Sr. Product Design Engineer, Data Center Engineering, Electrical Products and Services

Amazon • Columbus, OH

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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 technical infrastructure program managers,
software engineers, data specialists, supply chain specialists, and other vital
roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest
standards for planning and execution 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 hiring a Sr. Product Design Engineer for the Electrical
Products and Services engineering team. This electrical product focused team is
a part of a global engineering team, responsible for the design and continuous
innovation for products used within our rapidly expanding data center foot
print.

The Electrical Product Engineering team at Amazon works to design and develop
resilient, cost-effective electrical distribution products and systems. As
engineers at Amazon, we are responsible for achieving a world class uptime for
our customers. We justify and communicate the technical decisions we make to Sr.
Management and work hard to drive continuous advancements and improvements with
our designs. As an engineer at Amazon, you have the ability to drive change and
define/design the systems our customers rely on.

Amazon offers a fast paced, fun, and exciting work environment. We continue to
grow at exponential rates and are looking for individuals that can support our
speed to market, enjoy a challenge, and have a desire for professional growth
and continuous learning experiences. Amazon’s work environment is unique in
every aspect 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! At Amazon you will be responsible for working on
multi-million-dollar designs that support our array of businesses and wide
variety of customers. Great ideas are encouraged and supported. Ingenuity is the
main mechanism which supports our focus on quality, speed, and cost.

We are seeking a Senior Design Engineer with an Electrical Engineering
background with hands-on experience in new product design and development of
electrical power distribution equipment such as Low Voltage Switchgear, Power
Distribution Cabinets or LV panel boards. If you can design electrical power
distribution product/s and equipment, help to test and successfully test the
products per latest codes and standards using third party test laboratories then
you will be a good fit. You will directly lead product design and development
and be a part of the process from concept to implementation. You must be capable
of defining equipment specifications and evaluating the merit of design changes.
You will be relied on as a subject matter expert in the product design field

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 product engineer at Amazon, you will be working with other
internal groups as well as external groups including engineering service
providers, manufacturers, vendors, inspectors, third party testing labs and
contractors.

Requirements

• 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 researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
• 4+ Years of experience of Electrical or Mechanical Product Design for Power Distribution Equipment, or 4+ years of Data Center or Mission-Critical Design, Construction, or Operations

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
• 6+ Years of experience of Electrical or Mechanical Product Design for Power Distribution Equipment, or 6+ years of Data Center or Mission-Critical Design, Construction, or Operations

Responsibilities

• Supports the Data Center Design Engineering, Principal Engineering, and Hardware Engineering teams to design and develop innovative concepts into new products needed for power distribution for data center.
• Lead new product design, development and work with internal teams to understand design requirements and solicit customer input.
• Collaborate with other disciplines such as mechanical and structural engineering, reliability, QA/QC and compliance to create well thought out products.
• Creation of designs which meet or exceed our quality requirements while delivering a return on investment.
• Work with global suppliers and manufacturers to specify appropriate electrical equipment, devices and bill of materials.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes across different countries.
• Prepare, Review and approval of product design and drawings including electrical bill of materials, configuration, layouts, assembly, construction and electrical wiring drawings.
• Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to, and during manufacturing phases.
• Work with field engineering and commissioning teams to properly set up test processes and validate installation, operation, and performance of electrical products.
• Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
• Support of Operations including failure mode and root cause analysis, maintenance and troubleshooting support, and operating procedure review.
• Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.
• Having fun while offering 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