Sr. Eletrical Safety Engineer, Global Process Safety Engineering, Workplace Health & Safety

About the role

The Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Facilities, Engineering, and Construction (FEC) organization is looking for an Electrical Safety Engineer to lead the safe design and operation of Solar and EV Infrastructure at Amazon. This role also supports the team working on systems involving Highly Hazardous Chemicals (HHCs)—including hydrogen, lithium-ion, ammonia, and compressed natural gas—across our global operations.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate risk on new and existing electrical systems and develop mitigation plans in accordance with OSHA 1910.119, IEC 61511, ISO12100 and ANSI B11, NEC practices
• Interpret and apply regulations, codes, and relevant standards as applicable from design to execution for Solar and EV Infrastructure
• Advise partner engineering and operations teams on regulations, regulatory compliance concerns, and good engineering practices in relation to equipment design, process control, electrical safety system operation and Maintenance
• Participate in new standard developments with Engineering, Injury Prevention Specialists, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering (RME), Operations, and other key stakeholders
• Review and approve new designs, develop tailored processes to evaluate risk and develop mitigation protocol and processes
• Manage projects that require certifications and comply with local, national and international regulations
• Knowledge and understanding of equipment certification requirements (CE, UL, etc.) and experience working with NRTLs
• Integration of control and safety systems into the design of new and existing equipment

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• 6+ years of electrical safety engineering experience while working in Manufacturing, Solar or EV infrastructure industries with design/installation/commissioning
• Skilled in identifying and evaluating risk across Solar infrastructure, EV infrastructure and other electrical systems with the aid of electrical diagrams
• Experience of developing and reviewing product specifications, RFP, design verification plans and functional test procedures
• Experience of working with the application of certification bodies that comply with local, national and international electrical safety regulations and standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering with 10+ years of experience in Manufacturing/Solar/EV infrastructure industries
• CSME or other functional safety certification preferred
• Experience with development of risk assessment methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative/FMEA) tailored to assess risk to safety instrumentation system for solar systems, EV Infrastructure at system and component level
• Experience of developing models to analyze risk with the use of data collection methodologies like SCADA/ PLC or DCS historian configurations
• Experience with safety design and risk assessment of AC and DC distribution system, UPS, inverters, electrical switch gear, power distribution units, BESS, VFD’s, automatic/static transfer switches, etc.
• Knowledge of international Standards such as EU Machinery Directive, ISO, ANSI, OSHA, NFPA, IEC, NEC standards, and NRTL