Principal Solutions Architect, Hitech/Semicon

Company: Amazon
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 3, 2026

Job Description:

Would you like to help the world’s largest, most creative companies solve their biggest challenges? As the Domain SA for Electronics and Semiconductor within the Solutions & GTM Programs Group (SGP), you will help define and lead execution of the technical and thought leadership deliverables that will drive the adoptions of AWS across the entire Electronics and Semiconductor industries. You will partner with the industry technical leader, the solutions team, and stakeholders across AWS to identify and prioritize customer use cases for solutions. This includes developing clear, robust reference architectures and solutions that leverage the AWS cloud platform to address customer business needs. You will have depth in the HiTech (Electronics and Semiconductor) industry, be a hands-on, and lead by example. You will have the opportunity to shape and deliver on a solution strategy, building mind share, accelerating customer adoption, and driving broad usage of AWS services across the industry. Deliverables will include reference architectures, technical guides, white papers, blog posts, sample code, and webinars. You will be a technical thought leader as well, representing AWS at events in front of customers and partners. You will work closely with field sales teams and specialists to support solution opportunities, as well as help develop solution competence and capabilities within technical teams across the Electronics and Semiconductor community. Key job responsibilities • Develop technical solutions strategies and plans. You will be a key technical contributor to meeting revenue and performance goals for Electronics and Semiconductor solutions • Engage customers, account teams, industry SAs, and technical Field to develop/validate customer solution needs • Be a key technical contributor to Electronics and Semiconductor solution needs prioritization, and validate technical feasibility of solution responses • Drive development of ‘well-architected’ solution guidance for all priority customer use cases • Drive development of technical GTM (go-to-market) assets to support the technical field in solution opportunities • Be a key technical contributor to the solution and development process, including developing ‘well-architected’ reference designs and sizing • Enable and train the AWS field teams on solutions, as well a drive ongoing awareness, adoption, use, and increase solution maturity • Proactively engage customers, account SAs, industry SAs to win solution POCs/POVs at early lighthouse customers, and develop solution references. Provide ongoing reactive support on solution opportunities as required • Engage with influencers, analysts, media to educate them on the AWS solutions story in Electronics and Semiconductor. Speak at public facing events, as required. • Represent AWS at Electronics and Semiconductor consortia/standards/regulatory bodies to identify needs and influence solution standards • Responsible for closed loop feedback to the AWS service teams. Influence AWS services/roadmap based on solution needs and learnings About the team The SGP team’s charter is to develop easy-to-use, repeatable, scalable solutions and go-to-market programs. We leverage our domain expertise to work backwards from the needs of our customers, and we invent on their behalf. Solutions integrate AWS services, best practices, common industry requirements, capabilities, and partners. Solutions are purpose-built to address priority customer use cases — and the innovation, modernization, and transformational business outcomes customers seek. When using AWS solutions and programs, customers achieve outcomes measurably faster, with lower effort and risk. Candidates should have technical knowledge of enterprise IT and use-cases specific to the Electronics and Semiconductor industry, which includes compute requirements, tiered storage architectures, third party software licensing, desktop virtualization, network security, etc., with the ability to go deep on technical aspects to understand current and future customer needs and present AWS technical benefits. The right person will be highly technical and analytical, and will be capable of understanding the complexities of large, global IT environments. You will have excellent presentation skills, including formal presentations, whiteboarding, and be able to present to large and small groups, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations, including strategic partners and ISVs. - Bachelor's degree - 8 years in senior technical customer facing roles in HiTech/Electronics/Semiconductor - Practical experience designing and implementing solutions at scale - Technical knowledge of engineering, CAD, CAE, or related IT infrastructure including: compute requirements, job schedulers, tiered storage, license management - Understanding of the Hitech/Electronics/Semiconductor supply chain (e.g., EDA tool providers, foundries, contract manufacturing, ODMs and OEMs, IP providers, industry trends) - Demonstrated ability to work effectively across the world, engaging with internal and external organizations, customers, system integrators, and ISVs - Programming/coding experience in Python, Ruby, JSON, YAML, or similar. - Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients - Technical Computer Science background, and/or Engineering/Math background - AWS SA Professional Certification - International Hitech/Electronics/Semiconductor experience and knowledge - Passion for cloud technologies; understanding of public and hybrid cloud platforms Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, CA, San Francisco - 210,200.00 - 284,300.00 USD annually

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