Senior NAND SSD Product Engineer - Nitro SSD/NAND

Description

AWS Hardware Engineering Services 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.

The AWS Hardware Engineering team is driving rapid innovation in the server and storage infrastructure used by Amazon Web Services. Our designs are industry-leading in frugality and operational excellence, and are critical to the success of the AWS business and the more than one million customers who use AWS today. Our Firmware Engineers solve challenging technology problems, and build architecturally sound, high-quality components to enable AWS to realize critical business strategies.

The ideal candidate for this role will be an innovative self-starter. You will be an SSD NAND integration expert with experience in making architectural tradeoffs to optimize SSD reliability and performance for a variety of use cases. You will work with engineers across the company as well as external companies and lead NAND integration and media management development efforts on custom solid-state devices. You will collaborate with internal and external development engineers (architecture, hardware, validation, software services). AWS Engineers are shaping the way people use computers and designing the future of cloud computing technology – come help us make history!

What you will do: You will be a member of a team designing AWS-specific hardware, firmware and software for non-volatile memory devices, including NAND-based SSDs. You will lead the next generation NAND integration process with Nitro SSD from component characterization to system integration and productization qualification. You will lead NAND vendors, contract manufactures and original design manufactures globally to productize new SSD products. You will lead and advise both HW and FW teams within Amazon on new NAND and SSD productization.

Why it matters: Public cloud IT services represent the majority of growth in the overall IT services market and will continue to do so for several years to come. The scale of AWS, combined with an understanding of how our hardware is used, creates a unique opportunity for component customizations that will directly benefit our customers.

Why you will love it: You will work with engineers across the company to build next-generation devices. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to deliver improvements for our developers. You will be part of a growing, fast paced, and fun team. You will have ownership for the implementation of your work. You will see direct product improvements based on the results of your work.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead discussion with customer and define NAND/SSD specification based on customer requirement
- Lead and coordinate SSD product design, both HW and FW, to meet product specification
- Lead NAND and SSD qualification from end to end
- Collaborate with multiple NAND vendors and lead/ensure vendor product roadmap compatibility with SSD roadmap
- Solve complex technical issues related to SSD system integration, specifically for NAND
- Build at-scale operational excellence into product development and production operation

A day in the life
- Lead cross team alignment on product specification, design and implementation plan
- Lead NAND vendor meetings, drive NAND vendor roadmap, and guide complex technical discussion
- Lead Sprint and team standups for technical discussion and product priority
- Provide key technical insights to solve complex system integration or fleet operation problems, specifically for NAND
- Lead roadmap and productization plan review with leadership team and key partners
- Audit quality and identify improvement areas in both fleet operation and qualification process

About the team
Nitro SSD is the fastest growing NAND flash-memory based storage solution for AWS. The 3rd generation Nitro SSD is now available for AWS customers on both Intel and Graviton storage platforms. This is the latest milestone in the AWS Nitro SSD strategy. We deliver industry leading performance and tail latency, while offering a cost competitive, high density storage solution for AWS customers. We own ALL the firmware, hardware, software and telemetry/monitoring for ALL the devices in the fleet. We partner will global NAND vendors, SoC vendors and manufacturing partners to drive the full product-lifecycle for Nitro SSD.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 7+ years of NAND device development and/or qualification experience
- 5+ years of non internship NAND/SSD integration and/or qualification experience

Preferred Qualifications

- 3+ years of industrial experience leading end to end SSD productization for data center storage
- 5+ years of non internship QLC NAND/SSD integration and/or qualification experience
- Deep knowledge on QLC NAND design, fabrication and qualification process
- Deep knowledge on QLC NAND SSD system design and integration challenges and approaches
- Deep knowledge on NAND related SSD FW such as media management policy and NAND operation implementation
- Experience leading customer qualification for SSD with hyper scaler
- Experience working with multiple, global vendors, CM or ODM on SSD productization
- Experience in analysis of large volume of data to drive analysis and to make decisions
- Meets/exceeds Amazon's leadership principles requirements for this role

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

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.