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Job summary

Do you want to shape the future of consumer electronics devices?

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronic devices, creating the best-selling Kindle, FireTV and Echo family of products. What will you help us create?

We are growing fast and are looking for platform leaders who can deliver software keeping in mind device safety, reliability and customer experience. This requires both being able to implement highly optimized data structures, but also low level tuning to the device hardware.

If you have impressive experience in C/C++/Java, and a passion for systems software engineering and embedded development, then this is a unique opportunity to join us at day one of building device software that will form basis for new devices in the years to come.

Your responsibilities will include:

Writing device agnostic modules to resolve challenges between the physical world and software in areas such as battery, thermals, touch and reliability.
Be very hands-on; work with multiple product engineering teams to manage the day-to-day development activities by leading architecture decisions, participating in design, code reviews, and implementation.
Build technical knowledge to support rapidly changing technologies.
Understanding failures using device telemetry, and using that to problem-solve and innovate system-level solutions.
Being on a small team, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring the right development practices are followed.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Development or similar with 3+ years of experience in consumer product design.
Experience with processor architecture, digital circuit design and various communications protocols such as I2C, UART, SPI, USB, etc.
Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C including object-oriented design.
Experience with Data Analysis skills.
1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture, design, scaling and test of new and current systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Proficiency in design and analysis of algorithms and data structures.
Linux operating system knowledge and development experience.
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
Experience influencing engineering best practices within your team.
Experience partnering with software teams to define and implement firmware, drivers and algorithms.
Experience debugging multi-disciplinary challenges and developing test plans to validate multi-disciplinary interfaces.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.