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Microsoft Innovation Hub empowers customers to overcome their business challenges through innovative engagements that integrate multiple areas of expertise. We drive AI transformation by leveraging evolving needs and emerging business opportunities. As the future of technologists and enterprise technical sellers, we guide customers from envisioning solutions to implementation. We deliver the Microsoft value story through immersive experiences, strengthening customer trust through deep engagements in exceptional environments.
As a Principal Solution Engineer - Innovation Hub in the Microsoft Innovation Hub, working onsite at the Hub in Detroit, Michigan, you will merge business and technical requirements to craft comprehensive solutions, working seamlessly with various stakeholders. You will conduct discovery sessions to understand customer needs and provide strategic recommendations and best practices tailored to their specific needs. Implementing robust AI transformation solutions and optimizing the integration of various technologies and services will be key aspects of your role. Additionally, you will leverage consultancy skills to foster collaboration among technical resources and stakeholders, ensuring alignment and effective teamwork. This role is 100% Microsoft onsite only.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Delivering customer engagements: Prepare and deliver technical engagements including strategy sessions, envisioning workshops, architecture design sessions and rapid prototyping to demonstrate key capabilities, validate against identified risks and finalize technology choices.
- AI Transformation Leadership: Be the trusted voice within the business and for customers on the latest AI platform and technology trends, guiding their transformation journeys. By prioritizing AI use cases through design thinking workshops, you will lead these journeys effectively. You will be a valued contributor to Microsoft’s strategy in your area, ensuring the Hub is proactively aligned with the right customers to drive real impact.
- Strategic Vision and Planning: Own and execute a clear strategic vision for AI transformation initiatives on a set of targeted accounts, aligning with organizational goals and customer needs by collaborating and orchestrating cross-functional teams.
- Solution Design and Architecture: Develop comprehensive solution architectures based on patterns and practices that are tied to customer requirements and ensure that solutions are scalable, secure and optimized for performance. By utilizing consultation skills, you will uncover and prioritize opportunities, ensuing solutions are addressing real customer needs.
- Cross Platform Collaboration: Adopt a holistic approach to integrate capabilities across the entire cloud platform, identifying synergies and optimizing cross-platform integration. You will work with your peers and stakeholders to make the Innovation Hub the home of Cross Solution AI Transformation.
- Technical Depth: Maintain and grow expertise in creating business value on top of the business applications including sales, services and marketing and Microsoft 365 platform to support AI transformation initiatives. Stay updated with the market trends and collaborate with the technical communities.
- Technical Sales and Sales Leadership: Act as a strategic change agent within the business to shape Microsoft's programs and engineering offerings. Lead the creation of scalable, field-relevant assets through internal communities. Champion Hub engagement success by connecting technical capabilities to sales opportunities and serving as a trusted voice with sales leaders and account teams.
- This role is 100% Microsoft onsite only.
Qualifications
Required (RQs)
Other Requirements
- This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications (PQs)
- 5+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect or equivalent, with deep hands-on expertise designing and delivering solutions across Microsoft AI and productivity technologies, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, Copilot Cowork, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, agents, and Agent 365 / Microsoft 365 E7.
- Enterprise Architect Experience: Proven experience in designing and implementing large-scale, complex AI and cloud solutions that align with business goals and technical requirements. Taking a consultative approach: ability to lead structured discovery and facilitation, quantify business value, identify risks and constraints, and provide strategic recommendations tailored to customer needs.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft productivity suites and AI services, demonstrating technical depth in solution architecture, agent development, integrations, and scalable enterprise deployments.
- Experience designing secure, governed, and compliant AI solutions, applying responsible AI principles to enable sustainable work transformation and operational excellence.
- AI Solution Design Experience: Expertise in designing architectures, building, and deploying AI solutions. Experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, adjacent technologies, architecture designs, migrations, and industry standards. Understanding of AI related Azure services.
Solution Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process.
Microsoft Innovation Hub empowers customers to overcome their business challenges through innovative engagements that integrate multiple areas of expertise. We drive AI transformation by leveraging evolving needs and emerging business opportunities. As the future of technologists and enterprise technical sellers, we guide customers from envisioning solutions to implementation. We deliver the Microsoft value story through immersive experiences, strengthening customer trust through deep engagements in exceptional environments.
As a Principal Solution Engineer - Innovation Hub in the Microsoft Innovation Hub, working onsite at the Hub in Detroit, Michigan, you will merge business and technical requirements to craft comprehensive solutions, working seamlessly with various stakeholders. You will conduct discovery sessions to understand customer needs and provide strategic recommendations and best practices tailored to their specific needs. Implementing robust AI transformation solutions and optimizing the integration of various technologies and services will be key aspects of your role. Additionally, you will leverage consultancy skills to foster collaboration among technical resources and stakeholders, ensuring alignment and effective teamwork. This role is 100% Microsoft onsite only.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Delivering customer engagements: Prepare and deliver technical engagements including strategy sessions, envisioning workshops, architecture design sessions and rapid prototyping to demonstrate key capabilities, validate against identified risks and finalize technology choices.
- AI Transformation Leadership: Be the trusted voice within the business and for customers on the latest AI platform and technology trends, guiding their transformation journeys. By prioritizing AI use cases through design thinking workshops, you will lead these journeys effectively. You will be a valued contributor to Microsoft’s strategy in your area, ensuring the Hub is proactively aligned with the right customers to drive real impact.
- Strategic Vision and Planning: Own and execute a clear strategic vision for AI transformation initiatives on a set of targeted accounts, aligning with organizational goals and customer needs by collaborating and orchestrating cross-functional teams.
