Sr. Emulation Engineer, AWS Annapurna Labs
Amazon · Cupertino, CA · Applied Science
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Cupertino, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, C, Bash, AWS and roughly 8+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Compensation is listed at $183,000–$247,600 per year.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Cupertino, CA
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Department
- Applied Science
- Posted
- Feb 19, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAs a member of the Cloud-Scale Machine Learning Acceleration team you’ll be responsible for the design and optimization of hardware in our data centers including AWS Inferentia, our custom designed machine learning inference datacenter server. Our success depends on our world-class server infrastructure; we’re handling massive scale and rapid integration of emergent technologies. We are seeking an experienced Emulation Engineer to build the next generation of our cloud server infrastructure using our emulation platform. In this role, you will define, develop and execute the methodologies to drive system validation flows that cover the ML chip design and verification requirements. You will work closely with various teams to determine the emulation platform requirements, models needed for functional testing and automation of various workflows. You will be delivering a state-of-the-art testbench, integrate the ViP components into the SoC and ensure a high quality of the design delivered to the customers. You will be developing a strong understanding of the product and continuously raise the bar to ensuring that emulation models are functionally correct and performant. Join us in creating the most advanced Machine Learning Accelerators in the world! Key job responsibilities Design emulation capabilities in system verilog/C/C++/Python/Shell scripts to facilitate system validation…