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

• 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
• Own the full lifecycle — design, build, test, deploy to the data center, launch, and fleet health beyond launch
• 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
• 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
• Close the loop between field failures and design improvements in next-generation platforms

Requirements

• 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

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
• 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

Skills

• Strong technical acumen and ability to make bold architectural bets
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to manage a diverse team and coach senior technical leaders
• Experience with server development and operations
• Knowledge of data center infrastructure and operations

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, prescription, life insurance, AD&D, EAP, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

Pay

$166,300.00 - $225,000.00 USD annually

Schedule

Full-time