Sr. Power Generation Engineer - Availability, Global Energy

About the role

The Sr. Power Generation Engineer - Availability, Global Energy role is focused on supporting the design and delivery of power systems for AWS data centers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in power infrastructure design, reliability, and availability modeling.

Responsibilities

• Develop availability models and analysis of different power generation sources
• Support the development of power generation configurations for various applications
• Interpret, evaluate, and develop Single Line Drawings (SLD)
• Provide feedback to Design Engineering teams for design revisions and to Field Engineering for operational data center upgrades
• Understand grid interconnection standards and requirements, including microgrid design and controls, and distributed energy resources
• Work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions
• Lead technical decisions impacting AWS' global infrastructure strategy

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field
• 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering experience in mission critical facilities
• Knowledge of electrical systems in critical Data Center operations
• Experience constructing electrical and mechanical engineering systems
• Experience with availability modeling software and failure modes and effects analysis
• Ability to interpret and analyze data for outage rates, MTBF, and MTTR

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering preferred
• Professional Engineer License preferred
• 10+ years of data center or mission critical facilities experience preferred
• Familiarity with power flow studies, substation design, protection coordination, and utility interconnection requirements
• Experience with scripting languages and statistical/mathematical software
• Excellent attention to detail and communication skills
• Leadership and problem-solving skills