Top Minds Finding Technical Solutions
At Microsoft Research, the research environment is friendly and informal, yet focused and intense. We participate actively in the worldwide research community. Your colleagues are the top minds in computing and related engineering and social science disciplines. They’re here because Microsoft offers them the opportunity to see their research in products and services that will be used by millions of people all over the world.
Life at Microsoft Research
Find out what it’s like working in one of the six Microsoft Research labs or centers around the globe.
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India (Bangalore, India) |
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Asia (Beijing, China) Since its founding in November 1998, the Asia lab has been Microsoft’s basic research arm in the Asia-Pacific region. Full-time positions | Internships |
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New England (Cambridge, MA, U.S.) Opened in July 2008, Microsoft Research New England continues to build on Microsoft’s commitment to advance the state of the art. Full-time positions | Internships |
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Cambridge (Cambridge, U.K.) Founded in 1997, the Cambridge lab conducts basic computer science research on a wide variety of topics. Full-time positions | Internships |
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Redmond (Redmond, WA, U.S.) Founded on the Microsoft Redmond campus in 1991, the Redmond lab has most of the computer scientists working at this location. Full-time positions | Internships |
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Silicon Valley (Mountain View, CA, U.S.) Founded in August 2001, the Silicon Valley lab focuses on distributed computing research. In January 2006, the Silicon Valley lab merged with Microsoft’s Bay Area Research Center in San Francisco. Full-time positions | Internships |
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eXtreme Computing Group (Redmond, WA, U.S.) |
Internship Experience
“MSR is the center of attraction for Computer Science and Computer Engineering... To meet so many smart people in one place and to work closely with the production team was like living in a dream...”
— Esin Saka, Microsoft Research intern, 2008
