Structural Engineer, Data Center Eng, Mech Products and Services

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure — the people who keep the cloud running. The team supports all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensures customers have continual access to innovation. This Structural Engineer role sits within the Mechanical Products and Services team, supporting the analysis, design, coordination, and documentation of structural cooling products used across AWS infrastructure. The position involves structural steel and connection design, industrial structures, and structural analysis for cooling systems support structures, equipment platforms, elevated structures, bracing systems, and structural connections. Work spans collaboration with product design engineering, global integration engineers, and quality engineers to deliver safe, code-compliant, constructible, and scalable solutions implemented across multiple facilities worldwide. Domestic and international travel up to 25% of the year is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop structural calculations and design documentation for cooling systems and associated infrastructure, including equipment supports, structural steel framing, platforms, bracing systems, and structural connections
• Support development of structural permit documents, installation drawings, fabrication information, and coordinated BIM models
• Design structural connections from building structure and platforms to equipment, ensuring load path integrity and code compliance
• Create specialized connection details for unique conditions including seismic zones and retrofit applications
• Design and evaluate lateral and sway bracing systems for equipment and structural support systems
• Design structural platforms, access structures, equipment support frames, and other secondary structural systems to support material handling operations
• Perform comprehensive structural analysis and design calculations for cooling products, including air handler units, adiabatic coolers, platforms, equipment supports, and other specialty structures
• Develop clear, organized calculation packages documenting design assumptions, loading criteria, analysis methodology, and results
• Trace load paths from equipment through support structure to building foundation
• Verify equipment vendor load data and coordinate with manufacturers on structural requirements
• Perform structural analysis using software and finite element analysis tools
• Support development and implementation of standardized structural engineering procedures, workflows, and design systems for material handling systems
• Develop and maintain calculation templates, engineering tools, typical details, and design guidelines
• Support development and implementation of computational design and engineering automation workflows
• Identify opportunities to improve design efficiency, constructability, fabrication, installation, coordination, and overall project delivery
• Ensure designs comply with applicable building codes, structural standards, project requirements, and Amazon design criteria
• Partner with platform fabricators and manufacturers to integrate structural requirements with equipment specifications
• Coordinate with MEP engineers to resolve conflicts and ensure proper clearances for utilities
• Attend design coordination meetings and provide technical guidance on structural systems to project teams
• Review and approve vendor shop drawings, calculations, and connection submittals

About the team

Why AWS: Amazon Web Services is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, pioneering cloud computing with continuous innovation trusted by startups to Global 500 companies.

Diverse Experiences: Amazon values diverse experiences and encourages candidates to apply even if they don't meet all preferred qualifications. Non-traditional career paths and alternative experiences are welcomed.

Work/Life Balance: The team strives for flexibility as part of the working culture, believing success at work should not come at the expense of sacrifices at home.

Inclusive Team Culture: Employee-led affinity groups foster inclusion, with ongoing events and learning experiences including Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences.

Mentorship and Career Growth: Endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and career-advancing resources support development into better-rounded professionals as AWS strives to become Earth's Best Employer.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation, or oil and gas facilities
• 4+ years of commissioning experience
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer License
• Experience with 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

Pay

Base salary ranges (annual USD):

• USA, GA, Atlanta: $116,800 – $160,000
• USA, VA, Herndon: $116,800 – $160,000
• USA, WA, Seattle: $116,800 – $160,000

Total compensation includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation determined by experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

• Health insurance: medical, dental, vision, prescription
• Basic Life & AD&D insurance with option for Supplemental life plans
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

Company: Amazon Data Services, Inc. | Job ID: A10583412