About this role

Amazon is hiring a mid-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The posting calls out experience with Python, Data Structures, Frontend Development. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Role: Hardware Engineer
Function: software engineering
Level: mid
Track: Individual contributor
Employment: Full-time
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Education: Bachelor's degree
Department: Hardware Development
Posted: Apr 9, 2026

AI Summary

Mid-level hardware engineer designing low-power SoCs for battery-powered devices. Write RTL and micro-architecture specs, evaluate IP blocks, run front-end design tools (synthesis, lint, power analysis, STA), and collaborate with verification and validation teams on test planning.

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Job description

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Join the team which delivers highly differentiated silicon into Blink and Ring battery powered devices. Our team works on state-of-the art SoCs in a vertically integrated team environment to deliver products our customers love. Innovators will be delighted with our integrated verification/validation environment that is used to perform architectural modeling to post-silicon validation. The team works backwards from customer requirements to build super-low power, energy efficient designs that include the latest in AI, video processing, low power communications and CMOS fabrication technology.

Key job responsibilities
- Write micro-architecture specs and solicit feedback/link to KPIs from architecture team
- Execute on design specifications to deliver high quality RTL
- Evaluate 3rd party IP blocks
- Estimate power, performance, and area for significant IPs early in design cycle
- Ensure quality by running and tracking results of front-end tools including: Synthesis, Lint (RTL, DFT, UPF), Power Analysis and STA
- Work with pre-silicon verification teams to assist in defining test-plans/test-benches
- Work with post-silicon validation teams to define and execute on test-plans

Basic Qualifications

- Experience identifying bugs in architecture, algorithms, functionality, and performance with strong overall debugging skills
- Experience with front-end design tools (Lint, CDC, RDC and lint)
- Ability to write detailed micro-architectural specs which work through the design problems before coding (System Verilog, Verilog).

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Communications Engineering or a related field
- Experience with industry standard tools and scripting languages (Python or Perl) for automation
- Experience with hardware-software interfaces
- Using formal verification tools to enhance RTL quality before testing.

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