Experience gained through coursework, internships, or professional work in software development, debugging, or systems analysis. Familiarity with debugging techniques and an interest in system performance and optimization. Understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including testing, code quality, and maintainability. Solid programming, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Ability to learn new technologies, collaborate effectively, and use data to support decisions. Coursework, internship, or project experience with operating systems or system-level development. Familiarity with Windows internals, performance analysis, or power optimization. Interest in learning how hardware, firmware, operating systems, and applications interact. Exposure to telemetry, data analysis, statistics, or cloud data platforms. Experience collaborating on team projects and communicating technical ideas clearly.