Hardware Development Engineer, Storage

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we're looking for talented people who want to help.

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.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hardware Engineering (HWEng) team creates compute and storage server designs for Amazon's innovative web services. Our designs are industry-leading in performance, frugality, and operational excellence, and are critical to the success of the AWS business and the more than one million customers who use AWS today.

Our Hardware Engineers solve challenging technology problems, and build architecturally sound, high-quality server systems and components to enable AWS to realize critical business strategies.

What you will do:
This is a fast-paced, challenging position, and you'll work with thought leaders in multiple technology areas. You'll have high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you'll be constantly looking for ways to improve your products' performance, quality, and cost.

We're changing an industry, and we want team members who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.

Why it matters:

• Public cloud IT services represent the majority of growth in the overall IT services market and will continue to do so for several years to come.
• The scale of AWS, combined with an understanding of how our hardware is used, creates a unique opportunity for hardware customizations that will directly benefit AWS customers.

Why you will love it:

• You will work directly with engineers across the company to build next-generation hardware.
• You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to deliver improvements for our customers.
• You will be part of a growing, fast-paced, and fun team.
• You will have ownership for the implementation of your work.

About the team: Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

We value diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture.

Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• 2 years of experience in server level design for compute, storage, accelerator segment, or other complex product design
• 2 years of experience leading ODMs and other suppliers in the product development and manufacturing processes
• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans, and functional test procedures
• Experience in board and server root cause analysis and resolution

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• 5 years of experience in complex product development such as servers, network switches, or other highly integrated devices with hardware, software, and service aspects
• Expertise in early product definition and feature tradeoff analysis
• Expertise in product development disciplines such as thermal, mechanical, power, FW/SW, reliability, and sustaining
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• Proficient scripting, debug abilities, and Linux operations commands
• Experience deploying and operating hardware and applications across large data centers
• Experience leading hardware and software development engineering teams
• Experience with hands-on debug of hardware systems such as with analyzers, oscilloscopes, and JTAG