Amazon
Sr Hardware Development Engineer, Performance, AWS Hardware Components
$159K–$215K
Seattle, WA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 12, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Portland, OR - Experience
- 5+ years in large-scale HW/SW issue root-cause analysis; 5+ years in customer support for CPU performance debugging; 5+ years in CPU/memory architecture and subsystem design. Preferred experience includes 5+ years in CPU technology bring-up, statistical analysis, and related memory/architecture areas.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related discipline; preferred: Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
About the job
Leads server performance engineering, developing and validating hardware and software systems and coordinating with suppliers to maximize server performance within thermal budgets.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, validate, launch, monitor, and troubleshoot server systems at scale.
- Identify and resolve hardware/software performance issues while keeping servers within thermal budgets.
- Work with CPU/GPU suppliers and interdisciplinary teams to influence future hardware roadmaps.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience developing functional specifications, design verification plans, and functional test procedures.
- 5+ years of experience identifying and root-causing HW/SW issues in large-scale systems.
- 5+ years of experience with customer support for successive debugging/root-causing CPU performance issues and 5+ years in CPU/memory architecture and subsystem design.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
- Experience with new CPU technology bring-up, statistical analysis using large-scale data, JEDEC/memory technologies, system performance, security, and troubleshooting.
Pay
159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
CPU, GPU, JEDEC, DDR Memory
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