Sr. ASIC Design Engineer, Blink/Ring ASIC Team
Amazon is hiring a Sr. ASIC Design Engineer, Blink/Ring ASIC Team. It pays $185k-$250k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions asic design, soc design and rtl among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a senior role.
- Amazon has 20,000+ other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Design advanced system-on-chip silicon architectures for Amazon smart home camera and doorbell products.
Join the innovative team behind Amazon's most beloved Cameras and Doorbells. We're not just building chips—we're creating the silicon brain that powers millions of homes worldwide, making them safer and smarter.
Why This Role Matters
As a Sr. ASIC Design Engineer on our Blink/Ring ASIC Team, you'll work on leading-edge System-on-Chip (SoC) designs that directly impact customer experiences. Our vertically integrated environment means you'll see your innovations come to life in products that customers genuinely love—and you'll get there faster with our streamlined time-to-revenue approach.
What Makes Us Different
Innovation at Every Level: Work with our integrated verification/validation environment that spans from architectural modeling through post-silicon validation. We believe in giving engineers the best tools to do their best work.
Customer-Obsessed Engineering: We work backwards from real customer needs to create super-low power, energy-efficient designs featuring the latest advances in AI, video processing, low-power communications, and leading-edge CMOS fabrication technology.
State-of-the-Art Technology: Push the boundaries with highly differentiated silicon that sets industry standards.
Key job responsibilities
Your Impact:
- Architect the Future: Define architecture specifications that translate product vision into technical reality
- Lead and Mentor: Create microarchitecture specifications and guide junior engineers in implementation
- Drive Quality: Own the end-to-end process from RTL delivery through synthesis, power analysis, and timing closure
- Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with verification and validation teams to ensure flawless execution from testplan to production
- Innovate Continuously: Evaluate emerging IP blocks and drive early architectural trade-offs that accelerate time-to-market
A day in the life
Why Join Amazon's Ring/Blink Team?
- Work on products used by millions of customers daily
- Collaborate with world-class engineers in a supportive, innovative environment
- Access to leading-edge tools and technologies
- Opportunity to influence product direction from the silicon level up
- Be part of Amazon's mission to make homes safer and more connected
About the team
Ready to Make an Impact?
If you're passionate about creating silicon that powers the future of smart home technology and want to work where your innovations directly delight customers, we want to hear from you.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- Knowledge of UVM and Matlab
- Experience developing products for volume production
- Experience low power design techniques
Preferred qualifications
- Master's degree or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Experience in RTL coding and debug, as well as performance, power, area analysis and trade-offs
- Experience with modern ASIC/FPGA design and verification tools
- Experience with physical implementation flows
- Experience delivering products to volume production
- Experience leading technical initiatives and key deliverables
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, MA, North Reading - 185,200.00 - 250,000.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Sr. ASIC Design Engineer, Blink/Ring ASIC Team at Amazon rates 10 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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