Sr. Power Engineer, Annapurna Labs, Machine Learning Hardware

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations from foundational services such as Amazons Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWSs services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization youll support the development and management of Compute Database Storage Internet of Things (Iot) Platform and Productivity Apps services in AWS including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Annapurna Labs (our organization within AWS UC) designs silicon and software that accelerates innovation. Customers choose us to create cloud solutions that solve challenges that were unimaginable a short time agoeven yesterday. Our custom chips accelerators and software stacks enable us to take on technical challenges that have never been seen before and deliver results that help our customers change the world.

We are looking for a Hardware Design Engineer with strong skills in both hardware and this role you will be responsible for architecting designing simulating and validating power delivery multi-source solutions on machine learning products and support those designs in AWS fleet through their entire life cycle. You will work cross functionally with AWS monitoring teams members of the Hardware Design team supply chain team vendors ODMs and additional teams across AWS to improve quality and reliability of products operating in the fleet.

Key job responsibilities
In this position youll have the opportunity to:
- Drive improvements in availability and efficiency as they relate to power for AWS servers. These improvements should include enhanced designs enhanced testing and improved manufacturing at the suppliers themselves.
- Identify and drive process improvements and automation in power design validation manufacturing and both pre-production and field testability.
- Develop comprehensive AWS reliability models for server power taking advantage of our copious production telemetry and deep knowledge of component internals.
- Serve as power technical lead on some of our most demanding machine learning rack scale projects including the launch of new services and features that will be deployed and used at massive scale
- Work with technology leaders to define and drive critical features and architectural advancements into our rack scale systems
- Help drive a power technology roadmap and guide our suppliers to meet Amazons server power needs for future generation products.
- Collaborate with other principal engineers to find simple solutions to brain-contorting problems
- Ensure the quality & reliability of architecture of our end-to-end system design
- Collaborate with our supply chain team to define the sourcing strategy for power commodities
- Engage deeply in the operations of our systems including identifying and rectifying root causes of critical issues
- Assist in the career development of others actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members
- Provide technical guidance to multiple teams increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience
- Advocate for the customer and ensure we are building the best possible experience

About the team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough but kind code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

About AWS
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Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

- B.S. Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or a related field
- 8 years of experience with hardware and software integration for embedded systems or hardware development
- 5 years of experience with managing ODM
- 5 years of experience as the lead technologist/architect/engineer in the power space for a major technology component product or product line
- Demonstrated expertise in driving power reliability and efficiency through design enhancement and failure mode analysis
- Experience with statistical analysis and modeling for reliability performance and/or cost

- M.S. Computer Science or a related field
- Experience with ML accelerators
- Experience with data center deployments of compute-related infrastructure

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 $143300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $257300/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.