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Amazon HW/Silicon - Application Engineer in 31, China
Description
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 HW/Silicon Application Engineer in Silicon Validation team, you will play a pivotal role in driving RCA (Root Cause Analysis) activities for failures pointing to silicon, in development and production phases of products by collaborating with multi-functional teams. You will be responsible for developing, maintaining and supporting tests/framework to debug silicon/SOC issues and drive root cause failure analysis.
Key job responsibilities
Drive RCA (Root Cause Analysis) activities for failures pointing to silicon, in development and production phases of the product by collaborating with multi-functional teams.
Develop & Drive qualification activities for peripheral parts like memories & storage based on customer (product team) requirements.
Support product teams with appropriate design collateral. Update and maintain the design collateral as needed.
Support product teams by offering timely design reviews from a silicon standpoint.
Risk Management : Drive containment, risk assessment & mitigation activities related to silicon/hardware failures.
Craft test strategies for new features, including specifications and validation plans as needed, across (but not limited to) Validation and ATE environments.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Shanghai, 31, CHN | Shenzhen, 44, CHN
Basic Qualifications
Experience : 7+ years in Silicon/System validation and failure analysis.
Educational Background : BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related field/equivalent experience.
System Level Expertise : Experience in system-level debugging, focusing on functional and structural test correlation.
Technical Knowledge : Exposure to silicon manufacturing, and production testing of chips, boards, and systems.
Additional Skills : Exposure to digital design, circuit analysis, statistical analysis, firmware, drivers, and diagnostic software applications.
Soft Skills : Outstanding problem-solving, partnership, and interpersonal abilities. Excellent written and oral communication skills (peer and leadership-facing).
Analytical Understanding : Basic knowledge of frequency, power, thermal constraints and failure analysis techniques.
Preferred Qualifications
Deep hands-on technical expertise in automation, executing tests, test frameworks and tools.
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python or C.
Exposure to ARM based SOC architecture and experience in testing of complex multimedia SOCs.
Knowledge of DFT architecture, BIST, fault analysis, fault models, and fault detection methods.
Experience in quality assurance for consumer electronics.