AWS Hardware Engineering Services is looking to solve challenging problems in the supply chain and infrastructure for AWS data centers, aiming to provide infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for customers. The Firmware Engineer role specifically addresses the need for rapid innovation in server and storage infrastructure, focusing on custom solid-state devices to optimize performance and enable critical business strategies for AWS.
Requirements
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 3+ years of programming using a modern programming language such as Java, C++, or C-Sharp, including object-oriented design experience
- 3+ years of embedded firmware development experience
- 5+ years of hands-on experience developing firmware for SSD and other related storage devices.
- High-level understanding of storage technologies and associated block interface protocols.
Responsibilities
- 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 be a part of the firmware effort from conception, through validation and into production.
- You will contribute to FW development and support device characterization and benchmarking efforts.
- You will work closely with AWS software engineers to tailor devices for the AWS environment.
- You will work with engineers across the company as well as external companies and lead firmware development efforts on custom solid-state devices.
- You will collaborate with internal and external development engineers (architecture, hardware, validation, software services).
- You will be an SSD firmware expert with experience in making architectural tradeoffs to optimize SSD performance for a variety of use cases.
Other
- You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles.
- You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers.
- And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
- The ideal candidate for this role will be an innovative self-starter.
- work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies.
