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Description

In the Amazon Fire TV team, we are creating the most engaging entertainment platform for the whole family, worldwide. Be part of a fast-paced, agile and innovative team who is delivering new experiences to Fire TV devices in a startup like environment.

We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to join our Picture Quality (PQ) engineering team in Shenzhen. In this role, you will be at the intersection of software, hardware, and manufacturing — owning end-to-end PQ system quality for Amazon's smart TV devices and driving PQ excellence across our ODM partner ecosystem. You will work closely with display hardware teams, ODM/OEM partners, and cross-functional software engineers to define, implement, and validate PQ standards that set the bar for the industry.


Key job responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end PQ system architecture for Amazon 1P devices, spanning SW feature development, display tuning, and factory quality integration.
- Develop and maintain PQ software algorithms
- Define and enforce Amazon's PQ tuning standards across ODM partners, ensuring consistent visual quality across global markets.
- Lead PQ certification programs including Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HDR 10+,coordinating with third-party certification labs and internal stakeholders.
- Drive root cause analysis for PQ defects identified in factory, field, or competitive benchmarking, and implement systematic fixes at the SW or process level.
- Partner with ODM engineering teams onsite in Shenzhen to resolve PQ gaps during production, ensuring quality gates are met before launch.



A day in the life
In the role a Software Development Engineer on the System Engineering team no day in life is exactly like the previous. You'll tackle new problems and development challenges at different layers, and you'll learn and grow rapidly. The role will teach you great breadth, CS Basics and generally knowledge about best practices in Customer Electronics/OS/System. You'll have high visibility across the products and you'll get close to the customers who are using Fire TV as their daily streaming devices with a lot of opportunity to influence and make a difference.


About the team
The team mission and charter is anchored in delivering "best in class" experiences to our customers and at the same time to support the growth and scale of the Fire TV brand. To support these goals we're building a team of platform and system architects who can drive the embedded architecture, tools and platform functionality. The group is part of the larger Fire TV experience team which shares similar goals.