Connectivity Cloud Hardware Engineer, Network Product Development

Description

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.

• Collaborate with vendors/manufacturers to develop and evaluate new fiber optic solutions and create implementation plans for incorporating them into the network.
• Design and specify structured cabling systems (fiber, copper, cable trays/duct banks) for network layers at hyperscale data centers.
• Develop standards, reference designs, and installation guidelines for physical network/cabling deployments and structured cabling systems.
• Focus on ambiguous problem areas in existing or new network architecture and systems development initiatives, proposing and delivering projects that have a significant business and/or customer impact.
• Manage fiber vendors and contractors; perform quality control and commissioning of fiber bundles and structured cabling systems.
• Perform mitigation analysis and site inspections to validate as-built conditions, ensuring compliance with design and operational requirements.
• Monitor network/system/link quality and build mechanisms to remediate large‑scale events and improve health of our links.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues that are causal to fiber connectivity and fiber plant design.
• Maintain documentation, drawings, and asset records for physical fiber network components across global sites.

On an everyday basis as an engineer or scientist on our team, you will understand the growing AWS network and our internal customers' requirements on interconnect solutions. You’ll work backwards to devise fiber connectivity solutions, influence the broad industry, and develop software tools with sister teams to maintain a highly available network that delights AWS customers. You design and implement processes and mechanisms that help the team deliver business impact in a systemic way while raising the bar on operational excellence.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Communications Engineering or a related field.
• 1+ years of data center experience, or experience with cabling infrastructure best practices and methodologies.
• Expertise in industry standards such as ANSI/TIA, BICSI, and other relevant structured cabling guidelines.
• 2+ years of experience developing test requirements and scripts for fiber validation and characterization.
• Proven ability to coordinate with cross‑functional teams and external vendors on large‑scale projects.
• Strong skills in reviewing and interpreting technical drawings, cable schedules, and documentation management.

• Master's degree, or PhD and 3+ years of industry or academic research experience.
• Certifications such as BICSI, RCDD, etc.
• Expertise in hardware and systems design and development.
• Experience with pluggable optics (i.e., SFP, SFP+, QSFP, QSFP‑DD, OSFP).
• Experience working in hyperscale cloud, AI or high‑performance computing environments.
• Experience working with ODM and CM suppliers of optical modules.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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