Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Data Center, Colocation Regional Engineering - AMER

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We’re the people who keep the cloud running, supporting all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure customers have continual access to innovation. 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 across AWS to deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. You’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

This role provides the opportunity to collaborate with business development, design engineers, data center operations professionals, external vendors and consultants, and other cross-functional teams to assess and select colocation facilities that meet our business requirements. You will work directly with internal teams and colocation vendors to identify, document, and resolve operational or design deficiencies that could impact a site’s capability or availability. You will influence standards for data center products, improve processes, and guide the direction of our colocation data center portfolio on a global scale.

Responsibilities

• Conduct site assessments against AWS standards for colocation data centers, legacy facility upgrades, and general capital endeavors.
• Perform risk analysis and availability calculations for vendor-owned and operated colocation data center infrastructure to determine fit-for-use/fit-for-service.
• Influence AWS’ design and specification requirements to meet business needs for AWS colocation products.
• Lead and investigate root-cause failure analysis associated with infrastructure and equipment failures.
• Work with vendors and local agencies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and municipal requirements and codes.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and commissioning teams to test and validate the installation, operation, and performance of critical electrical, mechanical, fire suppression, controls, and structural systems.
• Support operations, data scientists, and other business partners to determine utilization, efficiency, and performance analysis on critical systems.
• Travel to data center sites as required—international and domestic (up to 50%).
• Review vendor critical infrastructure designs and perform risk analysis and availability calculations for vendor-owned and operated colocation data center infrastructure to determine fit-for-use/fit-for-service for AWS cloud compute and networking services.

Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred 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.