Project Design Electrical Engineer, Fleet Remediation 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.
As an Amazon Fleet Remediation Project Design Electrical Engineer, you will lead design projects in operational data centers that remediate issues, upgrade our existing infrastructure, or add new services. You will be the 'go to' engineering resource for these projects and will provide lifecycle support from design through implementation.
Responsibilities
You will use your electrical expertise to:
- Own the design for existing data center upgrades and design-solutions which add data center infrastructure, capacity, improve availability, and/or increase sustainability.
- Prepare/review short circuit coordination studies and maintain the software models to match as-built site conditions.
- Perform design and equipment submittal review for Data Centers in your region.
- Interface with internal and external data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health and safety team, field engineering, and controls engineering to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered.
- Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.
- Act as technical subject matter expert for your given discipline during new remediation projects.
- Support construction, commissioning, operations, and turnover.
Key job responsibilities
As a Fleet Remediation Project Design Electrical Engineer, you will be leading projects to reduce power utilization and increase capacity of our data centers to meet ever-evolving customer needs as we continue expanding our fleet to hyper-scale.
Ideal candidate
- Possess strong engineering judgement and are able to provide design and recommendations despite uncertainty.
- Are detail and data oriented with familiarity with design/construction processes.
- Have experience managing engineering projects and engineering consultants.
- Build trust and relationships with different stakeholders (e.g., Operations, Commissioning, Construction and Design).
- Manage design and as built drawings and documents.
- Prepare and present progress reports to all relevant stakeholders.
- Be inclined to get into the field to see things up close.
Day in the life
Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers. You will prioritize your activities to closely collaborate with capacity planning & delivery teams to identify opportunities to increase capacity utilization and develop designs for projects to unblock the additional capacity. You will have the opportunity to work on projects globally and lead first of kind designs for innovative solutions.
About the team
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.
Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 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.
Preferred qualifications
- 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.
Pay & benefits
- Base salary range: 96,600.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually (USA, VA, Herndon).
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) included.
- Final compensation determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
- Comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave.