Amazon Senior Hardware Development Engineer Edge & Specialized 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

805019061

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.What you will do: As a member of the Edge & Specialized Hardware team, you’ll be responsible for architecture and design of power supplies, voltage regulation modules, power distribution, and monitoring. You will interact with engineers across the company and work with an interdisciplinary team to execute product designs from concept to production including design, development, validation, and the deployment of servers at scale.You will solve design challenges across many disciplines including server/board design, thermal-mechanical design, server firmware/software, integration into our software service control plane, manufacturing, and operations. You will deliver functional block diagram, schematics, specifications, analysis, test plans, and monitoring plans used to build our servers and components. You will work closely with internal teams, suppliers, and external partners to ensure our designs are of the highest quality. You will collaborate with cross-organizational teams to improve key factors such as quality, reliability, performance, and serviceability. You will be an end-to-end owner from concept, design, launch, and operation in our fleet. You will be hands on and comfortable with the entire technology stack from the service software all the way down to the silicon. You will use high judgement to solve problems individually or guide others when help is needed.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.Key job responsibilities
As Senior Hardware Engineer you will be responsible for the architecture, design, deployment, of the Power Sub-system of next generation servers and systems including AC/DC power supplies, DC/DC Voltage regulation, and distribution.
You will collaborate with internal development teams and external suppliers to deliver the latest power technologies for integration with our new servers with industry leading performance and quality.
You will lead the integration and delivery of power subsystem for servers, support the development of automated monitoring, and failure analysis services to operate, debug, and scale our servers.
You will work closely with other AWS software/firmware teams to monitor power subsystems in the fleet and design mechanisms to predict potential failures
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- Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience in designing power sub-systems for high availability (five-9s) computer/storage/accelerator servers or other complex products
- 7+ years' experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
- Experience in designing different power electronics circuit topologies, power sequencing techniques, and redundancy / failover mechanisms
- Familiarity with server power architectures including VRMs, POLs, and redundant PSU systems
- Working knowledge of key components: FETs, controllers, magnetics, and thermal management
- Experience in using tools like SPICE, SIMPLIS, or other power simulation software
- Experience with lab equipment for validation: oscilloscopes, power analyzers, electronic loads
- Ability to apply critical thinking in complex situations; experience working in cross functional groups including mechanical engineering, thermal engineering, test, reliability, and failure analysis.

- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
- Experience with the project management of technical projects
- 7+ years’ experience leading ODMs and other suppliers in the product development and manufacturing processes
- Experience with power, performance and cost optimization
- Knowledge of industry standards (e.g., Intel VR13/VR14 specs, Open Compute, 80 PLUS certification)
- Familiarity with server thermal and airflow constraints in datacenter environments
- Experience with power telemetry, PMBus, and digital power controllers
- Experience designing or testing products for safety, compliance, and regulatory standards from across the globe