Amazon

Hardware Development Manager, Archival and Specialized Hardware

Amazon$175K — $236K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer engineering or equivalent
  • 5+ years in hardware design and validation
  • 2+ years experience with storage devices
  • 7+ years managing high performance teams
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience in customer-facing product development

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of hardware engineers in product design and development
  • Collaborate with customers to align products with their business goals
  • Coordinate with interdisciplinary teams on various projects
  • Provide technology leadership for product innovation
  • Continuously seek improvements in product performance, quality, and cost
  • Impact the company's bottom line through effective product delivery

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Access to mental health support and EAP
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
Full Job Description
Application deadline: Aug 26, 2026

The ideal candidate will lead a team of hardware engineers engaged in the design and development of specialized products utilizing a wide range of technologies, design, and manufacturing partners. Work closely with our customers to understand their short and long term business goals and product needs. Work with an interdisciplinary team across components, firmware, test, and qualification, along with external suppliers and design partners to develop, deploy at scale, and provide ongoing operational support for the servers we develop. Provide technology thought leadership to both the hardware engineering team and our customers, identifying long term trends and how these can be intercepted in our products for the benefit of our customers. Work directly with engineers and product owners across the company to create next-generation hardware. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to deliver improvements for our customers.

This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position with significant impact on the future of the cloud. You will have high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, you will be constantly looking for ways to improve your products' performance, quality, and cost. You will be responsible not for just delivering products to the roadmap, but also continuously raise the bar on how we develop products.

We’re changing an industry, and we want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent

- Experience in customer-facing product development and product management, including defining, launching, and optimizing product and services

- Experience leading engineering design projects and interacting with cross-functional teams

- 5+ years of hardware design and validation of components, subsystems and systems experience

- 2+ years of storage devices experience, or experience with storage devices

- 7+ years of managing and developing high performance teams experience

- Can show strong verbal and written communication skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in computer architecture, or experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems

- 7+ years of server, storage, networking, or large-scale distributed systems experience

- Experience in motherboard design, PCB design including schematic capture, stackup and circuit board layout

- Experience with DFx (Design for cost, test, manufacturing)

- Experience with AWS technologies

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CO, Denver - 175,100.00 - 236,900.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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Net Income
$21.3 billion
Founded
1994
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Revenue
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