Sr. Product Design Engineer, Data Center Engineering - Electrical Products and Services (DCE-EPS)

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, keeping the cloud running by supporting AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure continual customer access to innovation. The team tackles challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain. You’ll join a diverse group of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles, collaborating across AWS to deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost. Amazon offers a fast‑paced, fun, and exciting work environment with exponential growth, encouraging bold ideas, ownership, and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal partner teams to solicit customer input and define design requirements for product design.
• Lead new product design, development and qualification of critical electrical power distribution equipment for AWS data centers with primary focus on backup power generation, specifically diesel generators, enclosures, and aftertreatment systems, as well as connecting dependencies with other electrical equipment.
• Work with global suppliers and manufacturers to specify appropriate equipment and components, ensuring tier 2‑3 supply chain resiliency.
• Ensure compliance with UL, CSA, IEC and federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes across different countries through appropriate levels of testing.
• Validate design through prototype, pre‑production and first‑of‑kind builds, conducting DFx and value engineering analysis through each step and updating design and documentation.
• Work with field engineering and commissioning teams to properly test and validate installation, operation, and performance of electrical products.
• Ability to provide support for manufacturing activities for the new products on concurrent projects in multiple geographical locations.
• Be a leader within the product development team as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.
• Travel will be necessary but shouldn’t be more than 30%; international support will be part of the job and some international travel may be necessary.
• Your contribution could consist of leading international projects and could require developing engineering information packages.

Requirements

• 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 experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
• Experience developing solutions and executing plans on complex projects
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities

Qualifications

• 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience
• 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
• Experience in Backup Generator with exhaust aftertreatment, Switchgear, or HVAC system product design, product packaging, system integration, and layout design
• Experience in collaborating across Procurement and Supply Chain, Quality