Sr. Electrical Controls Engineer, Data Center Engineering

Amazon • Herndon, VA

23h

About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation
of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the
cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage,
networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have
continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging
problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re
looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply
chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles.
You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest
standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at
the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive
culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Amazon Web Services is seeking Senior Electrical Controls Engineers to become
part of a global engineering team, responsible for the implementation and
technical evaluation of our designs and the continuous innovation of our rapidly
expanding data center footprint. Engineers at Amazon: Work to design resilient,
cost effective systems. Are responsible for achieving a world-class uptime for
our customers. They justify and communicate the technical decisions we make to
Senior Management and work hard to drive continuous advancements and
improvements with our designs. They drive change and define/design the systems
our customers rely on. They have hands on controls design and field experience
and have an understanding of the critical controls needs for a data center. As
we grow, we are structuring our team to own more of our engineering in house.

At Amazon, teamwork is absolutely necessary for us to accomplish our goals. You
must be able to work within a team and depend on others to accomplish the
required work. As a controls engineer at Amazon, you will be working with other
internal groups as well as external groups including utilities, manufacturers,
vendors, and contractors.

As an Engineer in this role, you will work with the Principals and Senior
Electrical and Controls Engineers to drive the standardization of designs across
the global region in production data centers and resolve open technical issues
in the controls space. You will participate in the research and development of
new technologies and designs applicable to our products or services. Relied on
as a subject matter expert in the controls engineering field, you write
technical documentation for such projects. Your tasks include conceiving,
initiating and leading projects with widespread impact on infrastructure design,
innovation and implementation. You will achieve this by breaking down complex
problems into straightforward and actionable solutions. This will be achieved by
working with internal teams to understand user requirements and challenges as
well as collaborating with teams or individuals from other disciplines, cultures
and countries. You will escalate issues as required and communicate clearly and
effectively at the appropriate level of detail with people from a wide range of
technical abilities and backgrounds.

Part of the role will also include the review and approval of critical equipment
submittals including vendor Witness Tests, provide technical support on global
Large Scale Events (LSE’s), including participation on deep dives,
investigations and recommendations on mitigation plans. You will also be
expected to maintain and host technical EPMS forums to provide a collaborative
environment for development of data center electrical systems. As well as
provide support and mentorship for the whole of the DCC engineering community,
all while having fun and offering creative, out of the box solutions.

Requirements

• 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience
• 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
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
• Experience in data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
• Experience with CAD software (AutoCAD, REVIT, BIM 360, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Professional Engineering or Architectural License
• Knowledge of 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
• Minimum 2+ years experience with products required controls designs. Examples include: Siemens: Apogee/Disego, Honeywell: Building Controls/Trend, Schneider Electric: PowerLogic/Struxureware, Rockwell Automation: FactoryTalk, Tridium Niagra, Eaton: Foreseer, ABB: Decathalon, Johnson Controls: Metasys Power User Level Windows Skill Set

Responsibilities

• Design and implement energy-efficient electrical controls systems for data centers
• Create comprehensive documentation for electrical EPMS controls designs and operational procedures
• BIM/CAD experience
• Support continuous improvement through data analysis and system optimization
• Guide project teams through planning, execution, and commissioning phases
• Conceives, initiates, and leads projects with widespread impact on infrastructure design, innovation, and implementation.
• Decompose complex problems into straightforward and actionable solutions.
• Work with internal teams to understand user requirements and challenges.
• Collaborate with teams or individuals from other disciplines, cultures, and countries.
• Escalate issues as required and communicate clearly and effectively at the appropriate level of detail with people from a wide range of technical abilities and backgrounds.
• Produce clear and concise documentation such as detailed design specifications, white papers, wiring schematics and diagrams, and reports.
• Understand and safeguard implementation of the Global Electrical Controls Basis of Design (BoD) with constant auditing.
• Drive standardization in the data center electrical-controls space.
• Development of strategic solutions, which meet or exceed our quality requirements and fall within our budgetary requirements.
• Capture requirements and turn aspirational company or customer goals into well-defined, achievable and testable specifications and solutions.
• Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to, and during innovation and research and development projects.
• Provide technical support on global Large Scale Events (LSE’s), including participation on deep dives, investigations and recommendations on mitigation plans.
• Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
• Maintain and host technical EPMS forums to provide a collaborative environment for development of data center controls systems.
• Provide support and mentorship for the whole of the Data Center Engineering community.
• Have fun and offer creative out-of-the-box solutions.

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