Optical Network Development Engineer, Network Product Development

Amazon • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

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.

The Core Networking team is looking for a Optical Network Development Engineer
to join our Network Product Development (NPD) team. As a Optical Network
Development Engineer, you will be responsible for building, deploying and
scaling the Amazon networks that support AWS, customers, and other business
units, across multiple global data centers. AWS Core Networking is focused on
building Data Centers and the network that allows Data Centers to function
efficiently. They own the solutions that allow racks to be aggregated and Data
Centers to be interconnected. Core Networking’s goal is to balance efficiency,
performance and reliability to allow customers access to their applications and
data.

You will design, implement and support scalable testing infrastructure solutions
to support and facilitate optics interconnect development and product
deployment. You will be exposed to leading edge industrial technologies. You
should have excellent business and communication skills to be able to work with
business owners and tech leaders to gather infrastructure requirements, design
software infrastructure, build up pipelines and test plan to meet business
needs. You stay abreast of emerging technologies, investigating and implementing
where appropriate.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering or equivalent worked experience.
• 8+ years of work experience on optical communication systems or components.
• 8+ years of experience with optical transceivers and IEEE standards.
• 4+ years of experience developing test scripts for optics validation and characterization.
• 2+ years of experience working with optical and networking merchant silicon suppliers, manufacturing processes, and qualifications.
• 1+ years of professional development experience with Python or a similar scripting language for automation scripting.

Nice To Haves

• Master/PhD or foreign equivalent in Physics, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering or a related field
• 2+ years of experience in hardware and systems design, development, and troubleshooting
• 1+ year of experience in the application of network design, including knowledge of major protocols, topology design, network hardware, device configuration and traffic engineering
• 1+ year of experience in database and AWS services
• 1+ year of experience working with ODMs and component suppliers in delivering optical solutions
• Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this roles.
• Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated tools and standardized processes for high-volume optical transceiver system level testing
• Lead collaborative efforts with internal stakeholders and supplier partners to establish robust testing frameworks and quality assurance procedures for optical modules
• Work with network operations team in identifying operation issues and improving quality and RMA process
• Engage stakeholders to identify areas of improvements during rack deployment or bring-up
• Work with network operations team to improve link error handling efficiency

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level