Structural Engineer, Design Center Engineering - Civil, Structural, Architectural Solutions

Amazon.com, Inc.•Herndon, VA

41d

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. The Structural Engineer in Field Engineering Services - Civil, Structural, Architectural (FSE-CSA) team has the ability to understand the customer demand as well as the technology & business opportunities that exist in order to achieve the organization's goals. You understand key problems, and propose and analyze multiple solutions to produce the most efficient, cost effective, resilient, and scalable structural designs/remediations achievable. The Structural Engineer in FSE-CSA provides the global vision, rationale and recommendations to leadership teams for next-generation data center structural design and remediation on existing sites, while ensuring current structural systems meet performance and operational standards. As a Structural Engineer in FSE-CSA, you are a leader in your field, working within and leading the work of cross-functional teams that include: technical program management, product management, architectural, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, supply chain management, operations, safety and security, and legal. You will participate in external forums/consortiums to understand current trends and developments within the industry. You will be responsible for leading the structural design, strategy, product innovation and development, and audit/remediations of existing sites. This role will communicate the technical decisions we make to Senior Engineers and will drive continuous improvements with our designs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
NETA or ASHRAE certification or commissioning specific education courses
Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
Experience with the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of mission critical facilities, especially data centers

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region
Knowledge of commercial or industrial power systems or mechanical systems
Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
Experience using a variety of web-based and other software tools for calculation and data processing

Responsibilities

Work with a team of multi-disciplinary professionals on a wide variety of conceptual design, build, and retrofit projects at existing data center.
Create, review and release data center structural improvements and designs.
Drive refinements to the Basis of Design, product development, sustainability, and template specifications for structural systems to support continuous improvement of future data center designs.
Serve as a technical advisor for projects including; review of foundation and structural systems.
Create, review and release structural design RFPs.
Manage external structural design consultants through the audit, design and implementation of a variety of projects while coordinating with internal engineering, construction and other stakeholder teams.
Work on multiple data center build and capital improvement projects simultaneously without compromising safety and availability constraints.

Benefits

Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.

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