Critical Infrastructure Mechanical Engineer, Field Engineering

About the role

Provide full life-cycle support to AWS data centers from design inception through site improvement and maintenance. Serve as the 'go-to' engineering resource for your region when technical advice is needed. Use subject matter expertise and engage with diverse teams to troubleshoot, conduct root cause analysis (RCA), and create corrective action (CA) documentation for site/equipment failures. Directly support operational issues with ad-hoc training, complex operating procedure reviews, including critical equipment, and event support.

Responsibilities

• Own the conceptual design for existing data center upgrades and design-solutions, which add capacity, improve availability, increase efficiency and sustainability.
• Interface with internal data center operations team, data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health and safety team to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered.
• Develop innovative solutions for AWS’s data centers.
• Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.
• Initiate and lead engineering audits including on-site visits within Amazon’s data centers.
• Produce reports outlining risks with recommended mitigations and remediations.
• Act as resident engineer during new construction projects.
• Support construction, commissioning, and turnover.

Requirements

Possess strong engineering judgement and are able to provide recommendations despite uncertainty/ambiguity. Be detail and data oriented. Have experience solving problems with engineered solutions. Have experience managing engineering projects and consultants. Build trust and relationships with different stakeholders (e.g., Operations, Controls, Construction, Design, Commissioning, Product Managers, Technical Program Managers).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region.
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production.
• Coursework in commercial/industrial mechanical systems.
• Organized and have the ability to set priorities and meet deadlines and budget.
• Possess leadership and problem-solving skills.
• Possess excellent communication and writing skills, attention to detail, maintain high quality standards.
• Possess data analytics skills, data querying skills/language, scripting, and comfort with working in vast amounts of data in new and evolving environments.
• Experience using a variety of web based and other software tools for calculation and data processing.

Skills

Knowledge of commercial or industrial power systems or mechanical systems.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

Pay

$96,600.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually

Schedule

Full-time