Cloud Hardware Development - Optics

Description

Do you like to apply deep hardware engineering expertise to deliver simple, sustainable, and scalable solutions for large networks? Would you like to play a key role in driving the stability and efficiency of next-generation network infrastructure, starting from the silicon up?

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're looking for talented people who want to help.

You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

We are looking for a Cloud Hardware Development Engineer (CHDE) with optical transceiver expertise to join our Network Product Development (NPD) team. In this role, you will enable the components that form the backbone of AWS network interconnect. You will perform high-quality design, development, validation, and sustaining engineering of optical interconnects for high-speed applications, working closely with design teams, manufacturing partners, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver robust solutions at scale.

Key job responsibilities

Cloud Hardware Development Engineers (CHDE) with optical expertise perform design, development, validation, deployment, and sustaining engineering of optical modules and components for high-speed applications for AWS network. They work with design teams, manufacturing partners, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver robust optical solutions.

- Work with vendors/manufacturers to evaluate new optical hardware features, technologies, and materials. Support implementation plans for incorporating them into product roadmaps.

- Develop and execute automated test plans for optical module characterization and qualification.

- Collaborate with vendors/manufacturers in defining test plans for optical modules, components, and interconnect technologies.

- Contribute to solving technical challenges in network architecture and optical systems development. Deliver projects that improve product quality, performance, or operational efficiency.

- Participate in technical discussions with customers and peers on team strategy and technical direction.

- Work with operations teams to identify quality issues, improve manufacturing yields, and optimize RMA processes for optical components.

- Support monitoring of module quality in the fleet and assist in developing mechanisms to remediate issues and improve optical link health.

A day in the life

On an everyday basis as part of our team, you have the unique opportunity to understand the growing AWS network and our internal customers' requirement on interconnect solutions and their components. You'll work backwards to devise hardware solutions by influencing the broad industry and/or to develop software tools with sister teams to maintain a highly available network that delights AWS customers.

You design and implement processes and mechanisms that both help the team to deliver business impact to the organization in a systemic way, while also helping to raise the bar on our operational excellence.

Operating at the scale we do, there is no blueprint for how to do what we do, which encourages our engineers to identify and develop simple solutions to complex problems. We encourage durable solutions that look around corners while taking into consideration our customer needs from a cost, performance, and reliability perspective.

About the team

Within AWS Networking the NPD (Network Product Development) organization is responsible for, designing the hardware, building the software, and owning the interconnects for the routers that power the global AWS network. Beyond product delivery we actively manage the fleet or routers in a network that grows by 70% annually. This means tracking key business and operational metrics to ensure that we operate smoothly and minimize or eliminate customer impact due to device related issues for a transparent AWS customer experience.

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- Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics or physics

- 6+ years of work experience on optical communication systems or components.

- 4+ years of experience developing…