team on complex engineering initiatives.” (Link)

Also of note is a bit of information contained in a no-longer-existing-but-Google-cached Microsoft job posting that puts a lot of emphasis on just how important Windows Mobile 7 is to the company. Check out this quote:

“Windows Mobile 7 is a huge, important bet for the company and the team has benefited from a recent influx of senior talent from around the company.” (Link)

I knew WM7 was the next big thing from the company, but it almost sounds like WM7 is becoming the Windows Longhorn of their mobile OS! Windows Mobile 7 has been on the roadmaps for years now and that statement above sounds like they’re treating it as if it’s an all-or-none gamble.

Lastly, there’s a job posting from the MSN Mobile Search team, whose core mission is to, “deliver search experiences on mobile phones, with a mandate to push the space’s boundaries and to dazzle users in an high bar environment.” The person who fills that position is noted to, “drive relationships with partner teams such as Seadragon and Photosynth in Live, Virtual Earth in MSN and various image and voice recognition technology partners in research, as well as teams in MSN and Windows Mobile 7.” (Link)

And that’s it for my Windows Mobile 7 kick for the day! Be sure to check out the links to those job postings to get a bit more information regarding them… especially if you’re interested in applying for them. =)

-Stephen
http://msftkitchen.com