The ideal candidate for this role will be an innovative self-starter. You will be an SSD NAND integration expert with experience in making architectural tradeoffs to optimize SSD reliability and performance for a variety of use cases. You will work with engineers across the company as well as external companies and lead NAND integration and media management development efforts on custom solid-state devices. You will collaborate with internal and external development engineers (architecture, hardware, validation, software services). AWS Engineers are shaping the way people use computers and designing the future of cloud computing technology - come help us make history!
What you will do: You will be a member of a team designing AWS-specific hardware, firmware and software for non-volatile memory devices, including NAND-based SSDs. You will lead the next generation NAND integration process with Nitro SSD from component characterization to system integration and productization qualification. You will lead NAND vendors, contract manufactures and original design manufactures globally to productize new SSD products. You will lead and advise both HW and FW teams within Amazon on new NAND and SSD productization.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead discussion with customer and define NAND/SSD specification based on customer requirement
- Lead and coordinate SSD product design, both HW and FW, to meet product specification
- Lead NAND and SSD qualification from end to end
- Collaborate with multiple NAND vendors and lead/ensure vendor product roadmap compatibility with SSD roadmap
- Solve complex technical issues related to SSD system integration, specifically for NAND
- Build at-scale operational excellence into product development and production operation
A day in the life
- Lead cross team alignment on product specification, design and implementation plan
- Lead NAND vendor meetings, drive NAND vendor roadmap, and guide complex technical discussion
- Lead Sprint and team standups for technical discussion and product priority
- Provide key technical insights to solve complex system integration or fleet operation problems, specifically for NAND
- Lead roadmap and productization plan review with leadership team and key partners
- Audit quality and identify improvement areas in both fleet operation and qualification process
About the team
Nitro SSD is the fastest growing NAND flash-memory based storage solution for AWS. The 3rd generation Nitro SSD is now available for AWS customers on both Intel and Graviton storage platforms. This is the latest milestone in the AWS Nitro SSD strategy. We deliver industry leading performance and tail latency, while offering a cost competitive, high density storage solution for AWS customers. We own ALL the firmware, hardware, software and telemetry/monitoring for ALL the devices in the fleet. We partner will global NAND vendors, SoC vendors and manufacturing partners to drive the full product-lifecycle for Nitro SSD.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 7+ years of NAND device development and/or qualification experience
- 5+ years of non internship NAND/SSD integration and/or qualification experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of industrial experience leading end to end SSD productization for data center storage
- 5+ years of non internship QLC NAND/SSD integration and/or qualification experience
- Deep knowledge on QLC NAND design, fabrication and qualification process
- Deep knowledge on QLC NAND SSD system design and integration challenges and approaches
- Deep knowledge on NAND related SSD FW such as media management policy and NAND operation implementation
- Experience leading customer qualification for SSD with hyper scaler
- Experience working with multiple, global vendors, CM or ODM on SSD productization
- Experience in analysis of large volume of data to drive analysis and to make decisions
- Meets/exceeds Amazon's leadership principles requirements for this role
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, CA, Cupertino - 183,000.00 - 247,600.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually
