Amazon
Senior System Architect, Hardware Architecture
$213K–$288K
Sunnyvale, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 20, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of industry experience or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
About the job
Defines and leads hardware and silicon system architectures, technology roadmaps, and technical decisions for Amazon consumer devices from concept through production.
What you'll do
- Translate product requirements into system architectures and specifications; evaluate options through feasibility analysis, profiling, benchmarking, and prototyping.
- Lead architecture decisions and cross-functional technical work throughout the product lifecycle, and review other engineers’ designs.
- Develop compute IP and silicon roadmaps, work with silicon and component suppliers, and contribute to IP development and patents.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- 10+ years of industry experience or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
- Background or education in SoC/Silicon engineering, computer architecture, machine learning or embedded software.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- Experience driving consumer-electronics architecture decisions; expertise in at least two listed technical areas; hands-on software or hardware development skills; strong communication and documentation skills.
Pay
USD 213,000.00 - 287,500.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
SoC, CPU, DSP, GPU, ML accelerators, Python, C/C++, Java
AI focus
Architecture decisions include machine-learning compute and ML accelerators; expertise may include applied machine learning.
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