Controls Design Engineer (EPMS), CDE

Amazon • Columbus, OH

3d • $116,800 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The AWS Data Center Global Services team is looking for an exceptional individual to contribute to the Controls & Technology organization by joining the Controls Design Engineering team (CDE). The CDE primary responsibility is to track, document, communicate and enhance global data center design standards with a focus on control, automation and electrical power monitoring systems. The CDE team provides Building Management System (BMS) and Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) design coordination globally. The team’s goal is to deliver consistent standards for data center controls systems, as well as overall mechanical and electrical design practices. Due to the critical nature and complexity of designing, installing, and maintaining a BMS/EPMS, the CDE team is the primary owner of the associated specification, points list, Basis of Design and scope documents within a large infrastructure engineering team. The CDE team is a single point of contact for multiple internal and external customers, uniting the efforts associated with new construction builds, legacy site enhancement projects, and data center service projects. In a continual effort to enhance the controls systems, the CDE team collaborates through design review, drives consistent standards, and collects feedback data to arrive at unified documented solutions. Due to the efforts of maintaining, updating, and distributing BMS/EPMS standards, the CDE engineer will drive significant reductions in change order expense, scope gaps between contractors, construction schedule delays, single-sourced vendor pricing, and reduced vendor project management and engineering labor costs.

Requirements

• 4+ years of relevant work in a data center or other critical environment experience
• 3+ years of experience working with electrical diagrams, single line diagrams, and electrical distribution systems
• 3+ years of experience working with industrial controls systems
• Experience with power monitoring and SCADA systems
• Experience with industrial communication protocols such as Modbus

Nice To Haves

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or related field with 4+ years of related experience in a professional environment
• Experience working with electrical power monitoring systems (EPMS), including platforms such as Eaton Foreseer, Ignition, and Schneider PSO/PME
• Experience programming or configuring revenue-grade metering systems (ION, SEL, GE, or equivalent), including demand profiling
• Familiarity with utility disturbance monitoring, power quality analysis, and event capture (sag/swell detection, harmonic analysis, transient recording)
• Knowledge of electrical single-line diagrams, electrical distribution systems, complex electrical concepts, and data center redundancy
• Knowledge of data center facilities infrastructure and operations (PDU, UPS, generators, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Knowledge of EPMS programming and design, Modbus communication protocol, electrical distribution systems, single-line diagrams, complex electrical concepts, and data center redundancy
• Review MEP drawings with a focus on electrical drawing sets for EPMS design content
• Create EPMS scopes of work (SOW), provide RFI support, and review technical vendor proposals during bid review process
• Coordinate with each regional project manager to review and finalize project SOWs
• Review electrical Long Lead Equipment (LLE) submittments to ensure EPMS scope is captured
• Attend Factory Witness Tests (FWTs) and Equipment Qualification Tests (EQTs) to perform EPMS point validation and test EPMS device functionality on first of kind electrical equipment
• Create, update, and maintain controls points list and specifications, EPMS drawing templates, Basis of Design (BOD) documentation, and project specific SOW documents
• Develop and disseminate specification documents for global projects
• Lead and facilitate collaboration with multiple teams including construction, programmers, MEP/ACS engineers, and team managers as necessary to accomplish initiative goals
• Manage and prioritize requests for information on new construction builds, existing site facilities support, and legacy site enhancement projects
• Serve as central point of contact for multiple internal and external groups regarding EPMS design standards
• Ability to successfully operate in high security critical environments while maximizing productivity.
• Drive innovation of new solutions to support initiatives, team, and company goals
• Interaction with AWS cloud services and other applications to present, archive and analyze accumulated data
• Anticipate roadblocks and risks while providing escalation management
• Travel globally as needed to manage and support project initiatives

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level