System Power Engineer

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Description

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations - from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS. Within AWS UC, Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) roles engage with AWS customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Annapurna Labs, as part of AWS, is looking for an exceptional Electrical Engineer to own, develop, test, and monitor the power electronics of Amazon Graviton server products, and to be part of a team that integrates new silicon, hardware, firmware, and software into a revolutionary system architecture.

In this role you will be working with our system design team, to help deploy new hardware and electrical power systems for Amazon's Graviton servers. You will work with internal and external vendors to support hardware development, manufacturing, and testing. You will also be supporting additional ongoing development and testing efforts for the servers.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test power electronics hardware and analog/digital device components such as hot swap controllers, eFuses, multi-phase and POL DC-DC converters, and protection circuitry.
• Conduct electrical power system architecture development, design concepts, and trades.
• Support engineering trades and estimates, interact with suppliers/partners on critical components, and develop hardware from concept to mass production.
• Participate in schematic and layout reviews.
• Work with design partners and manufacturing sites on design, validation, and debug issues.
• Review, identify, and qualify second-source electrical components, to enable continuity of supply.
• Simulate and optimize PDN using industry standard tools (SPICE, Sigrity, HyperLynx, etc.).
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members, to gain knowledge and improve product design, processes, and quality.
• Conduct board bring-up, execute test campaigns, and propose effective solutions to design issues.
• Test prototype hardware and systems in labs.
• Develop a technology roadmap for power electronics and electrical power systems for servers.
  
  

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, preferably with a focus on Power Electronics.
• 10+ years of experience in power electronics design, particularly in high-current, multi-phase DC/DC converters.
• 10+ years of experience in power integrity design and analysis.
• 10+ years of experience leading hardware products from design to mass production: life cycle, components selection, schematics/ layout/ thermal/ mechanical design/ review, hardware-software interfaces, production testing.
• Experience in measurement, troubleshooting, and debug in a lab environment.
• Experience in schematic capture tools and PCB layout design, with experience in leading design reviews.
• Experience leading PCBA board bringup and validation testing.
• Experience debugging power issues.
• Willing to travel 3-4 times a year, for a week at a time.
  
  

• Design/lab experience with the following interfaces: DDR4/5, PCIe Gen3/4/5; practical experience with high-speed lab equipment.
• Knowledge and understanding of server architecture and design.