Senior Silicon & Systems Engineer
AmazonJob Title
Senior Silicon & Systems Engineer
Role Summary
Join the Amazon Devices Silicon Validation team to deploy SoCs in development and production for consumer products. Lead silicon-focused root cause analysis, develop debug/test methodology, and coordinate across hardware, software, and product teams to qualify and integrate SoC features.
Experience Level
Senior. The job title indicates a senior-level role. Years-of-experience guidance is not specified in the posting.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include system-level silicon validation, qualification, and failure analysis across development and production phases.
- Lead root cause analysis (RCA) for failures attributed to silicon across development and mass-production phases.
- Develop and maintain test code, validation plans, and debug methodologies for SoC issues in validation and ATE environments.
- Define integration and debug strategy for new hardware features at the system level, including specifications and validation criteria.
- Drive qualification activities for peripheral components such as memory and storage per product requirements.
- Support product teams with silicon-focused design collateral and provide timely design reviews.
- Manage containment, risk assessment, and mitigation for silicon/hardware failures.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience for performing silicon validation and system-level debugging.
- Extensive experience in the semiconductor industry and SoC bring-up/post-silicon validation.
- Strong understanding of ARM v8/v9 architecture and multimedia SoC hardware features.
- Expertise with Linux low-level interaction with silicon and related debug methodologies.
- Experience leading technical initiatives and delivering key technical milestones.
- Proven ability to work with software teams to define and debug HW/SW interfaces.
Nice-to-have
- Experience developing products for volume production and resolving mass-production issues.
- Bare-metal development experience (linker scripts, page tables, NVIC).
- Experience with high-speed interfaces (DDR, HDMI, eMMC, USB, PCIe) and their bring-up/debug.
- Practical semiconductor design experience including full-chip and subsystem integration.
Education Requirements
Required: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field. Preferred: Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field. The posting does not state alternative equivalent-experience language or required certifications.
About the Company
Company: Amazon
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, United States
Amazon is a global leader in e-commerce and cloud computing, committed to delivering fast, reliable services across diverse sectors. The company's innovative technologies include AWS, Kindle, and Echo, as well as developing low Earth orbit satellite networks for improved internet connectivity worldwide.
