Critical Infrastructure Mechanical Engineer, ADC Field Engineering

Amazon • Jessup, MD

19h • Hybrid

About The Position

Amazon's vision is to be the world's most customer-centric company, and this role is key to that vision. As an Amazon Critical Infrastructure Engineer, you will be leading projects to fit out our data centers to meet ever-evolving customer needs as we continue expanding our fleet to hyper-scale. You will provide full life-cycle support to AWS Data Centers from design inception through site improvement and maintenance. You will be the 'go to' engineering resource for your region when technical advice is needed, and will use your subject matter expertise and engage with diverse teams. Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers. You will prioritize your activities to support data center capacity availability and safety focusing on the actions that are most impactful. You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally. AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, supporting all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment. The team works on challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and is looking for talented people. AWS is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, pioneering cloud computing and continuously innovating.

Requirements

• 4+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities experience
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
• Experience in commissioning
• Experience in root cause analysis and troubleshooting or problem solving
• This position requires that the candidate selected be a US citizen and obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance

Nice To Haves

• Professional Engineer License
• Experience with building codes and regulations for your region
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
• Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and create Corrective Action (CA) documentation for site/equipment failures
• Directly support operational issues with ad-hoc training, complex operating procedure reviews, including critical equipment, and event support
• Own the conceptual design for existing data center upgrades and design-solutions, which add capacity, improve availability, increase efficiency and sustainability
• Interface with internal data center operations team, data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health and safety team to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered
• Develop innovative solutions for AWS’s data centers
• Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions
• Initiate and lead engineering audits including on-site visits within Amazon’s data centers. Produce reports outlining risks with recommended mitigations and remediations
• Act as resident engineer during new construction projects. Support construction, commissioning, and turnover

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: Senior