Firmware Engineer, Annapurna Labs, ML Acceleration - Performance Instrumentation & Developer Tools
AmazonFirmware Engineer, Annapurna Labs, ML Acceleration - Performance Instrumentation & Developer Tools
AmazonLocation
Cupertino, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
10/1/2026
Compensation
$165,200 - $223,600 per year
Job description
The Senior Firmware Engineer will join the Power Architecture team at AWS Utility Computing, focusing on developing firmware algorithms for power and performance management on ML Acceleration Chips. This role involves designing intelligent control algorithms and optimization strategies while managing power and thermal constraints. The team values mentorship and knowledge-sharing, creating an environment that supports career growth. Engineers will work closely with hardware architects to optimize system performance and develop sophisticated firmware solutions.
Requirements
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture experience of new and existing systems
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- Strong firmware or embedded systems development experience
- Proficiency in C/C++ for systems programming with a strong foundation in algorithms and data structures
- Experience implementing efficient algorithms in resource-constrained, real-time environments
- Experience with hardware interfaces, instrumentation, or performance monitoring
- Strong debugging skills with hardware-software systems
- Experience building developer tools or instrumentation frameworks
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Responsibilities
- Design and implement firmware algorithms for power management, thermal control, and performance optimization on ML acceleration hardware
- Develop real-time control policies and state machines that dynamically balance power, thermal, and performance constraints
- Create optimization algorithms for resource allocation, frequency/voltage scaling, and workload scheduling
- Implement efficient data structures and algorithms suitable for embedded, resource-constrained environments
- Design and implement on-device tracing and telemetry collection systems to support algorithm development and validation
- Build developer tools and data pipelines for metric collection, analysis, and visualization of algorithm behavior
- Implement low-overhead instrumentation that minimizes impact on workload performance
- Collaborate with hardware architects to understand hardware capabilities and identify optimal instrumentation points
- Develop automated testing and validation workflows; integrate with optional cloud-based analytics pipelines
- Own firmware code quality through rigorous testing, debugging, and validation on hardware
Benefits
- 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.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
3,290
FY2026
Approval rate
99.1%
FY2026
LCA certified
32,937
FY2026
Entry-level share
10.6%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+9%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-44%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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