Senior Hardware Development Engineer, in-Rack Power

Amazon • Seattle, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services is responsible for the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, including data centers, servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment. The AWS Rack Power team is focused on rapid innovation in power systems, designing and building equipment for Amazon.com and AWS services like EC2, EBS, S3, Glacier, and Outpost. This role involves solving challenging technology problems and taking big bets on new concepts to revolutionize the industry. As a member of this diverse team, you will collaborate with various engineering and operations teams across AWS to deliver high standards for safety and security, provide infinite capacity at low cost, and contribute to an inclusive culture that encourages bold ideas.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or experience low power design techniques
• Experience with lab-based user testing, remote testing, iterative prototype testing, survey design, and usage of multiple methods within a study
• Experience with large-scale power systems

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of electrical engineering principles including switchgear, UPS, transformers, and circuit breakers
• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures

Responsibilities

• Debug and validate power systems including, but not limited to, battery management systems, Power supplies, AC/DC, DC/AC converters, Automatic transfer switches and BMC controllers.
• Own the product’s end to end development cycle.
• Work side by side with hardware, firmware and software development teams on troubleshooting of challenging technical issues.
• Design automation via test scripts and applications.
• Write test reports.
• Perform board level testing and functional verification of power sub-systems.
• Support hardware/software integration testing, firmware regression.
• Propose design improvements to products based on findings from test results on a continuous improvement and technically challenging environment.
• Act as a hardware design subject matter expert on new product development efforts.
• Help define the architecture of future AWS technologies to deliver a world-class customer experience.

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
• Sign-on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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