Controls Design Engineer, Controls Design Engineering

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. 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.

AWS is seeking an exceptional Controls Design Engineer to join our Data Center Global Services (DCGS) Controls Design Engineering (CDE) team. This role will focus on Building Management System (BMS) and Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) design standards and coordination across AWS's global data center portfolio. The Controls Design Engineering team is responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing global data center design standards with a focus on controls, automation, and electrical power monitoring systems. As the primary owner of BMS/EPMS specifications, Controls Points Lists (CPL), Basis of Design (BOD) documents, and scope of work within AWS's infrastructure engineering organization, CDE ensures consistency and excellence across all data center control systems.

In this role, you will serve as a single point of contact for multiple internal and external stakeholders across: New construction builds (Leased/Owned, Build-to-Suit, and Colocation facilities), Legacy site enhancement and retrofit projects, Data center support projects, and Special initiatives and innovation projects. You will drive significant cost reductions by minimizing change orders, eliminating scope gaps between contractors, reducing construction schedule delays, optimizing vendor pricing, and decreasing project management and engineering labor costs through standardization and clear documentation. The ideal candidate brings a comprehensive knowledge in data center environmental controls systems, IT infrastructure, networking, mechanical facility operations, electrical power monitoring, and project management, combined with strong leadership and collaboration skills. If you are passionate about customer experience, think and act with a global perspective, and want to contribute to sophisticated innovations in building controls and automation for the world's largest cloud infrastructure, we want to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities

• Develop and maintain deep expertise in building operations, mechanical plant strategies, BMS/EPMS programming concepts, control diagrams, industrial HVAC systems, electrical lineups, one-line diagrams, and complex environmental and electrical concepts
• Apply knowledge of data center redundancy, mechanical failure strategies, Single Point of Failure (SPOF) analysis, energy and water conservation best practices, and data reporting analytics
• Create, maintain, and disseminate specification documents and Basis of Design standards for global projects
• Develop and maintain project-specific Scope of Work (SOW) documents incorporating global design standards
• Drive innovation of new solutions to support team initiatives and company goals
• Serve as the central point of contact for multiple internal and external groups regarding BMS/EPMS controls standards
• Lead and facilitate collaboration with construction teams, controls programmers, MEP/ACS engineers, Design Engineering, Colocation Regional Engineering (CRE), and project managers to accomplish initiative goals
• Coordinate personally with regional project managers to review and finalize project SOWs
• Manage and prioritize requests for information across new construction builds, existing facility support, and legacy site enhancement projects
• Lead vendor selection processes, bid reviews, and RFI support and coordination
• Evaluate and approve Modbus Device Templates (MDT) for electrical meters and control devices
• Review vendor submittals and technical documentation for compliance with AWS standards
• Operate successfully in high-security, mission-critical environments while maximizing productivity and maintaining safety standards
• Interact with AWS cloud services and applications to present, archive, and analyze accumulated control system data
• Participate in on-call rotations to support the global data center control system infrastructure
• Anticipate roadblocks and risks while providing escalation management and resolution
• Travel globally as needed to manage and support project initiatives
• Collaborate through design reviews to drive consistent standards across all delivery methods (Leased/Owned, Build-to-Suit, Colocation)
• Collect feedback data and lessons learned to arrive at unified, documented solutions
• Support risk identification and mitigation efforts during site assessments and project lifecycle phases

What you'll bring

Our Controls Design Engineers are controls subject matter experts (SMEs) with their knowledge of building operations, electrical generation and distribution equipment (i.e. generators, UPS etc.), mechanical plant and strategies (i.e. AHUs, chillers etc.), BMS/EPMS programming concepts, control diagrams, industrial HVAC, electrical line-ups, one-line diagrams, and complex environmental and electrical concepts. They create, maintain, and disseminate project specific scope of work (SOW) documents, specifications and engineering drawings as well as global design standards. They operate in high security critical environments while maximizing productivity and innovate to develop new solutions to support both team and company goals and initiatives. They interpret and develop a combination of mechanical, electrical and plumbing drawings and are a central point of contact as technical subject matter experts for multiple internal and external groups regarding mechanical and electrical controls standards. They manage and prioritize requests for information on new construction builds, existing site facilities support and legacy site enhancement projects. They ensure systems are deployed and commissioned to our documented standards and strive for frugality through budgetary review and approval with a strong customer focus and ability to interpret customer needs. They are technical subject matter experts in mechanical and/or electrical controls, anticipate roadblocks and risks while providing escalation management, and work quickly and autonomously to deep dive and resolve unexpected challenges. They effectively manage external consultants’ performance ensuring high quality delivery, review vendor bid packages and make selection recommendations, work across multiple projects simultaneously, interact with AWS cloud services and other applications in order to present, archive and analyse accumulated data, and solve problems to drive results whilst handling multiple tasks. They travel domestically and internationally as needed to manage their projects (circa 25% of the time).

Basic qualifications

• 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
• 4+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems experience
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
• Good understanding of electrical diagrams, control diagrams, building operations, control circuits, industrial HVAC

Preferred qualifications

• Professional Engineer License
• 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
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field