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# Cloud Hardware Development Engineer, AWS Specialized Platforms and Servers

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Cupertino, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $157,300.0 - $212,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Macintosh Computers, Apple Mac Systems, Cloud Computing, Computer Engineering, Data Centers, File Server, Firmware, Hardware Design, Systems Development Life Cycle, Signal Integrity, Software Engineering, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, AWS Data Analytics, Network Server
- **Published:** May 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10418046/cloud-hardware-development-engineer-aws-specialized-platforms-and-servers

## About the Role

Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production

 - Experience in server technologies such as, thermal, mechanical, power, and signal integrity
 - Bachelor's Degree in EE or equivalent, Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
 - Experience with the project management of technical projects
 - Experience in compute and storage server architecture and design for large scale applications
 - 7+ years hardware development with a focus on system / server development in compute and/or storage server architecture and design for large scale applications

## Description

Do you want to build the backbone of Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) at AWS? Do you want to build the future of the cloud for EC2 Mac instances? Want to do industry leading work delivering continuous price performance improvements in the cloud for Macs? Come Join us in designing, delivering and operating AWS cloud offerings that enable high performance and scalability in MacOS workloads.

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.

Key job responsibilities
As a member of the Hardware Engineering Services team in this specific function, you will own and lead the design, development and root cause of a new segment of Mac 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 comprise of both Hardware Design Engineers, System Design Engineers, Software Development Engineers and Technical Program Managers, all with the common goal of delivering the best Accelerated Server fleet possible to our customers.

*Why AWS*
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.


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