• Senior Post Silicon Engineer

    Amazon (Austin, TX)


    Description

    Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

     

    In this Senior Post Silicon Engineer role, you will be a key contributor to a high-performance team focused on developing and validating MODEM SOC technologies. Your primary responsibilities will include designing and maintaining a scalable automation framework and collaborating with the Design Verification team to establish comprehensive bare metal testing infrastructure. By leveraging your technical expertise, you will play a crucial role in driving the successful bring-up and characterization of Kuiper MODEM SOC.

    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

    • Design scalable automation framework for post-silicon testing and validation.

    • Write maintainable, efficient, OOP Python scripts for automating bring-up, validation, and characterization tasks.

    • Ensure proper version control using Git, including branching strategies and code reviews

    • Set up and manage Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines.

    • Design instrument drivers for test equipment communication via USB and Ethernet interfaces.

    • Develop automated reports using statistical analysis to generate actionable system performance insights.

    • Design and manage hardware setups, including cabling and physical infrastructure to support efficient data gathering and hardware management.

    • Maintain comprehensive documentation for the automation system, including user guides and troubleshooting procedures.

    Basic Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.

    • 8+ years of work experience in creating and maintaining automation framework to support Post-Silicon Flow.

    • Proficiency in serial protocols like SPI, I2C, I3C, UART, etc.

    • Proven experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipeline implementation

    • Working knowledge of programming languages such as Python and Embedded C

    • Demonstrated expertise in Bare Metal Environment (BME) development, including in-depth knowledge of linker scripts, page tables and the Nested-Vectored Interrupt Controller.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • 4+ years in low-level firmware development, memory management, and interrupt handling in resource-constrained embedded systems.

    • Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in both bare metal and automated testing environments

    • Experienced with bench-top test instruments across power, signal and data acquisition domains

    • Expertise with JTAG-based debugging tools (e.g., Lauterbach)

    • High sense of ownership, urgency, and drive; resourceful, and able to deliver results with minimal direction

     

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