CPLD/FPGA Firmware Engineer, Annapurna Labs, ML Accelerator Systems Firmware

Annapurna Labs is at the forefront of hardware/software co-design, not just in Amazon Web Services (AWS) but across the industry. We design and build every component of our hardware and software to create products that our customers use for accelerated computing. If you're interested in the work required to build the highest-performing Machine Learning servers, from inception to delighted customers, Annapurna is a fantastic choice.

We are seeking an experienced CPLD/FPGA Firmware Engineer to join our ML Acceleration Server Firmware team, which is responsible for developing firmware to enable power sequencing and developing control systems for ML Acceleration servers in the data center. The team focuses on deploying firmware to diverse environments, including pre-silicon emulation, hardware manufacturing, automated testing, and production systems used by customers.

Technologies useful to this role include computer architecture, hardware description languages (HDLs), and embedded systems. Our team uses Verilog, C, C++, Lua, bash, Python and other similar languages. Although we use machine learning workloads to validate systems software, this team is focused on codeveloping reliable server software and hardware for customers to deploy their ML workloads at scale.

Key job responsibilities

- Develop CPLD and FPGA programs that implement power sequencing and manage various protocols, including PWM, I2C, and SPI
- Develop systems software and drivers
- Define test and automation flows to validate firmware
- Evaluate and optimize firmware performance
- Build error detection and recovery mitigation systems at AWS scale

A day in the life
You will have the opportunity to develop server firmware in a highly cross-functional environment, working side by side with software and hardware teams to optimize customer experience. You will be responsible for building scalable designs that can be tested throughout the stages of product development including manufacturing and production. You will leverage automation, continuous integration, and fleet metrics to deploy and monitor your changes.

About the team
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

This is a hardware team, we focus on system programming related to accelerators and other devices. We are not implementing Machine Learning, we think more about device drivers than training algorithms.

Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 3+ years of programming with at least one hardware description language (HDL) experience

Preferred Qualifications

- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience in embedded development in C/C++
- Experience in RTL development in Verilog, VHDL, or SystemC

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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, TX, Austin - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually