Hardware Development Engineer - EC2 Networking...

Come work on Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 Networking and Outpost hardware team. We are a start-up like team within a big enterprise. This allows us to take risk and experiment, allow team members to flex their technical muscles and grow in their respective careers, and an unique opportunity to be part of the product’s growth story. Are you interested in building high performant hardware used to run the largest cloud computing infrastructures in the world, and managing systems at scale? If yes, come join us., You will be part of a team that solves systemic issues, drives changes back into development and builds mechanisms to scale and efficiently operate our infrastructure at the Edge and Data Center. As a member of the AWS Hardware team, you will work with other subject matter experts in compute, memory, storage technologies to develop and deliver the best customer experience in cloud computing.

We aim to hire engineers who will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative and open environment, who aren’t afraid to dive-deep to solve seemingly impossible challenges, who want to build rock solid never-fail, highly-secure hardware at world-class scale and who obsess over customers.

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 solving 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, Software Development Engineers and Technical Program Managers, all with the common goal of delivering the best specialized server fleet possible to our customers.

BS degree in EE, CE, or CS

• 3+ years of experience with complex server, storage or network server designs

• 3+ years of experience developing functional specifications, design verification plans, functional test procedures and operational repair plans

• 3+ years of experience with debug and root cause analysis of PCIe, memory, storage subsystems or networking

• 1+ years of advanced support experience managing customer escalations to quickly identify root cause and resolve issues in a large scale production environment (data center or similar).

• Working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production

Preferred Qualifications

• MS degree in EE, CE or CS

• Technical background in server design or architecture, specifically having led the development of multiple complete servers

• Experience with server technologies: BIOS, BMC, signal integrity, memory, storage, PCIe, thermal

• Experience with deploying and operating hardware and applications at scale

• Developed monitoring and alerting systems to quickly identify and categorize failures in production environments

• Proven results oriented person with a bias for action.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, CA, Cupertino - 157,300.00 - 212,800.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually

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