Amazon

Cloud Hardware Development Engineer I, Annapurna Labs, Early Career - 2027

Amazon • $116K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (graduation by May 2027 or earlier)
  • Experience in digital logic design and computer architecture
  • Familiarity with hardware description languages (Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL)
  • Understanding of fundamental digital design concepts (combinational/sequential logic, finite state machines)
  • Preferred experience in embedded systems or hardware design

Responsibilities

  • Support design, bring-up, and validation of hardware systems
  • Develop firmware or low-level software interfacing with hardware
  • Debug hardware-software integration issues using lab equipment
  • Write and run tests to validate hardware functionality and reliability
  • Collaborate with teams to transition hardware from design to deployment
  • Document work and present findings to the team

Benefits

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Mental Health Support
  • Medical Advice Line
  • 401(k) matching
  • Comprehensive benefits package
Full Job Description
About the team

Annapurna Labs designs the custom silicon at Amazon - including Graviton (our server processors), Trainium and Inferentia (our machine learning training and inference accelerators), and the Nitro system that powers modern EC2. We own the full stack, from silicon through the software that makes it work (compilers, runtimes, drivers, and the frameworks that let customers run workloads on our hardware).

Annapurna has hardware teams across a range of systems and disciplines, and we work to place you on a technical team aligned with your interests and strengths. Example teams and focus areas include:

- Board and system design for ML servers and accelerator platforms

- Firmware and low-level software development (BMC, device firmware)

- Hardware bring-up, validation, and post-silicon testing

- High-speed interconnect and signal integrity

- System-level integration across compute, networking, and storage

Once you join, we partner with you and our hiring managers to match you to a team where your background and interests fit best, so your project is something you're genuinely excited to work on.

As a Cloud HDE I, you'll contribute to real hardware development work, which may include:

- Supporting the design, bring-up, and validation of hardware systems and subsystems

- Developing firmware or low-level software that interfaces directly with hardware

- Debugging hardware-software integration issues in the lab using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other bench equipment

- Writing and running tests to validate hardware functionality, performance, and reliability

- Collaborating with ASIC, systems, and software teams to take hardware from design through deployment

- Documenting your work and presenting findings to the team

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's or Master's degree program in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with a final graduation date of May 2027 or earlier

Coursework or project experience in digital logic design and computer architecture

Familiarity with a hardware description language (Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL)

Understanding of fundamental digital design concepts: combinational and sequential logic, finite state machines, timing, and clocking

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's or Master's degree with a focus on embedded systems, computer architecture, or hardware design

Hands-on experience with firmware development or bare-metal programming

Experience debugging hardware in a lab environment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers)

Familiarity with communication protocols (PCIe, I2C, SPI, UART, Ethernet)

Scripting experience (Python, Perl, shell) for test automation

Prior internship, research, or lab experience in hardware development, embedded systems, or firmware

The starting pay for this position is listed below. Starting Day 1 of employment, Amazon offers EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, 401(k) matching. Learn more about our benefits at https://hiring.amazon.com/why-amazon/benefits.

Austin, TX, USA - 116,100.00 USD Annually

Cupertino, CA, USA - 133,600.00 USD Annually

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