Cloud Hardware Dev Engineer (AWS Generative AI & ML Servers), Accelerator Servers

Amazon; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs (restricted stock units)

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer to own the design, development, and root-cause analysis of a new segment of accelerated servers in a high-scale data center environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams (component, firmware, test, qualification, integration) and external ODM/JDM partners to deliver scalable server solutions, monitor quality, and ensure customer requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures.
• Bachelor's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience in English-language communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience with design & innovation and research & development.
• Knowledge of operating systems, hardware, storage, network, security, database administration and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience in server technologies such as, thermal, mechanical, power, and signal integrity.
• 5+ years of professional work (non-internship) experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the design, development and root cause of a new segment of accelerated servers.
• Work with customers to understand their needs and architect scalable server solutions.
• Collaborate with component, firmware, test, qualification, and integration engineers and with ODM/JDM partners to bring servers to the data center.

Skills

Functional specs & design verification

Design verification plans

English communication

Operating systems & cloud infra

Server technologies & hardware

5+ years experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer engineering

Tools

PCIe topology

NVMe

BIOS/BMC development

Diagnostics tooling

Job description

Description

Do you want to build the backbone of Generative AI cloud at AWS? Do you want to build the future of the cloud for AI training and inference? Want to do industry leading work delivering continuous price performance improvements in the cloud for AI model training for multi billion variable LLMs? Come Join us in designing, delivering and operating AWS cloud offerings that enable high performance and scalability in AI/ML and HPC workloads.

Utility Computing (UC)

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

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 accelerated 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 ontop 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
• Bachelor's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
• Experience in English-language communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience with design & innovation and research & development
• Knowledge of operating systems, hardware, storage, network, security, database administration and cloud infrastructure
• Experience in server technologies such as, thermal, mechanical, power, and signal integrity
• 5+ years of professional work (non-internship) experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of hardware design and validation of components, subsystems and systems experience
• Experience in server technologies: board design, high-speed bus design and signal integrity, failure analysis, server components (CPU, GPU, SSDs, memory), BIOS, BMC, and networking
• Experience developing and executing test procedures for mechanical or electrical systems/components
• Experience working with ODMs/manufacturer through the product development and manufacturing lifecycle
• Experience building predictive failure detection or proactive remediation systems at fleet scale
• Experience with storage/compute/GPU/accelerator platforms including integration, diagnostics, or performance validation
• Familiarity with PCIe topology, NVLink, NVMe, and accelerator interconnects
• Experience with large-scale datacenter or cloud environment

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants:

Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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. Amazon also 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 .

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