Senior Hardware Development Engineer, AWS Server Engineering

Senior Hardware Development Engineer, AWS Server Engineering

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hardware Engineering team creates compute and storage server designs for Amazon’s web services. Our engineers work with leading edge technologies, solve challenging problems, influence the industry’s roadmaps, and develop new and unique solutions that are ahead of the pack. We work in an environment that fosters innovation and creativity. We encourage and invest in new directions and new ideas that will serve our customers better. We sometimes fail, but we learn from such failures and we improve.

What you will do: As a member of the Server Hardware Engineering team you will own and lead the design and development of server products utilizing a wide range of design and manufacturing partners. 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.

This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and you’ll work with thought leaders in multiple technology areas. You’ll have high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you’ll be constantly looking for ways to improve your products' performance, quality, and cost. We’re changing an industry, and we want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.

Why you will love it: You will work directly with a talented team of engineers and product owners across the company to create next-generation hardware. You will have a direct impact on your customer's success, drive the development of the Cloud, and have a meaningful impact on Amazon's success. You will be part of a growing, fast paced, and fun team.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures.
2. Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent.
3. Minimum 10 years of hardware development with a focus on system/server development in compute and/or storage server architecture and design for large scale applications.
4. 5+ years experience with design and manufacturing processes.
5. 5+ years experience leading ODMs and other suppliers in the product development and manufacturing processes.
6. In-depth expertise in one or more server technologies such as Thermal/Mechanical design, high speed bus design and signal integrity, failure analysis, server components (e.g., CPU, GPU, SSDs, drives), BIOS, BMC, and networking.
7. Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
2. Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production.
3. Experience with the project management of technical projects.
4. 15+ years of hardware development with a focus on server development.
5. Startup experience.
6. Experience with server validation and issue root causing.
7. Experience with deploying and operating hardware and applications across large data centers.
8. Experience with leading hardware and software development engineering teams.

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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 .