Senior Hardware Dev Engineer, HWEng - Accelerated Server Platform Development

Senior Hardware Dev Engineer, HWEng - Accelerated Server Platform Development

Do you enjoy designing scalable complex computing systems & solving difficult problems while driving influential change to a hyperscale environment? Are you curious about the systems used to run the largest cloud computing infrastructures in the world? Do you thrive in a fast paced and ever-changing environment?

Our team designs, builds and operates Amazon's fleet of Accelerated Servers using Internal Amazon design silicon or specialized purpose accelerators (EC2.TRN, INF, G, F + more instance types). We solve systemic hardware issues and we build hardware and software systems to detect and mitigate future recurrences so that our customers can experience the highest quality of service possible!

You will be responsible for owning the design and operations of a brand new segment of servers for the AWS fleet. You will be responsible for development of individual boards, managing third party ODM's, integrating components from within and outside of Amazon and integrating firmware/software stacks on top of the hardware to produce high quality designs for our customers.

As the end-to-end owner of a complex server fleet, our team works closely with partners to root cause failures and drive changes back into our current & future designs. Nothing is complete without closed loop corrective actions which drive changes back into our development processes and behavior specifications.

As a member of the AWS Hardware Engineering organization, you will apply your technical experience and work with other subject matter experts in core component development, compute server development, networking development, custom hypervisor/virtualization development and other teams. You will be responsible for hardware and systems that improve how we detect, root cause, and remediate issues. You will lead cross-functional investigations and define changes needed to deliver results and will have direct exposure to internal and external AWS customers. Ideal candidates will have a background in server development, system design, root cause, scoping complex issues, qualification, problem solving and developing corrective actions.

Key job responsibilities

As a member of the Accelerated Server Hardware Engineering team you will own and lead the design, development and root cause of a new segment of accelerated servers. You will work closely with our customers to understand their technical needs and business goals, leveraging your experience with server design and the knowledge of various teams to architect the solutions that we will deploy at scale.

To deliver your products you will work with an interdisciplinary team of component, firmware, test, qualification, and integration engineers, and lead our design and manufacturing partners to bring these servers to the data center. After launch you will oversee the fleet of servers you develop, monitoring their quality and how they are meeting the customer requirements.

A day in the life

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include interfacing with our internal and external customers to understand project requirements and facilitate system development on top of your server design. You will be responsible for learning operational challenges to our existing fleet with the goal of improving the current customer experience as well as developing improved systems for future designs. You will work directly with vendors and ODM/JDM design teams to develop and manufacture your product at scale.

About the team

The team is comprised of both Hardware Design Engineers, System Design Engineers, SDE's and Technical Program Managers, all with the common goal of delivering the best Accelerated Server fleet possible to our customers.

Minimum Requirements

1. Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
2. Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
3. Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
4. Experience with the project management of technical projects

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $128,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $213,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.