Drimva

Amazon

Senior Hardware Development Engineer, NPD Hardware

$183K–$248K

Bellevue, WA +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jan 27, 2026

Location
Bellevue, WA
Seattle, WA
Cupertino, CA
Experience
10+ years in hardware board and systems development, including concept-to-mass-production; recent 5+ years in the listed networking and hardware areas; 5+ years in CPLD/FPGA design.
Education
BSEE; preferred Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.

About the job

Design and develop next-generation Ethernet switching hardware platforms for AWS data centers, from architecture and board design through testing and manufacturing.

What you'll do

  • Define architectures, specifications, component selections, and detailed hardware designs; lead high-speed digital design and work with PCB designers.
  • Perform simulation, timing, thermal, and EMC analysis, and support testing and transition to manufacturing.
  • Coordinate hardware development with cross-functional teams and Asian ODM/JDM partners in development and manufacturing.

What they ask for

  • Experience developing functional specifications, design verification plans, and functional test procedures.
  • BSEE with 10+ years of hardware board and systems development experience, including taking products from concept to mass production; recent 5+ years with Ethernet switching fabrics, Ethernet PHY and SerDes interfaces, embedded CPU subsystems, DDR2/DDR3/DDR4 memory design, network processors, I2C, and USB.
  • Experience with high-speed PCB design and AC/DC PI, and 5+ years of CPLD/FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog.
  • Experience troubleshooting with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and specialized test equipment such as PCI analyzers and in-circuit-emulators; experience working with cross-functional teams and outside vendors and developers.

Nice to have

  • Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
  • Experience with modular chassis functions, advanced HW control/monitoring/logging, mechanical enclosures, or analog design, signal integrity analysis, DC-DC switcher design, EDVT, and MDVT.

Pay

USD 183,000.00 - 247,600.00 annually (base salary)

Tools

Ethernet, Ethernet PHY, SerDes, DDR2/DDR3/DDR4, I2C, USB, CPLD/FPGA, VHDL or Verilog

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