Lead Hardware Engineer - AI Cloud Infrastructure

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 159,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking talented engineers to shape infrastructure for AWS's AI training and inference platforms. You will design, implement, and operate next-generation server systems at scale, collaborating across hardware, software and operations teams to deliver reliable, cost-efficient solutions.

The role emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration, deep expertise in server technologies, and leadership in complex architectural challenges to power AI workloads in the cloud.

Qualifications

• ,Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures.
• Experience in server technologies such as thermal, mechanical, power, and signal integrity.
• Bachelor's degree or above in electrical or computer engineering.
• 5+ years of design/innovation, manufacturing, process, or related experience.
• Strong English written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical solutions for complex high performance server and/or accelerator server and rack system architectural challenges
• Own end-to-end system reliability, proactively identifying and resolving deficiencies before customer impact
• Design and implement solutions to address system-level issues at large scale
• Decompose complex server system problems (testability, reliability, diagnostics) into deliverable tasks and features
• Apply expertise across hardware, software, system design, x86 architecture, processes, and operations
• Collaborate with hardware, software, manufacturing, supply chain and product management teams
• Develop and implement diagnostic tools and monitoring solutions for production systems
• Debug complex system failures in time sensitive settings

Skills

Spec development

Thermal design

Signal integrity

English communication

BIOS/BMC

Networking

Server components

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer engineering

Master's degree or above

Tools

Linux/RHEL

Scripting (PowerShell/Bash)

Server validation

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking talented engineers to shape infrastructure for AWS's AI training and inference platforms. You will design, implement, and operate next-generation server systems at scale, collaborating across hardware, software and operations teams to deliver reliable, cost-efficient solutions.

The role emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration, deep expertise in server technologies, and leadership in complex architectural challenges to power AI workloads in the cloud.