Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering

About the role

Influence all aspects of Mechanical design, construction, operations, and maintenance for our global fleet of data centers. This includes fire suppression, fire detection, fire alarm, and mass notification systems, as well as fire-resistant construction and life safety.

Responsibilities

• Perform and oversee project-related work, such as water supply analysis and design for fire water service to buildings, including coordination with utilities and fire officials to establish basic site infrastructure requirements.
• Work with internal and external teams to define, design, detail, and document the various Mechanical features that our facilities require, using both prescriptive and performance-based design approaches.
• Ensure the Mechanical features of our buildings protect our people and keep our customer’s data safe and uninterrupted over the life of the building.
• Contribute your expertise to the continual improvement of our Mechanical design standards.
• Drive improvement of design standards and project approaches across the organization.
• Review all design disciplines to ensure they meet the code requirements described in our design standards.
• Coordinate with construction, commissioning, and risk management teams to answer requests for information and value engineering queries.
• Prepare detailed designs for HVAC, plumbing, and hydronic systems.
• Provide detailed construction specifications for all Mechanical-related trades.
• Oversee and review this work, or perform the work yourself.
• Ensure contractors have the information they need to build our data centers the way we expect them to, and that our operations teams are well equipped to operate and maintain them as needed to meet our goals.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders, including design, construction, commissioning, operations, vendors, and other service providers, as well as local building and fire officials.
• Collaborate with internal and external design teams to review designs in progress to ensure they meet established design standards, local code requirements, and any other requirements of the Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs).
• Be responsible for providing high quality Mechanical engineering advice on a wide variety of projects globally while working with local engineering teams to achieve alignment of designs and design objectives.
• Coordinate with construction, commissioning, and risk management teams to answer requests for information and value engineering queries.
• Be responsible for construction documents, code compliance, design and installation standards, water supply evaluation and assessment, testing, inspections, and submittal review.

Requirements

• 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience.
• 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Experience in data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance.
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities.
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities.

Qualifications

• Professional Engineering or Architectural License.
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region.
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production.
• Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents.

Skills

• Ability to coordinate Mechanical system space requirements, supporting utilities, and equipment locations.
• Ability to provide detailed construction specifications for all Mechanical-related trades.
• Ability to ensure contractors have the information they need to build our data centers the way we expect them to, and that our operations teams are well equipped to operate and maintain them as needed to meet our goals.
• Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders, including design, construction, commissioning, operations, vendors, and other service providers, as well as local building and fire officials.
• Ability to review all design disciplines to ensure they meet the code requirements described in our design standards.
• Ability to prepare detailed designs for HVAC, plumbing, and hydronic systems.
• Ability to ensure the Mechanical features of our buildings protect our people and keep our customer’s data safe and uninterrupted over the life of the building.
• Ability to contribute your expertise to the continual improvement of our Mechanical design standards.
• Ability to drive improvement of design standards and project approaches across the organization.
• Ability to be responsible for providing high quality Mechanical engineering advice on a wide variety of projects globally while working with local engineering teams to achieve alignment of designs and design objectives.
• Ability to coordinate with construction, commissioning, and risk management teams to answer requests for information and value engineering queries.
• Ability to be responsible for construction documents, code compliance, design and installation standards, water supply evaluation and assessment, testing, inspections, and submittal review.

Benefits

Amazon offers 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/salary-ranges for more information.

Schedule

This position will require up to 25% travel.