Power Systems Engineer, AWS Global Energy

Amazon • Herndon, VA

21h • $116,800 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a power systems engineer with experience in power systems, energy storage, and power generation with a deep understanding of the physics and mathematics of energy systems to support our growing requirements for novel solutions to delivering power to AWS data centers. As a Power Systems Engineer, you will work within the Power Generation Solutions team to develop advanced electrical systems, microgrid implementations, and optimization efforts to maximize the capacity out of our systems. You will own challenging problems that span multiple teams and drive technical decisions that impact AWS’ global infrastructure strategy. You will work on the technical strategy of different power and energy configurations, including developing optimization and control logic to ensure that we can exceed our customers’ expectations for delivering highly available power at the lowest costs for our data centers. You will work across multiple organizations, including utility-facing teams, data center and hardware engineering teams, compute and software teams, operations, finance, legal, and public policy teams to advance new concepts. Your technical expertise on power systems will guide cross-functional teams in making critical design decisions, evaluating trade-offs, and managing technical risks across complex power systems. Amazon has a global presence, therefore, domestic and international travel may be necessary. Teamwork is absolutely necessary for us to accomplish our goals. You must be able to work within a team and collaborate with others to accomplish the required tasks. This includes working with internal groups as well as external suppliers and consultants, including utilities, manufacturers, vendors, and contractors. At Amazon Web Services (AWS), our data centers are industry leading examples of innovation in the areas of data center critical infrastructure design, space utilization, energy efficiency, and cost effectiveness. We are known for our speed to market, reliability, and lowest total cost of ownership. Our Engineers are on the forefront of creating and delivering the most innovative products to our customers and are known for being a diverse and upbeat team that is continually improving the world of cloud computing. We continue to grow and are looking for individuals that can support our mission, enjoy a challenge, and have a desire for professional growth and continuous learning. AWS’s work environment is unique and offers an exceptional opportunity for the right candidate. If you are a creative, smart, and driven individual that enjoys working with complex problems, we want YOU!

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
• 2+ years of electrical or mechanical experience
• Experience and knowledge of power generations equipment, systems, controls, including, but not limited to; diesel generators, distributed energy resources, gas turbines, battery energy storage systems.
• Experience working on cross-functional technical teams and collaborating with multiple engineering disciplines.
• Possess data analytics skills, data querying skills/language, scripting, and comfort with working in vast amounts of data in new and evolving environments.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of direct experience with the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of mission critical data centers or power infrastructure
• Master’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Familiarity with power flow studies, substation design, protection coordination, and utility interconnection requirements, emerging power generation and energy storage technologies, and power distribution for large scale mission critical facilities.
• Working knowledge of continuous operating redundant electrical systems and power infrastructure. This includes but is not limited to; uninterruptable power sources, medium and low voltage electrical switchgear, power distribution units, variable frequency drives, automatic/static transfer switches.
• Experience in electrical power design, including interpreting wiring diagrams, single and three-line diagrams, P&ID drawings, sequence of operations, and electrical drawing packages, failure mode analysis.
• Experience with gathering, compiling, and analyzing data to identify availability and/or performance risks within the design and operations of critical power infrastructure, including an understanding of data analysis methodologies and statistical techniques.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, R), or statistical/mathematical software (e.g., R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) and machine learning or related optimization frameworks
• Possess excellent attention to detail and communication skills in order to maintain high quality standards for being organized, setting priorities, meeting deadlines, and staying within budgets
• Possess leadership and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Understand current trends in data center power demands and grid integration of large loads
• Have a deep understanding of analytical methods for evaluating power demands throughout the data center architecture and means to maximize capacity and utilization
• Understand grid interconnection standards and requirements, including working on microgrid design and controls, and distributed energy resources
• Understanding the design and functionality of the global data center fleet, including existing, upcoming, and unique site designs
• Provide input and direction to Data Center Engineering teams for design revisions for new data centers as well as to Field Engineering for operational data center upgrades to meet critical strategic requirements
• Evaluate and support the development of power generation configurations for different applications, including primary, temporary, or backup power
• Work independently and have frequent reviews with Senior and Principal Engineers in the team and with partner teams
• Working on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions
• Being positive and offer creative, out of the box solutions
• Continuously learning curious about how things work, and willing to test and push new ideas
• Having fun and working hard!

Benefits

• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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: Senior