Data Center Controls Engineer, Data Center Capacity Delivery - Controls

Amazon • Herndon, VA

5d • $96,000 - $166,300 • Onsite

About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, supporting all AWS data centers and their equipment to ensure continual customer access to innovation. The team works on challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain, fostering an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas. As part of the global controls team, the Data Center Controls Engineer will work with highly motivated experts and innovators in the data center industry. This role is responsible for troubleshooting, project management, and maintaining the building management system (BMS) and electrical power monitoring system (EPMS). The engineer will develop new processes and standards and innovate in the controls space, utilizing Amazon leadership principles. AWS Data centers comprise multiple components such as generators, uninterruptable power sources, diesel generators, electrical switchgear, power distribution units, variable frequency drives, automatic/static transfer switches, chillers (air-cooled and water-cooled), pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, CRAHs, and air economizers. These components have local control systems that interact via open and/or proprietary communications protocols. The BMS is the primary method of control for mechanical systems, while the EPMS monitors electrical systems within a data center.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or 10+ years of relevant discipline work experience
• 3+ years of relevant work in a data center or other critical environment experience
• 2+ years of vendor management experience
• 2+ years of construction or project management experience

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or equivalent
• 4+ years of data center or mission critical facilities (example: hospital, military facility, public safety facility, etc.) experience
• Experience designing, configuring, programming, installing, troubleshooting or servicing HVAC Controls.
• Registered as a Professional Engineer (PE), or certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Experiencing using common industrial communication protocols (MQTT, BACnet and/or MODBUS).
• Experience designing data centers or critical MEP infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and perform Root Cause Analysis or Corrective Action for BMS and EPMS related issues in AWS data centers.
• Train and assist internal customers and stakeholders with the creation, design, configuration, validation, installation, commissioning and operation of BMS and EPMS systems.
• Provide technical assistance and support to operations during life cycle of the data center.
• Review results and action items from the quarterly maintenances for BMS and EPMS and take actions to get them resolved.
• Develop BMS & EPMS projects scope of work, schedule, budget, and level of efforts (LOE) to projects requested by customers and stakeholders.
• Manage scope, schedule, finance and execution of BMS and EPMS improvement projects in AWS data centers.
• Assist in procurement related activities including request for quotation/proposals, responding to request for information, review of vendors proposal and issuance of purchase orders.
• Participate in AWS global on-call schedule to provide immediate BMS and EPMS technical support to in-service data centers.
• Attend project related meetings, coordinate with project leaders and regularly report status to Controls and stakeholders management.
• Support Controls projects related commissioning activities in the data centers.
• Review, implement, troubleshoot and iterate on the controls sequence of operation (SOO) and provide necessary feedback to the design team.
• Develop and modify controls logic programming and graphical user interfaces.
• Manage multiple stakeholder deliverables, requirements and navigate challenging situations.
• Financially manage BMS and EPMS service contracts.
• Frequently visit (locally) assigned in-operation data centers to troubleshoot, meet customers, supervise vendor’s work to ensure compliance with the scope, design, SOO and applicable local codes.

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

What This Job Offers

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