Description The Amazon Devices team designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics, including the best-selling Kindle family of products. We have also produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo, and the Astro personal robot. What will you help us create? As an FPGA Engineer, you will be part of an advanced architecture team that is exploring new hardware designs to improve our devices. In this role, you will be responsible for defining the FPGA bring up environment for ASIC and system prototyping. You will participate in the design, verification and bring-up of IPs in FPGA by writing relevant scripts, debugging code, test benches, test harnesses, and otherwise interacting with the extended team. You will responsible for the lab bring-up of these blocks. You will work closely with multi-disciplinary groups including Product Design, Audio Technology, Computer Vision, Hardware Engineering, and Software Engineering, to architect and implement FPGA solutions that enable development of world-class hardware devices. Key job responsibilities - Design world class hardware and software - Communicate and work with team members across multiple disciplines - Deliver IP's in FPGA platforms (Xilinx) for use by software teams - Create and enhance verification of these IP's by leveraging the FPGA environment - Identify and write all types tests for stimulus and corner-cases - Debug tests with design engineers to deliver functionally correct design blocks Basic Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in EE, CE, or CS - 5+ years of FPGA design or FPGA-based ASIC prototyping - Experience with FPGA build flows - Experience with writing and debugging bring-up / test code for embedded systems (C/C++) - Experience in prototype bring-up with strong hardware debug skills - Experience with industry standard tools and scripting languages (Bash / Python / Perl) for automation Preferred Qualifications - Masters / PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field - 7+ years or more of FPGA design or FPGA-based ASIC prototyping - Experience with ARM and various DSP ISA - Experience debugging system-level issues - Good programming skills in C/C++ and scripting skills in Python, Tcl, and/or Perl - Working experience with high performance industry standard buses like AMBA AXI4 - Experience with post-silicon validation - Experience with embedded software - Experience with transaction level modeling - Experience with industry standard I/O interfaces - Experience with ASIC prototyping on FPGAs - Experience with Synopsys HAPS - Knowledge of SoC architecture - Excellent verbal and written communication skills 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. Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.