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Sr Hardware Development Engineer, Performance, AWS Hardware Components

Amazon· AWS Hardware Components / Hardware Development
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Seattle, WA$159.2k - $215.3kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior hardware performance lead within AWS Hardware Components, focusing on server hardware and software performance, collaboration with CPU/GPU suppliers, and optimizing systems to maximize performance within thermal budgets at scale for AWS data centers.

Responsibilities

  • As a server performance leader, you’ll work on Amazon’s hardest problems, building high quality, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with AWS business needs.
  • Interact with internal and external interdisciplinary teams of engineers to design, develop, validate, launch, monitor and troubleshoot at large scale, ensuring servers are operating at maximum performance while staying within thermal budgets.
  • Work closely with CPU/GPU suppliers to align and influence roadmaps, driving future architectures.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or related discipline
  • Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
  • 5+ years of experience identifying & root-causing HW/SW issues in large scale systems
  • 5+ year of experience with customer support for successive debugging/root-causing cpu performance issues
  • 5+ years of experience in cpu/memory architecture and subsystem design

Skills

Required:Server hardware performance optimizationInteraction with cross-functional teams
Nice to have:CPU/GPU roadmap alignment

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
  • EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401(k) matching
  • paid time off, and parental leave
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) included in compensation
  • Comprehensive benefits overview available on benefits page
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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