Senior Hardware Development Engineer - EC2 Networking and Outpost hardware team, Hardware Engineering Services
About the role
The Senior Hardware Development Engineer - EC2 Networking and Outpost hardware team, Hardware Engineering Services, is part of a start-up like team within a big enterprise. This allows for experimentation, career growth, and being part of the product's growth story.
Key job responsibilities
- Solve systemic issues and drive changes back into development
- Build mechanisms to scale and efficiently operate infrastructure at the Edge and Data Center
- Work with other subject matter experts in compute, memory, storage technologies to deliver the best customer experience in cloud computing
- Interface with internal and external customers to understand project requirements and facilitate system development
- Solve operational challenges to improve the current customer experience and develop improved systems for future designs
- 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 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.
Why AWS
AWS is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. It pioneers cloud computing and continues to innovate, making it the go-to for businesses of all sizes. The UC organization supports the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, IoT, Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including specialized security solutions.
Inclusive Team Culture
At AWS, we foster a culture of inclusion where we embrace our uniqueness. We offer ongoing learning experiences and career-advancing resources to help you grow into a better-rounded professional. We also provide mentorship and career growth opportunities.
Work/Life Balance
We prioritize work-life harmony, ensuring that achieving success at work doesn’t come at the expense of personal life. Flexible working arrangements and support for mental health are part of our commitment to well-being.
Mentorship and Career Growth
We believe in continuous improvement and offer a wide range of knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and career-advancing resources to help you reach your full potential.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon welcomes diverse experiences and encourages candidates to apply regardless of their background. We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute.
Basic Qualifications
- BS degree in EE, CE, or CS
- 5+ years of experience with complex server, storage or network server designs
- 5+ years of experience developing functional specifications, design verification plans, functional test procedures and operational repair plans
- 5+ years of experience with debug and root cause analysis of PCIe, memory, storage subsystems or networking
- 3+ 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)
- Experience 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