Hardware Development Engineer, Asia Development Center

Amazon is hiring a Hardware Development Engineer, Asia Development Center in Shenzhen, China. Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?

The Role will support circuit and board-level design, participate in system bring-up and debug activities, and work with ODM/OEM partners through various stages of product development. You will collaborate with firmware and software teams to resolve hardware-software integration issues, analyze field returns and failure data to identify root causes, and contribute to design improvements for ESD/EMI performance and power management. Travel to partner sites is part of the role, with opportunities to work on-site with manufacturing and development partners.

To be successful you need to be highly motivated, understand how to solve problems and dive deep while delivering to the highest standards. You will demonstrate a strong working knowledge of product electrical design with expertise in systems integration, the desire to learn from new challenges, and the problem-solving and communication skills to work within a highly interactive and experienced team.

Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Lead multiple electrical design and validation on multiple products across Amazon device portfolio
- Research test/validation technologies and methodologies across factory and lab environment
- Develop and execute detailed electrical validation test plans to ensure functional and parametric conformance for various sub-systems including Memory
- Drive debug and root cause of hardware design issues, qualifying trade-offs and user impact
- Support integration of memory components into the broad range of Amazon HW devices.
- Provide on-site electrical engineering support at manufacturing facilities in China
- Drive hardware bring-up, debug, and failure analysis at manufacturing sites
- Support Design for Manufacturing (DFM) initiatives and manufacturing process optimization
- Own and resolve electrical design issues across xVT phases, while driving validation status reporting across mile-stone gates
- Leverage AI tools and/or write scripts where feasible to automate for efficiency
- Support positive team interactions to accomplish program objectives
- Coach or mentor junior electrical engineers

Basic qualifications

- Experience in motherboard design, PCB design including schematic capture, stackup and circuit board layout
- Experience using English communication skills, both written and verbal, to foster seamless interaction with stakeholders at all levels
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with 2+ years of experience in consumer electronic product design, OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE)
- 1+ years of experience with system-level circuit design, system bring-up, integration, or debug
- 1+ years of experience with low-power circuit design, DC/DC converters, or power management circuits
- Knowledge of processor architecture, digital circuit design and various communications protocols such as I2C, UART, USB, etc.
- 1+ years of experience working with ODM/OEMs across product development stages (design, build, test)

Preferred qualifications

- Experience in wireless system design and architecture, system integration, and RF system analysis
- Experience with analog, digital, and high-speed circuit design
- Experience with mixed-signal board-level design
- Experience with digital circuit design and communication protocols such as I2C, UART, SPI, USB, MIPI, or I2S
- Experience developing designs for ESD/EMI immunity and RF de-sensitization
- Experience designing products for wireless networks (GSM, UMTS, LTE)
- Experience with DFM and DFT processes for consumer electronics manufacturing
- Experience collaborating with software or firmware teams on drivers, firmware, or algorithms
- Experience communicating technical concepts and design trade-offs to cross-functional team members

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How we rate this

Hardware Development Engineer, Asia Development Center at Amazon rates 25 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Hardware Development Engineer, Asia Development Center is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in CN, 44, Shenzhen.
The job was posted on November 4, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
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