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Sr. Product Design Engineer, Data Center Engineering, Electrical Products and Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Herndon, VA · Today
ConsultingFull-time

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain.

Amazon Web Services is hiring a Sr. Product Design Engineer for the Electrical Products and Services engineering team. This electrical product focused team is a part of a global engineering team, responsible for the design and continuous innovation for products used within our rapidly expanding data center footprint. The Electrical Product Engineering team at Amazon works to design and develop resilient, cost-effective electrical distribution products and systems. As engineers at Amazon, we are responsible for achieving a world class uptime for our customers. We justify and communicate the technical decisions we make to senior management and work hard to drive continuous advancements and improvements with our designs.

You'll join a diverse team of technical infrastructure program managers, software engineers, data specialists, supply chain specialists, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for planning and execution while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Responsibilities

  • Supports the Data Center Design Engineering, Principal Engineering, and Hardware Engineering teams to design and develop innovative concepts into new products needed for power distribution for data center.
  • Lead new product design, development and work with internal teams to understand design requirements and solicit customer input.
  • Collaborate with other disciplines such as mechanical and structural engineering, reliability, QA/QC and compliance to create well thought out products.
  • Creation of designs which meet or exceed our quality requirements while delivering a return on investment.
  • Work with global suppliers and manufacturers to specify appropriate electrical equipment, devices and bill of materials.
  • Ensure compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes across different countries.
  • Prepare, Review and approval of product design and drawings including electrical bill of materials, configuration, layouts, assembly, construction and electrical wiring drawings.
  • Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to, and during manufacturing phases.
  • Work with field engineering and commissioning teams to properly set up test processes and validate installation, operation, and performance of electrical products.
  • Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
  • Be a leader within the group as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field
  • 8+ Years of experience of Electrical Product Design for Power Distribution Equipment or UPS; OR 8+ years of Data Center or Mission-Critical Design, Construction, or Operations

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

Skills & attributes

  • Hands-on experience in new product design and development of electrical power distribution equipment and Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems
  • Ability to design electrical power distribution products and equipment and help to successfully test the products per latest codes and standards using third party test laboratories
  • Capable of defining equipment specifications and evaluating the merit of design changes
  • Subject matter expertise in the product design field
  • Strong teamwork and collaboration skills, able to work with internal groups as well as external groups including engineering service providers, manufacturers, vendors, inspectors, third party testing labs and contractors
  • Ability to lead international projects and develop engineering information packages
  • Understanding of international electrical product design requirements is helpful but not necessary

Pay & benefits

Base salary range: $136,600.00 - $184,800.00 USD annually (locations: USA, OH, COLUMBUS; USA, TX, Austin; USA, VA, Herndon). 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.

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.

Schedule & travel

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.

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