Sr. SDE C/C++ Hardware/Software Co-Design, Machine Learning Acceleration Systems

Annapurna Labs stands at the forefront of hardware/software co-design leading innovation not just within Amazon Web Services (AWS) but across the entire industry. We design and build every component of our hardware and software to create best-in-class machine learning products that accelerate customer workloads through industry leading hardware using our custom silicon solutions. If youre passionate about building the highest-performing hardware-accelerated Machine Learning systems and want to be part of the entire journey from pre- through post-silicon development Annapurna Labs offers an exceptional career opportunity. Join us in shaping the future of AI acceleration

At the heart of AWS Machine Learning servers reside our custom Amazon-designed silicon that powers next-generation machine learning capabilities for our customers. Were seeking an experienced C/C engineer to join our embedded software team where youll develop bare metal firmware that drives neural network model execution across our custom ASIC-based ML Accelerator chips.

Working at the intersection of hardware and software youll collaborate closely with our architecture and design teams to design and implement firmware and custom hardware that enables machine learning within our accelerator chips. Our mission is ambitious: to democratize access to industry-leading ML infrastructure and make deep learning capabilities accessible to everyday software developers. From the ground up youll help design and build the foundation that makes this vision possible.

the Annapurna Labs team operates with the agility and culture of a startup but with the full weight of Amazon behind us and we invite you visit the link below for a glimpse inside our labs to see exactly the incredible technology and people you will work with at Annapurna Labs!

is a fast-paced challenging position where youll work with thought-leaders in multiple technology areas. Youll have high standards for yourself and everyone you work with and youll be constantly looking for ways to improve our products performance quality and cost. Were searching for individuals who want to reach beyond what is possible today and change an industry.

No prior ML knowledge is required for this role and you will learn about the inner workings of ML and our custom ML accelerators as part of your onboarding.

Key job responsibilities
- Applying Software/Hardware co-design principles
- Embedded software design implementation testing debugging and performance improvements
- Test suite and infrastructure design
- Owning the design and final implementation of maintainable documented and well tested software
- Close collaboration with RTL designers design verification engineers and other software teams
- Mentoring of software engineers on best practices computer architecture and software design choices

- 7 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 7 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 7 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team

- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience writing firmware or bare metal software using C/C
- Experience in Hardware/Software co-design
- Experience with Hardware-In-The-Loop testing
- Background in Computer Architecture and Design

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: 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. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.