Amazon
Cloud Hardware Development Engineer, AWS Networking Interconnects Team
$157K–$213K
Cupertino, CA · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years verification; 4+ years hardware design and validation; 2+ years negotiations and vendor management; 2+ years transceiver test-script development; 2+ years system integration for servers and GPU high-speed connectivities. Preferred: 1+ years automation scripting.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent; PhD or Masters preferred.
About the job
Develops, validates, and scales hardware and software solutions for AWS network interconnects across global data centers.
What you'll do
- Drive product development plans with customers, peers, and suppliers; evaluate hardware and software features with vendors.
- Troubleshoot optical and electrical high-speed links, ASIC/DSP interoperability, and network operations issues.
- Automate test plans and qualify optical and electrical modules; improve operational quality and RMA processes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
- 5+ years of verification experience, preferably in communication systems.
- 4+ years of hardware design and validation experience; 2+ years of negotiations and vendor management experience.
- 2+ years developing transceiver-module validation and characterization test scripts; 2+ years of system integration for servers and GPU high-speed connectivities.
Nice to have
- 1+ years of automation scripting using Python, Bash, Shell and/or Perl.
- PhD or Masters; expertise in hardware and systems design and development.
Pay
157,300.00 - 212,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Bash, Shell, Perl, ASIC, DSP, GPU
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