Senior FPGA & CPLD Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Seattle seeks a senior FPGA developer to own end-to-end FPGA development, mentoring juniors and driving architecture across data-center servers. You will lead design, verification, and firmware integration while collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve fleet health and scalability.

The role emphasizes hands-on FPGA architecture, firmware collaboration, and driving technical direction in a fast-paced AWS hardware environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• 8+ years of programming with a hardware description language (VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog) experience.

Responsibilities

• Own comprehensive FPGA development, architecture, design, work estimates, implementation, verification and validation of new features.
• Define and lead the technical work of other team members to meet program milestones.
• Contribute to companion firmware interfacing with programmable logic design and system-level operations that utilize FPGA functions.
• Involved with firmware deployment, operational monitoring, debugging, and support to enhance fleet health.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, contribute to technical direction, and support team growth.
• Engage in technical collaboration across teams to develop solutions for complex system challenges.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog

Leadership / mentoring

Software development experience

Troubleshooting hardware

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Seattle seeks a senior FPGA developer to own end-to-end FPGA development, mentoring juniors and driving architecture across data-center servers. You will lead design, verification, and firmware integration while collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve fleet health and scalability.

The role emphasizes hands-on FPGA architecture, firmware collaboration, and driving technical direction in a fast-paced AWS hardware environment.