The Senior Hardware Development Engineer role at AWS Hardware Engineering focuses on owning the technical roadmap for AI accelerator platforms. This position requires deep expertise in GPU lifecycle management, vendor engagement, and fleet-scale failure analysis. The team is responsible for designing and delivering next-generation cloud infrastructure, specifically custom AI accelerator systems. The role involves working closely with global hardware teams and leading GPU vendors to optimize deployment and management at scale.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of hardware design and development experience for server, compute, or large-scale infrastructure platforms.
• Direct experience with data center GPUs and associated tooling.
• Experience developing or influencing server roadmap.
• Strong data analysis skills at fleet scale, including statistical failure modeling and trend detection.
• Experience with firmware lifecycle management at scale.

• Own the technical relationship with vendors across all platforms in the portfolio.
• Define and maintain GPU firmware qualification criteria across the organization.
• Lead root-cause analysis on fleet-wide GPU failure modes using telemetry and vendor diagnostics.
• Set GPU health standards and define metrics, thresholds, and alerting.
• Represent the organization in technical discussions with leading vendor engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers on GPU failure analysis methodology.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.