- Are comfortable reading hardware specs and translating them into working software
- Have debugged problems where the root cause could be in hardware, software, or the interface between them
- Have built firmware, drivers, runtime software, or communication libraries for SoCs, ASICs, GPUs, CPUs, or FPGAs
- Care about performance and have experience profiling and optimizing latency-sensitive or throughput-critical code paths
- Are comfortable in C++ close to the hardware and use Python for tooling and automation
- Enjoy working on a small, high-impact team where you own significant pieces of the stack end-to-end
Although we are building machine learning chips, no machine learning background is needed for this role. Any ML knowledge required can be learned on the job — what matters is your ability to write great low-level software and reason about hardware.
This role can be based in either Cupertino, CA or Austin, TX.
- Knowledge of hardware architectures
- 2+ years of professional experience developing firmware, drivers, runtime software, or low-level systems software for custom hardware (SoCs, ASICs, GPUs, CPUs, FPGAs)
- Experience programming in C++, Python, and/or Rust (preference for at least 2)
- Experience with collective communication libraries or distributed systems primitives (MPI, NCCL, RCCL, or similar)
- Experience debugging using functional models, QEMU, FPGA, or emulators
- Experience with Linux kernel development, device drivers, or bare-metal firmware
- Experience building functional or performance models of SoCs
- Familiarity with PCIe, DMA engines, on-chip interconnects, or network-on-chip architectures
- Experience with performance profiling and optimization of latency-sensitive software
- Experience with multi-threaded, multi-process, or asynchronous programming models
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.
These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, Cupertino – 165,200.00 - 223,600.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin – 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
