Sr. Hardware Development Engineer, Bespoke Solutions; AWS

Sr. Hardware Development Engineer, Bespoke Solutions

Job  | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Final date to receive applications:
Feb 14, 2026

Join AWS as a Senior Cloud Hardware Development Engineer to architect and lead the development of next-generation cloud infrastructure hardware. Drive innovation in complex PCBA designs utilizing state-of-the-art FPGA SoCs, working with world-class engineers in our dedicated product development lab.

Within Bespoke Solutions, the Refactor hardware development team empowers Region Services teams by eliminating reliance on external vendor constraints. We aim to be the trusted partner of choice for our service teams, delivering comprehensive product life-cycle support that enables them to scale at the pace of customer demand. For teams choosing to develop hardware internally, we provide access to our library of validated designs and proven processes to accelerate their development timelines.

If Arlington, VA HQ2:
This role will sit in our new headquarters in Northern Virginia, where Amazon will invest $2.5 billion dollars, occupy 4 million square feet of energy efficient office space, and create at least 25,000 new full-time jobs. Our employees and the neighboring community will also benefit from the associated investments from the Commonwealth including infrastructure updates, public transportation improvements, and new access to Reagan National Airport.

By working together on behalf of our customers, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us.

This position requires that the candidate selected must be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active Secret security clearance. The position further requires that, after start, the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

• Architect and lead development of complex PCB designs incorporating FPGA So Cs
• Drive system-level hardware architecture decisions and technical requirements
• Lead new product introduction (NPI) processes with contract manufacturers
• Develop and validate high-speed digital and mixed-signal circuits
• Ensure designs meet EMI/EMC compliance, thermal, and signal integrity requirements
• Partner with FPGA/firmware teams to define hardware interfaces and requirements
• Lead design reviews and drive technical consensus across multiple teams
• Mentor junior engineers and establish hardware engineering best practices

You’ll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of hardware, software, and FPGA engineers in our dedicated product development lab. Your responsibilities will span architecting innovative hardware solutions, conducting PCB design reviews, coordinating with contract manufacturers, troubleshooting prototypes, and providing technical mentorship to team members. You’ll establish strong partnerships with product managers to define technical requirements, collaborate with FPGA engineers to refine hardware interfaces, and work alongside manufacturing teams to ensure successful production scaling.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years of hardware engineering experience
• Experience in motherboard design, PCB design including schematic capture, stackup and circuit board layout
• Experience with DFx (Design for cost, test, manufacturing)
• Experience with FPGA SoC hardware integration, hardware validation and debugging
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Secret or above

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• US government security clearance of top secret or above
• Experience with AMD/Intel FPGA SoC platforms
• Expertise in signal integrity and power integrity analysis and PCB design tools (Allegro, Altium, or similar)
• Experience with high-volume manufacturing and NPI processes
• Experience with industry standards (PCIe, DDR, SERDES, etc.)

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include…