Sr. Structural Engineer, DC Design Quality Assurance

About the role

Architects and Engineers in AWS work to design resilient, cost-effective DC facilities. We are responsible for achieving a world-class uptime for our customers and drive to develop a fleet of buildings emphasizing security, safety, efficiency, and cost effectiveness, while finding new ways to meet AWS’s growing demand.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight and governance of the global Basis of Design (BOD).
• Conceive, initiate, and lead special projects with widespread impact on AWS infrastructure design, environmental footprint, and implementation time.
• Be a leader and technical educator within internal and external Amazon teams supporting our existing DCs and ongoing planning, design and construction projects.
• Partner with AWS Risk Management, Construction Management, Procurement, Field Engineering and Operations to define building requirements and be a technical source for all building structural attributes.
• Decompose complex structural issues relating to existing buildings or projects in construction into straightforward and actionable solutions and drive resolution.
• Develop strategic prototypical building solutions which meet or exceed our quality requirements and drive value engineering/standardization of interior infrastructure support systems, building superstructure, and cladding systems.
• Serve as a technical advisor for AWS DC design projects including; review of foundation/structural systems, evaluating superstructure design options, and assessing structural calculation assumptions.
• Maintain and host collaborative technical meetings to provide a venue for generating innovative and environmentally sustainable solutions.
• Collaborate with local regulatory agencies and certification agencies to ensure compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field
• Professional Engineering or Architectural License
• 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 researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region
• Experience performing complex business case analysis to justify technical decisions and presenting the justification to management in a high-level review
• Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
• Detailed understanding of structural systems, seismic design, snow loading, building forensic analysis, building envelope design
• Ability and willingness to think outside of the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality, reliability, or maintainability

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Structural Engineering
• Detail understanding of building construction, forensic analysis of building design and construction defects, and evaluating value engineering for building super structure

Skills

• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave
• Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits

Pay

$136,600.00 - $184,800.00 USD annually

Schedule

Full-time