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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