Hardware Development Engineer, AIML Server Development

Application deadline: Jul 28 2026

Are you curious about what happens inside the servers that power AI Do you enjoy debugging problems and figuring out why something broke Are you excited to learn fast work on real systems and see your contributions matter from day one If that sounds like you wed love to meet you.

AWS Hardware Engineering builds and maintains the servers behind the worlds largest cloud. Our team focuses on GPU-accelerated platforms the infrastructure that runs generative AI machine learning training and large language models at global scale. Its complex its fast-moving and its an incredible place to start your career.

Were looking for a Hardware Development Engineer to join us and grow. You dont need to know everything on day one you need to be curious willing to learn and energized by solving problems. Youll be supported by experienced engineers wholl mentor you as you ramp up on real fleet challenges: understanding why a GPU server misbehaves building tools to catch issues automatically and helping improve the reliability of infrastructure used by millions.

Youll learn how servers work end-to-end hardware firmware software and operations and youll contribute to a team thats pushing toward a future where systems heal themselves. Your ideas will matter your work will ship and youll develop skills that are hard to get anywhere else.

Key job responsibilities
- Investigate and root cause hardware issues on GPU server platforms with support of an experienced engineer youll learn to trace problems across electrical firmware and software layers
- Analyze failure data and trends to identify systemic problems and propose fixes
- Work with senior engineers to understand server architecture GPU subsystems and fleet operations
- Participate in design reviews for new server platforms contributing a reliability and serviceability perspective
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (firmware software manufacturing datacenter operations) to close the loop between field failures and design improvements
- Document findings contribute to runbooks and share knowledge with the team

A day in the life
- Youll work on infrastructure at a scale that doesnt exist anywhere else
- Youll develop rare cross-stack expertise (hardware firmware software operations) early in your career
- Youll have mentorship from senior engineers and a team that invests in your growth
- Youll see your work directly improve the systems powering the next generation of AI

- Bachelors degree or above in electrical engineering computer engineering or equivalent
- Experience communicating technical concepts and processes using clear simple language and visuals
- Understanding of computer architecture (CPU memory buses I/O)
- Hands-on experience with Linux environments (coursework labs or personal projects)
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to work well with cross-functional teams
- Desire and energy to work in a fast-paced learning-intensive environment

- Experience programming or scripting language like Python Java C or C
- co-op program at your university in engineering or equivalent or experience from previous technical internship(s) or demonstrated project experience
- 1 years of industry work experience
- Coursework or projects in embedded systems computer architecture or hardware-software interaction
- Experience debugging hardware or software issues in lab or project settings

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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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA Cupertino - 126100.00 - 185000.00 USD annually
USA CO Denver - 109700.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 109700.00 - 160000.00 USD annually