System Lead Engineer, Nitro team

Annapurna Labs as part of Amazon is looking for a System Lead Engineer to be part of defining shaping and integrating solutions for next generation of our cloud platforms. Our success depends on our world-class server infrastructure; were handling massive scale and rapid integration of emergent technologies. As a System Lead Engineer in the Nitro team you will be responsible for defining Annapurna Labs Network Interface Card (NIC) hardware. Following the development and validation of our NIC and bringing the NIC to mass production.

Youll provide leadership in new technologies of the HW interfaces bringing them to large-scale deployment in a continuous effort to deliver a world-class customer experience. This is a fast-paced intellectually challenging position and youll work with technical experts senior leaders and multiple areas of technology.

Key job responsibilities
As Lead engineer youll get involved with the first architecture discussions and through design development readiness to production until product exposure to customer. Youll handle hardware and software system related aspects such as: architecture definition mechanical design thermal and power design signal integrity of high speed interfaces (PCIe High Speed Ethernet and DDR) boot flows recovery flows remote debug hooks firmware live-update flows system health monitoring sensor report flow etc... This is a fast-paced intellectually challenging position and 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 your products performance quality and cost. Were changing an industry and we want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.

- Bachelors degree in electrical engineering computer engineering or equivalent
- 7 years of hardware products development experience.
- At least 8 years experience leading hardware products from design to mass production: life cycle components selection schematics layout thermal mechanical design review hardware-software interfaces and production testing and practical hardware lab.
- High-speed interfaces knowledge and debug capabilities- PCIe Ethernet DDR etc.
- Design/lab experience with at least at one of the following interfaces: DDR4/5 PCIe Gen3/4/5 100/25/10GbE; Practical experience with high-speed lab equipment.

- Experience in computer architecture
- Knowledge of scripting languages (bash python etc.)
- HW / SW / FW Integration experience
- Experience with operating systems boot loaders networking and remote debugging
- Experience with mass production products.
- Experience in driving cross team and cross disciplinary activities.
- 3 years experience working with systems and experience with their SW FW and HW components

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