Senior Chip Design Engineer, Nitro Chip Design Team

Annapurna Labs an Amazon team designs and delivers high-end custom silicon at the heart of AWS. Our chips dont just support the cloud; they define it. From Trainium the purpose-built ML accelerator driving the next wave of AI innovation to Graviton the Arm-based server processor redefining price-performance for compute workloads to Nitro the advanced network and cloud management controller that underpins every AWS instance Annapurnas products set the standard for the industry.

Were looking for an exceptional senior Chip Design Engineer to join our Nitro team and help shape what comes next. Youll work alongside a world-class fast-moving engineering team take full ownership of critical IP blocks and see your work deployed at a scale no other platform can match- powering hundreds of thousands of businesses across 190 countries.

If you want to build silicon that leads the cloud world this is where it happens.

As a Senior Chip Design Engineer on the Nitro team you will take full end-to-end ownership of one or more critical IP blocks within the product guiding them from micro-architecture definition through RTL design debug synthesis timing closure and final sign-off before tape-out. Your work will ship in silicon that powers AWS at global scale.
Youll partner closely with the Verification and Emulation teams to shape test plans review coverage and close gaps early in the design cycle. Beyond your own IP youll collaborate across disciplines with Product Definition Software Physical Design and Verification teams to deliver a fully integrated production-ready chip.

Watch these videos to learn more about Annapurna Labs and the Nitro project:

AWS re:Invent 2025 Keynote with Peter DeSantis and Dave Brown: re:Invent 2025 Deep Dive into the AWS Nitro System: job responsibilities
* Full ownership of one or more IPs within the product:
Micro-architecture definition
RTL coding and debug
Synthesis and timing closure
Sign-off before tape-out
* Supporting the Verification and Emulation teams: Test plan development coverage review
* Ensuring the chip meets quality and reliability standards
* Collaborating with cross-functional teams including Product Definition Verification Software and Physical Design

- 6 years of experience in chip design
- Hands-on experience in micro-architecture and RTL design (Verilog / System Verilog)
- Scripting expertise in C* Perl Python or TCL
- BSc in Computer/Electrical Engineering
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Strong leadership skills and ability to own complex units

- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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