Hardware Design Engineer

Internexxus; United States; Remote; USD 104,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering team in the hardware co-design space, working on cutting-edge machine learning acceleration technologies. This role offers the chance to design and optimize hardware for AWS data centers, contributing to innovative products that drive the future of computing. Collaborate with a talented team as you work on schematic designs, server testing, and advanced simulations. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking environment, where your contributions will shape the next generation of hardware solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience with schematic design and PCB layout review.
• Familiarity with oscilloscopes and multimeters.
• Project experience with automation in programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Participate in hardware design for acceleration cards and servers.
• Contribute to AWS server testing and validation.
• Engage in modeling and simulation of interconnects.

Skills

Schematic Design

PCB Layout Review

x86 System Design

Microcontroller Programming

Automation (Python, Perl, Shell, Lua)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Cadence OrCAD

Altium Designer

Autodesk Eagle

KiCAD

Spice Simulation

Job description

Annapurna Labs is at the forefront of hardware co-design, not only within Amazon Web Services (AWS) but across the entire industry. They focus on cutting-edge, internet-scale hardware and software design, creating products used for accelerated computing, specifically machine learning and FPGA acceleration. The company designs and builds every component of its hardware and software, aiming to deliver a complete product from inception to satisfied customers.

Job Description:

This position offers the opportunity to work on a Cloud-Scale Machine Learning Acceleration team within Annapurna Labs. The successful candidate will contribute to the design and optimization of hardware used in AWS data centers, including technologies such as AWS Inferentia (a machine learning inference product).

Key Responsibilities:

1. Participate in the hardware design team for acceleration cards, servers, and the electrical validation of silicon.
2. Work on schematic design for new acceleration cards.
3. Contribute to AWS server testing.
4. Engage in modeling and simulation of interconnects.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field (graduation between December 2022 and September 2025).
• Academic, internship, or professional experience with schematic design and PCB layout review.
• Academic, internship, or professional experience with x86 system design and microcontroller programming.
• Familiarity with oscilloscopes and multimeters.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project/internship experience with automation (Python, Perl, Shell, or Lua).
• Academic, internship, or professional experience with circuit boards (2-layer or 4-layer), buck or linear regulators, transmission lines (TE, TM, TEM), high-speed design (USB, PCIe), transistors, operational amplifiers, low-speed interfaces (I2C, SPI), Linux, microcontrollers, and soldering.
• Familiarity with simulation and modeling tools such as Cadence Allegro, Cadence OrCAD, Altium Designer, Autodesk Eagle, KiCAD, and Spice simulation.

Compensation:

The base pay ranges from $104,000/year in the lowest geographic market to $212,200/year in the highest. Additional compensation may include equity, sign-on payments, and other benefits.