The ideal candidate will participate in the product development process from concept to market launch with an emphasis on system integration, characterization, and verification. Their contributions will ensure that the product at the sub-system and system level meets or exceeds performance targets, will be of high quality, and will maintain performance targets under manufacturing process variations at high volume. They have demonstrated ability to analyze, model, test, characterize, verify, and communicate product performance criteria, collaborate with fellow engineers, communicate effectively, and collaborate with cross functional teams with little guidance. Candidate should possess a solid analytical and practical knowledge of systems spanning electrical, firmware, mechanical, and optical design components, be experienced in model-based design and data analysis, and understand the hardware development process in regulated industries.
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Key job responsibilities
– Analyze, measure, and specify performance metrics from sub-system to system level
– Ensure that tolerance stacks across system components meet performance targets
– Investigate, prototype and deliver new and innovative calibration and sensing solutions
– Participate in hardware development, design reviews, documentation, and verification
– Deliver analytical models, investigation plans and reports, characterization and test reports, verification protocols and reports
– Successfully collaborate and communicate with other sub-system development teams
About the team
Innovators wanted! Are you an entrepreneur? A builder? A dreamer? This role is part of an Amazon Special Projects team that takes the company’s Think Big leadership principle to the extreme. We focus on creating entirely new products and services with a goal of positively impacting the lives of our customers. No industries or subject areas are out of bounds. We have launched products such as Comprehend Medical, Echo Frames and Amazon Explore. If you’re interested in innovating at scale to address big challenges in the world, this is the team for you.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Milpitas, CA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
– 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience
– 4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
– 2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
– 4+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment experience
– 4+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
– 2+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience
– Knowledge of at least one modern programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Perl
– Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
– 1+ years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience
– Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
– Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $121,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.