Electrical Engineer, Data Center, Colocation Regional Engineering - AMER

Amazon • Mesa, AZ

1d • $116,800 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services is responsible for the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, ensuring the cloud runs smoothly. This team supports all AWS data centers and the associated equipment, including servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling. The role involves working on complex challenges within the supply chain and collaborating with a diverse team of engineers, specialists, and managers. The position offers the opportunity to contribute to the highest standards of safety and security while providing scalable capacity at a low cost for customers, within an inclusive culture that encourages bold ideas.

This role specifically focuses on AWS data centers, which form the foundation for AWS software and services. The engineer will collaborate with business development, design engineers, data center operations professionals, external vendors, and consultants to assess and select colocation facilities that meet business requirements. The position requires an in-depth understanding of data center design, engineering, and operations of infrastructure critical to data centers, telecommunications facilities, and other similar environments. The engineer will work directly with internal business teams and colocation vendors to identify, document, and resolve operational or design deficiencies impacting site capability or availability. There will be opportunities to influence data center product standards, improve processes, and guide the direction of the global colocation data center portfolio. This role is ideal for a strong leader with solid data center mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural (MEPS) infrastructure design engineering experience, offering a fast-paced, rewarding environment at Amazon.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• 5+ 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
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities

Nice To Haves

• Professional Engineer License
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• 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
• 5+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems experience

Responsibilities

• Conduct site assessments against AWS standards for collocation data centers and telecommunications facilities within the region.
• Reviews vendor critical infrastructure designs and perform risk analysis and availability calculations for vendor owned and operated collocation data center’s infrastructure to determine fit-for-use/fit-for-service for AWS cloud compute and networking services.
• Perform design and equipment submittal review for new Data Centers in your region.
• 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 design for existing data center upgrades and design-solutions, which add capacity, improve availability, and increase efficiency.
• Lead, Review, and approve designs for existing co-location (colo) data center upgrades which improve availability/efficiency.
• Interface with internal data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health and safety team to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered.
• Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.
• Initiate and lead engineering site audits within Amazon’s owned or colo data centers.
• 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: Mid Level