AmazonHardware Engineer, High Speed Digital Engineer
Amazon is hiring a Hardware Engineer, High Speed Digital Engineer. It pays $136k-$184k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
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- On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions Ansys Hfss, Keysight Ads and Cadence Sigrity among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a senior role.
- Amazon has 20,000+ other open roles on Level.
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Design and validate high-speed digital interfaces and hardware for satellite broadband terminals.
As a High Speed Digital Design Engineer on the Customer Terminal team, you will own high-speed digital interfaces — DDR, Ethernet, and SerDes — for next-generation terminal products. You'll drive component selection, schematic design, signal integrity simulation, and lab validation, collaborating across hardware, silicon, and systems teams to deliver robust, cost-optimized designs ready for high-volume manufacturing.
Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Key job responsibilities
- Select and qualify high-speed interface components (connectors, retimers, PHYs, ESD protection) balancing performance, cost, availability, and manufacturability
- Own schematic capture for high-speed digital subsystems — define net topologies, termination schemes, and interface pin assignments in collaboration with PCB layout engineers
- Own signal integrity analysis for high-speed interfaces (DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, USB, MIPI) from architecture through production, including simulation, design rule development, lab validation, and correlation
- Perform channel modeling and simulation using EM tools (ANSYS HFSS/SIwave, Keysight ADS, Cadence Sigrity, Hyperlynx) to verify interconnect performance meets silicon requirements
- Participate in schematic and layout design reviews, providing signal and power integrity feedback to ensure designs meet performance and cost targets
- Validate high-speed interfaces in the lab using oscilloscopes, VNAs, TDRs, and high-fidelity probing techniques. Correlate measurements back to simulation models
- Collaborate with silicon, RF, antenna, thermal, mechanical, power, and systems teams to close budgets and solve problems within real-world product constraints
- Support board bring-up, debug, and root-cause analysis of SI/PI-related failures
- Support designs through qualification, production ramp, and high-volume manufacturing
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- Knowledge of CAD software like Orcad and Allegro
- 3+ years of experience in high-speed digital interface design and/or Signal Integrity simulation/validation
Preferred qualifications
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- Experience designing cost-optimized, high-volume consumer electronics
- Experience with Power Distribution Network (PDN) design, simulation, and validation
- Experience with SI/PI co-simulation for mixed-signal applications
- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
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, WA, Redmond - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Hardware Engineer, High Speed Digital Engineer at Amazon rates 0 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.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
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