Sr Hardware Dev Engineer, OEM Solid State Drives Team

About the role

AWS Compute & ML Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. 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. 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.

AWS Hardware Engineering (HWEng) team creates compute, accelerator, edge and storage server designs for Amazon's innovative web services. Our designs are industry-leading in performance, frugality and operational excellence, and are critical to the success of the AWS business and the more than one million customers who use AWS today. Our Hardware Engineers solve challenging technology problems, and build architecturally sound, high-quality server systems and components to enable AWS to realize critical business strategies.

We are seeking experienced Hardware Design Engineers to lead integration and operations of next generation storage (SSD) for our cloud systems. Our success depends on our highly respected server infrastructure; we're handling massive scale and rapid integration of emergent technologies.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead integration and delivery of SSD from OEM suppliers
• Support development of automated monitoring and failure analysis services to operate, debug, and scale storage devices
• Work closely with other AWS software teams to tailor and operate storage solutions for the AWS environment
• Provide leadership in the application of new technologies to large scale server deployments
• Drive operational excellence by building software services for optimizing SSD performance and health at scale, including faster detection, prevention and root-cause of issues
• Lead rollout of new drives for new and existing platforms
• Design and build infrastructure to operate storage platforms at massive scale
• Constantly look for ways to improve product performance, quality, and cost

Why it matters

Public cloud IT services represent the majority of growth in the overall IT services market and will continue to do so for several years to come. The scale of AWS, combined with an understanding of how our hardware is used, creates a unique opportunity for hardware customizations that will directly benefit AWS customers.

Why you will love it

You will work directly with engineers across the company to build next-generation hardware. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to deliver improvements for our customers. You will be part of a growing, fast paced, and fun team. You will have ownership for the implementation of your work.

Basic qualifications

• 5+ years of hardware design and validation of components, subsystems and systems experience
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
• Experience with root-cause, debug and resolution of issues on storage systems in Linux environment
• Experience with system integration and operation of SSDs

Preferred qualifications

• Proficient coding, scripting and debug abilities in Linux environment
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• Expertise in server technologies such as thermal, mechanical, power, and signal integrity
• Experience in developing technical documentation such as functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
• Meets/exceeds Amazon's leadership principles requirements for this role

Pay

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.

• USA, CA, Cupertino: 183,000.00 - 247,600.00 USD annually
• USA, CO, Denver: 159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle: 159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually

Benefits

Amazon 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
• Parental leave

Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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