Sr. System Architect

Job description

DESCRIPTION

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 Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?

Work hard. Have fun. Make history.

As Sr. System Architect, the candidate will define system architecture for a range of Amazon Devices that are consumer electronics devices, including supplier and SOC selection. The candidate will translate business requirements into use cases and tangible technical specifications. The candidate will work closely with internal cross-functional teams including product managers, system architects, hardware and software architects, hardware and software design engineers, test engineers and engineering management. The candidate must be able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment. In this role, you will:
· Define world class hardware platforms
· Interact with cross functional engineering teams across the company
· Co-develop world class SOC with partner silicon suppliers
· Dive into and take ownership for critical design issues
· Participate in design reviews
· Address all aspects of technology readiness, including manufacturability
· Help build robust methodology and processes to deliver technology to products
· Drive initial product concepts by developing block diagram with identified chipsets and interfaces

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field with 10+ years of experience in system design of consumer and smart home products
· Experience designing with ARM CPUs, GPUs, Video Displays, Audio pipelines, etc
· Experience with key roadmaps of SOC chipset suppliers
· Experience with technical document writing using Visio, Word, Excel, and / or PowerPoint