Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides the cloud platform and operates the global infrastructure that supports its customers' services. The Connectivity Cloud Hardware Engineer will develop fiber optic and structured cabling solutions for hyperscale data centers, collaborate with vendors, and create standards and implementation plans. The role also manages quality control, site inspections, network link health, troubleshooting, and documentation for global physical fiber infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with vendors/manufacturers to develop and evaluate new Fiber Optic solutions and come up with implementation plans for incorporating them into the network
- Design and specify structured cabling systems (fiber, copper, cable trays/duct banks) for network layers at hyperscale data centers
- Develop standards, reference designs, and installation guidelines for physical network/cabling deployments and structured cabling systems
- Focus on ambiguous problem areas in existing or new network architecture and systems development initiatives, propose and deliver projects that have a significant business and/or customer impact
- Manage fiber vendors and contractors; perform quality control and commissioning of fiber bundles and structured cabling systems
- Perform mitigation analysis and site inspections to validate as-built conditions, ensuring compliance with design and operational requirements
- Monitor network/system/link quality and build mechanism to remediate large scale events and improve health of our links
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues that are causal to fiber connectivity and fiver plant design
- Maintain documentation, drawings, and asset records for physical fiber network components across global sites
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Communications Engineering or a related field
- 1+ years of data center experience, or experience with cabling infrastructure best practices and methodologies
- Expertise in industry standards such as ANSI/TIA, BICSI and other relevant structured cabling guidelines
- 2+ years of experience developing test requirement and scripts for fiber validation and characterization
- Proven ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams and external vendors on large-scale projects
- Strong skills in reviewing and interpreting technical drawings, cable schedules, and documentation management
- Master's degree, or PhD and 3+ years of industry or academic research experience
- Certifications such as BICSI, RCDD, etc
- Expertise in hardware and systems design and development
- Experience with pluggable optics (i.e SFP, SFP+, QSFP, QSFP-DD, OSFP)
- Experience working in hyper-scale cloud, AI or high-performance computing environments
- Experience working with ODM and CM suppliers of Optical Modules
Benefits
- Sign-on payments
- Restricted stock units (RSUs)
- Health insurance, including medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and an option for Supplemental life plans
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Mental Health Support
- Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Flexibility as part of the working culture
- Employee-led affinity groups
- Ongoing events and learning experiences, including Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences
- Knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources
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