FPGA Development Engineer, Annapurna Labs

Amazon•Austin, TX

About The Position

Annapurna Labs builds high-performance hardware and software solutions used in AWS data centers globally. We’re looking for a FPGA development engineer with a focus on building accelerator services. As a FPGA Development Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering design, development, and deployment of FPGA based accelerators . A successful candidate will have an established background in developing customer-facing experiences, a strong technical ability, excellent project skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. As a member of the Accelerator Systems FPGA team, you'll develop FPGA accelerator services that enable customers to run hardware acceleration on AWS. You'll gain knowledge of our data center infrastructure, including technologies like AWS F1/F2 and how they enable hardware acceleration in the cloud. You will own large scale deployments in a continuous effort to deliver a world-class customer experience. This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and you’ll work with 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 our products' performance, quality and cost. We’re changing an industry, and we want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
Experience identifying bugs in architecture, algorithms, functionality, and performance with strong overall debugging skills
Experience verifying at multiple levels of logic from IP blocks to SoCs to full system testing

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Electrical or Communications Engineering or a related field
Experience with formal verification techniques including abstraction and end-to-end checking
Experience with ARM and various DSP ISAs
Experience with current and upcoming RF standards in cellular (4G/5G NR), WiMAX, 802.11ad, microwave backhaul, or related broadband wireless standards
Experience with industry standard tools and scripting languages (Python or Perl) for automation

Responsibilities

Develop RTL designs for FPGA based acceleration; including designs running on the accelerator service, designs for customer examples and internal accelerators.
Dive deep on issues at the intersection of hardware and software. Debug and troubleshoot hardware issues and performance bottlenecks.
Member of a team responsible for system remediation, operational excellence, and customer experience on bleeding edge FPGA accelerator products
Implement and improve simulation (design verification) testing across the product lifecycle
Strong skills presenting technical information verbally and in written reports.
Responsible for the FPGA development life cycle which includes defining product features and performance benchmarks needed to meet customer requirements
Report on status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management
Deliver accelerator designs as part of the SDK to external customers and FPGA developers
Review and provide feedback on hardware architecture/design/validation/verification plans

Benefits

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.
The base pay for this position ranges from $129,800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market.
Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Amazon is a total compensation company.
Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits

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