Senior Firmware Release Manager for Fleet Hardware

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a hands-on firmware release and deployment leader to own end-to-end processes for scaling updates across AWS servers. You’ll define the release calendar, build quality gates, and implement a staged rollout strategy to minimize risk while moving quickly.

You will dive deep with firmware and hardware teams, translating learnings into repeatable, automated practices, and coordinating with manufacturing partners to ensure smooth deployments at fleet scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 7+ years working directly with engineering teams.
• 3+ years of software development experience.
• 3+ years of experience delivering technical programs in firmware, embedded systems, or hardware development.
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams and coordinating release schedules.

Responsibilities

• Own firmware release and deployment end to end, from code change through qualification to fleet deployment.
• Publish and maintain the release schedule that firmware teams plan against, and drive scope, sequencing, and dependencies.
• Define quality gates a release must pass at each stage, including hardware qualification and validation with manufacturing partners.
• Build and run reporting showing where every release stands, fleet coverage, and blockers, and present to senior leadership.
• Own escalation for release blockers and drive them to closure with defined response times.
• Turn learnings into lasting changes to process, gates, or tooling.
• Partner with firmware, hardware, manufacturing, security, and service teams to resolve competing priorities.
• Find manual coordination and replace with automation.

Skills

Technical product management

Program management

Engineering collaboration

Software development

Firmware/embedded experience

Automation awareness

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Canary deployment

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a hands-on firmware release and deployment leader to own end-to-end processes for scaling updates across AWS servers. You’ll define the release calendar, build quality gates, and implement a staged rollout strategy to minimize risk while moving quickly.

You will dive deep with firmware and hardware teams, translating learnings into repeatable, automated practices, and coordinating with manufacturing partners to ensure smooth deployments at fleet scale.