Power Engineer, Rack Power

About the role

The AWS Rack Power team is driving rapid innovation in the power systems used by Amazon Web Services. Our designs are fundamentally changing the data center, providing operational and financial benefits that are critical to the success of the AWS business and its millions of customers. We design and build power equipment used by Amazon.com and AWS services such as EC2, EBS, S3, Glacier, and Outpost. Our engineers solve challenging technology problems, and take big bets on new concepts, enabling AWS services to continue to revolutionize the industry.

Responsibilities

• Design, debug and validate power systems including, but not limited to, battery management systems, Power supplies, AC/DC, DC/AC converters, Automatic transfer switches and BMC controllers.
• Own the product’s end to end development cycle.
• Work side by side with hardware, firmware and software development teams on troubleshooting of challenging technical issues.
• Design automation via test scripts and applications, write test reports, perform board level testing and functional verification of power sub-systems.
• Support hardware/software integration testing, firmware regression and propose design improvements to products based on findings from test results on a continuous improvement and technically challenging environment.
• Help define the architecture of future AWS technologies to deliver a world-class customer experience.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or experience in low power design techniques.
• Experience with lab-based user testing, remote testing, iterative prototype testing, survey design, and usage of multiple methods within a study.
• Experience with large-scale power systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of electrical engineering principles including switchgear, UPS, transformers, and circuit breakers.
• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience in low power design techniques.
• Experience with lab-based user testing, remote testing, iterative prototype testing, survey design, and usage of multiple methods within a study.
• Experience with large-scale power systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of electrical engineering principles including switchgear, UPS, transformers, and circuit breakers.
• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures.

Skills

Basic Qualifications:

• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with high-level programming languages.
• Experience with power system simulation tools.
• Experience with power quality analysis tools.

Benefits

Amazon offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Health insurance
• Retirement savings plans
• Flexible spending accounts
• Telehealth services
• Wellness programs
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Learning and development resources

Pay

Salary range for this position is $160,000 - $200,000 annually.

Schedule

This is a full-time position.