Maxim Nikiforov
Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer at Amazon Lab126
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolMaxim Nikiforov is a Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer based in San Jose with a Ph.D. in engineering and four years of formal experience in hardware reliability leadership roles at Amazon Lab126 and prior operations and engineering leadership across Western Digital/HGST and Guzik Technical Enterprises. He combines deep statistical and experimental design expertise—developed through DOE frameworks, big-data failure analysis, and outsourcing protocols—with hands-on experience in high-speed RF digitizers, DSP/FPGA, and advanced magnetic recording technologies. Maxim has led cross-site standardization and automation efforts that cut feedback cycle time by roughly 30%, and has a track record of taking complex lab techniques into production-ready processes. His background spans both research (novel measurement techniques and multiple publications/patents) and commercialization, giving him a rare blend of scientific rigor and operational execution.
4 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Chemistry at Moscow State UniversityPh.D., Engineering, Ph.D., Engineering at University of Pennsylvania
English, Russian
Github Skills (3)
fp-ts9
javascript9
typescript8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
maxxnikiforov/gitrepo
Feb 2022 - Jul 2022
Contributions:5 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 4 months
maxxnikiforov/layout_calendar
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 3 branches in 11 months
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