Silicon & Systems Engineer

Job ID: | Amazon Innovation Center (Shenzhen) Company Limited Shanghai Branch

Amazon Devices is an inventive research and development company that designs and develops high-profile devices like the Kindle family of products, Fire Tablets, Alexa, Fire TV, Health Wellness, Amazon Echo & Astro products. This is an exciting opportunity to join Amazon in contributing to its next generation SOC's for the machine learning enabled consumer products. As a Silicon & Systems Engineer in the Silicon Validation team, you will drive and execute SOC deployment in development and production phases of products by working with multi-functional teams. You will lead focused RCA (Root Cause Analysis) activities for silicon-related failures within your assigned scope, while developing and maintaining test code/methodology to debug silicon/SOC issues.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Lead and execute RCA (Root Cause Analysis) activities for silicon-related failures within assigned projects, coordinating with immediate stakeholders.
• Drive qualification activities for peripheral parts like memories & storage based on customer requirements within defined scope.
• Develop and maintain design collateral for product teams and contribute to design reviews from a silicon standpoint.
• Lead risk assessment & containment activities for specific silicon/hardware failures, escalating complex issues as needed.
• Drive integration/debug procedures for new HW features at system level within assigned areas, including validation plans and debug methodology across Validation and ATE environments.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in the Semiconductor industry.
• Understanding of ARM V8/V9 Architecture and familiarity with Multimedia SoC hardware features.
• Experience with Linux OS low layer interaction with Silicon and related debug methodology.
• Experience with SOC bring-up and post-silicon validation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and deliver results.
• Experience working effectively with software teams on HW/SW interface requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience driving solutions for products failure in volume production phase.
• Knowledge of Bare Metal Environment development, including linker scripts, page tables and NVIC.
• Experience working with high-speed interfaces (DDR/HDMI/EMMC/USB/PCIe) low layer enabling and debug.
• Experience in semiconductor design work including chip and subsystem integration.
• Track record of leading small-scale technical initiatives to completion.

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Posted: December 3, 2025 (Updated 24 days ago)

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