- Solution Design and Architecture: Develop comprehensive solution architectures based on patterns and practices that are tied to customer requirements and ensure that solutions are scalable, secure and optimized for performance. By utilizing consultation skills, you will uncover and prioritize opportunities, ensuing solutions are addressing real customer needs.
- Cross Platform Collaboration: Adopt a holistic approach to integrate capabilities across the entire cloud platform, identifying synergies and optimizing cross-platform integration. You will work with your peers and stakeholders to make the Innovation Hub the home of Cross Solution AI Transformation.
- Technical Depth: Maintain and grow expertise in creating business value on top of the business applications including sales, services and marketing and Microsoft 365 platform to support AI transformation initiatives. Stay updated with the market trends and collaborate with the technical communities.
- Technical Sales and Sales Leadership: Act as a strategic change agent within the business to shape Microsoft's programs and engineering offerings. Lead the creation of scalable, field-relevant assets through internal communities. Champion Hub engagement success by connecting technical capabilities to sales opportunities and serving as a trusted voice with sales leaders and account teams.
- This role is 100% Microsoft onsite only.
Qualifications
Required (RQs)
Other Requirements
- This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications (PQs)
- 5+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect or equivalent, with deep hands-on expertise designing and delivering solutions across Microsoft AI and productivity technologies, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Chat, Copilot Cowork, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, agents, and Agent 365 / Microsoft 365 E7.
- Enterprise Architect Experience: Proven experience in designing and implementing large-scale, complex AI and cloud solutions that align with business goals and technical requirements. Taking a consultative approach: ability to lead structured discovery and facilitation, quantify business value, identify risks and constraints, and provide strategic recommendations tailored to customer needs.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft productivity suites and AI services, demonstrating technical depth in solution architecture, agent development, integrations, and scalable enterprise deployments.
- Experience designing secure, governed, and compliant AI solutions, applying responsible AI principles to enable sustainable work transformation and operational excellence.
- AI Solution Design Experience: Expertise in designing architectures, building, and deploying AI solutions. Experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructures, adjacent technologies, architecture designs, migrations, and industry standards. Understanding of AI related Azure services.
Solution Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process.
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon36
- PwC5
- NIKE5
- Apple3
- TikTok3
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail
- Technology & Software
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces
- Energy
- Manufacturing
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in innovation engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, industrial design, or a related technical field
- Experience leading cross-functional product or process innovation projects
- Proficiency with prototyping tools, CAD software, or rapid development methodologies
- Familiarity with design thinking, agile, or stage-gate innovation frameworks
- Strong data analysis skills to evaluate feasibility and measure pilot outcomes
- Excellent communication skills for presenting concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Tips for Your Innovation Engineer Job Search
Quantify your prototyping and pilot outcomes
Hiring managers for innovation engineer roles want to see impact, not just activity. Replace phrases like 'led a cross-functional team' with concrete results: cycle time reduced, cost saved, or products moved from concept to pilot. Numbers turn a resume into evidence.
Align your portfolio to stage-gate processes
Many innovation engineer postings require familiarity with structured innovation frameworks like stage-gate or design thinking. If your portfolio includes projects, label each one by phase, from ideation through commercialization, so reviewers immediately see where you add value.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists innovation engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that match your domain depth
Innovation engineer roles in medical devices, automotive, and consumer electronics require different technical backgrounds. Filter openings by industry first, then by tools like CAD, TRIZ, or agile product development methods, so your application speaks directly to what that team builds.
Prepare a whiteboard or case-style challenge
Many innovation engineer interviews include a live problem-solving exercise where you are given an ambiguous brief and asked to structure a response in real time. Practice framing the problem, stating your assumptions aloud, and proposing a testable solution before finalizing anything.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
Innovation engineer roles vary widely in how much autonomy you get over project selection and technology choices. During offer conversations, ask about the team's current pipeline, how ideas get prioritized, and what budget or tooling access the role carries. Those details shape day-to-day work as much as salary does.
Innovation Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most innovation engineers?
The most active employers for innovation engineers right now are Amazon, PwC, and NIKE, and the most openings are in Washington, California, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand tends to be highest in manufacturing, healthcare technology, and consumer products companies running active R&D programs.
How many innovation engineer jobs are remote?
About 70% of innovation engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the share varies by specialization. Roles focused on digital product innovation, software-driven process improvement, and technology scouting tend to offer more remote flexibility than positions tied to physical labs, prototyping facilities, or manufacturing floors.
How do you become an innovation engineer?
Start with a technical degree in engineering, industrial design, or a closely related field, then build hands-on experience through internships, capstone projects, or early-career roles where you move ideas from concept to prototype. Develop fluency in at least one structured innovation methodology such as design thinking or agile, and build a portfolio that shows measurable outcomes from projects you have led or contributed to significantly.
How do you get hired as an innovation engineer with little experience?
Focus on project-based evidence rather than years on the job. Hackathon wins, independent prototypes, senior capstone projects, and contributions to open innovation challenges all demonstrate the core skill set employers want. Applying to rotational engineering programs or innovation labs within larger companies is a practical entry point, since those roles are designed to develop early-career candidates with the right mindset and foundational skills.
What does the innovation engineer interview process look like?
Most innovation engineer hiring processes include an initial screening call with a recruiter or hiring manager, followed by a technical or case-style interview where you work through an ambiguous problem in real time. Later rounds typically include a portfolio review, a panel interview with cross-functional stakeholders, and sometimes a take-home design or feasibility challenge. Interviewers prioritize how you structure problems and communicate trade-offs over whether your final answer is correct.
Where can I find and apply to innovation engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to innovation engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from companies across the United States. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your background and goals, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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