Principal Product Manager - Technical, Mechanical Infrastructure, Data Center Engineering

About the role

Amazon Web Services is seeking a high-impact Principal Product Manager with a deep specialization in mechanical infrastructure to define and execute the product strategy for our next-generation infrastructure and facility systems. As a technical leader, you will bridge the gap between abstract business/scale goals and physical engineering realities, ensuring our designs are fit for purpose, scalable, and cost-effective. 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. As a Principal Mechanical Product Manager you will be responsible for defining the "what" and "why" of our mechanical strategy, ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams, and driving critical decisions even in the face of complexity or resistance.

Responsibilities

• System-Level Ownership: Own and understand how mechanical designs impact the broader infrastructure (e.g., cooling, electrical, structural). Evaluate how new business requests affect the entire fleet and propose integrated solutions.
• Product Strategy & Roadmap: Define and communicate a multi-year vision, strategy, and product roadmap for advanced mechanical infrastructure products. Coordinate between multiple teams to develop compelling business cases to substantiate business value, define product prioritization, and outline budget and resources required to implement product roadmaps.
• Modular Standardization: Standardize complex mechanical systems into modular, prefabricated skids to compress on-site data center construction and commissioning timelines.
• Global Compliance & Localization: Ensure the core mechanical product line remains compatible across multiple global geographic zones, accommodating varying regional building codes, environmental constraints, and extreme climate variations.
• Strategic Alignment & Vision: Lead the definition of challenges at the facility and product levels. Ensure all stakeholders are aligned on the path forward, particularly when navigating complex transitions.
• Value Engineering & Decision Making: Actively challenge existing assumptions regarding cost and complexity.
• Technical Leadership: Serve as a subject matter expert who can evaluate technical trade-offs.
• Systems Thinking: Ability to see the big picture and understand the upstream/downstream impacts of mechanical design choices on electrical and structural systems.

Requirements

• 8+ years of end to end product delivery experience
• Experience leading engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• 8+ years of technical product management, program management or engineering experience
• Strong working knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and mechanical packaging

Qualifications

• Master's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• Experience with high-density thermal solutions (e.g., liquid cooling, chillers, cooling distribution units (CDUs), or heat rejection systems)
• Experience in Contract Manufacturing, especially launching and scaling production of mechanical products
• Experience writing documents on business requirements for new products, product development proposals, process improvement initiatives and/or product roadmaps

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

Pay

Base salary range: $179,900.00 - $243,400.00 USD annually (locations: Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Herndon, VA; Seattle, WA). Includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation based on experience, qualifications, and location.