Manufacturing System Development Engineer, Cloud AI/ML/storage server teams
Amazon · Denver, CO
$129,200–$201,200from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits at the intersection of software and hardware, focused on building and maintaining test software, diagnostic tools, and automation for GPU-based server platforms at contract manufacturing sites. Day-to-day work involves debugging complex system failures on the manufacturing floor — spanning firmware, drivers, PCIe, power, and GPU subsystems — and developing automated test flows to improve yield and throughput. It suits engineers equally at home writing production code and hands-on troubleshooting hardware, with roughly a quarter of the time spent traveling to manufacturing sites.
Senior level · 5+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5,200 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,200–7,800
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role is a genuine hybrid of software development (test automation, diagnostic frameworks, CI/CD pipelines in Python/C++/Java) and hands-on hardware debug at manufacturing lines — SOC 15-1252 (Software Developers) was chosen because writing and shipping test/diagnostic code is the primary deliverable, but 15-1244 is a credible runner-up given the heavy hardware operations and manufacturing-floor work.
Multiple locations are listed (Cupertino CA, Denver CO, Seattle WA) with different salary bands; the Seattle band ($129,200–$174,800) is used as the primary CBSA since it is the lowest common denominator, but the Cupertino band ($148,700–$201,200) is the highest. Hiring managers should note the full range spans $129,200–$201,200 depending on location.
The Basic Qualifications list both '2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience' and '5+ years of software development experience' — the higher figure (5 years) is used as the overall years minimum as it is the more specific and binding gate for this role.
Hardware debugging (3+ years) is stated as a distinct required gate in the Basic Qualifications and is captured as a required skill; specific hardware subsystems (PCIe, NVMe, BMC/IPMI, GPU, BIOS) appear only under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
CI/CD pipeline experience appears only under Preferred Qualifications and is marked preferred, even though it is mentioned in the job responsibilities narrative.
Travel (~25% domestic and international) is a stated hard requirement.
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