Product and Vendor Management Lead, Nitro Team

Описание

Annapurna Labs, part of Amazon Web Services (AWS), operates like a startup but with the scale of the world's largest cloud provider. The Nitro Cards ("K2") are custom silicon and systems present in every AWS server, continuously innovating across new technologies, server platforms, and cloud services to deliver better performance, stability, and availability to global customers. The team works closely with Nitro Silicon, Firmware, and Software teams to optimize product value and accelerate time-to-market, using insights from large-scale production health data to continuously improve products and processes.

Responsibilities

• Own K2 Design Partners (Joint Development and Manufacturer) and Contract Manufacturers (CM) Engagement: build a 3-5 year strategic plan for developing multiple card SKUs (3-5) per year using design partners (JDM)
• Optimize design capabilities to deliver best-in-class products, including advanced technologies, and availability to meet tight timelines, while providing alternatives to Engineering
• Own K2 Budget related to Engagements: planning, handling the RFP process and Awards, and handling payments and budget
• Maintain a strategy discussion forum, collecting inputs from all stakeholders
• Maintain K2-to-Vendor relationship with JDMs, CMs, or other components/sub-components/services vendors related to K2
• Identify opportunities and pains, proposing actions to K2 and K2 Supply leadership
• Vendor management: own vendor engineering logistics, samples management (order/allocation), monitoring, actual on-ground visits to monitor health, 2nd source components needs mapping (into the NPI team), vendor qual planning (cards per vendors)
• Propose solutions to Vendor's pains, working closely with K2 supply organization
• Integrate Design and Q&R inputs to a single message, working with AP K2 Q&R team
• Own the cooperation with K2 Supply Chain (AIS): work with K2-Supply (AIS) leadership to build and improve methodology, targeting maintaining supply health
• Handle supply issues related to unexpected shortages (greater than inventories) and engineering issues
• CM selection strategy: build scorecard; provide feedback to vendors/design-partners
• Provide inputs in K2 Supply Planning: be the engineering bar raiser to K2 supply plan (owned by K2 planner at AIS)
• Own K2 Program Management: guide K2 Program Manager, to own cross cards (per Gen) items
• Drive shared technologies (Ethernet, PCIe, DRAM) integration plan
• Work with partner organizations in AWS (e.g., NPD, AIS, HW-Eng) on per-generation plan with milestones, getting definitions from K2 owner, and Ethernet, PCIe and DRAM owners
• Own readiness for new Chip bring-up: Labs plan, Dev systems needs & deliveries plan management, manage priorities across activities in AP and at the ECO systems (peer teams) outside AP

Requirements

• At least 8 years of System Operations product experience
• Managing Vendors engagement processes and operations, such as samples management, negotiating R&D expenses
• Maintaining Vendor relationship: handling issues (resolution and fixing processes)
• Leading several (2+) cycles of new Vendor selection and qualification
• Experience with driving business decisions, across allocation, cost, MVA, etc.
• B.Sc. in Engineering

Nice to have

• Experience with Mass Production
• Experience with PCIe add-in cards or Mezz cards design or architecture
• Experience with servers (x86 / ARM / Machine learning) design or architecture
• Experience with SoC based (with FW) product operation
• Experience with Supply chain (work as or with planners)
• Experience with cost management
• Experience with Product / Program Management

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