System Development Manager, Cloud compute/gpu/storage server team

About the role

This is not a role for someone who manages from a distance. You will set the technical vision and architectural direction for next-generation server platforms — making bold bets on where storage or accelerated compute infrastructure needs to go — and then build and lead the team that delivers it. Your success is measured not just by launching hardware, but by driving fast instance adoption because you built the right thing for the customer.

Responsibilities

• Vision & Architecture
  • Set the technical vision and multi-generational roadmap for storage or accelerator (AI/ML/GPU-based) server platforms
  • Make architectural bets that differentiate AWS — anticipating customer needs and industry shifts before they become obvious
  • Manage a team of hardware architects in defining server platform architectures that optimize for performance, reliability, cost, and speed of customer adoption
  • Translate deep understanding of customer workloads (storage, AI/ML training, inference) into hardware design decisions
  • Influence the broader AWS hardware strategy through data, conviction, and results
• Design, Build & Test
  • Own server platform development from architecture through detailed design, prototype, build, and qualification
  • Manage a team of engineers responsible for design, build and launch of systems
  • Lead ODM/JDM and design partner relationships, ensuring our requirements for performance, quality, testability, and diagnostics are met
  • Drive design verification, system validation, and qualification — ensuring platforms meet reliability, performance, and cost targets before deployment
  • Ensure systems are designed for operational excellence from day one — testability, diagnosability, and serviceability are built in, not bolted on
• Deploy, Launch & Fleet Health
  • Own deployment to the data center, launch readiness, and successful ramp into production
  • Drive qualification and readiness milestones, removing technical and organizational blockers to get servers into the fleet
  • Own fleet health beyond launch — your responsibility never ends. Monitor quality, reliability, and customer experience for the life of the platform
  • Drive toward zero-touch operations — building automation infrastructure that detects, diagnoses, and remediates faults before customer impact
  • Build predictive failure detection capabilities using telemetry, error trending, and log correlation
  • Establish and track fleet health metrics (failure rates, MTTD, MTTR, first-time fix rate, predictive accuracy)
  • Closely link field failures to design improvements in next-generation platforms
• Team Leadership & Development
  • Manage and grow a diverse team spanning hardware engineering, systems development, and technical program management
  • Hire, develop, and retain top talent across multiple engineering disciplines
  • Create an environment where engineers with fundamentally different expertise (hardware, firmware, software, program management) collaborate effectively and challenge each other
  • Set clear goals, remove obstacles, and hold the team to high standards on delivery and quality
  • Coach and develop senior technical leaders — help architects think bigger and help execution-focused engineers see the strategic picture
• Cross-Organization Collaboration
  • Partner with AWS service teams to ensure server platforms meet data path and control path requirements and drive fast adoption
  • Work with supply chain, manufacturing, and datacenter operations teams to deliver at scale
  • Influence peer teams and senior leadership on technical direction, investment priorities, and trade-offs
  • Represent your team's work and roadmap to VP-level and above

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant hands-on systems engineering and administrative work in networking, storage systems, operating systems experience
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or a relevant engineering discipline
• 3+ years of direct management experience
• Experience in server development, e.g. compute, AI/ML, storage, edge servers
• Hands-on experience in designing, developing and operationally supporting high volume enterprise servers

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of data center infrastructure design, operations, or delivery
• Experience leading new product introduction (NPI) teams
• Experience writing business strategy documents and plans
• Experience engaging and influencing senior executives
• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience working with customers with a passion for delivering exceptional service
• 5+ years of direct management experience
• Experience in working with CM/OEM/ODM vendors for design development and manufacturing

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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

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 - $191,300.00 - $258,800.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle - $166,300.00 - $225,000.00 USD annually

Schedule

Not specified

Location

Seattle, WA and Cupertino, CA