Data Center Mechatronics Technician, Data Center Engineering Operations

Amazon Inc.; Berlin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Data Center Mechatronics Technician to operate and maintain critical electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety systems within our Berlin data centers. You will ensure 99.999% uptime and support infrastructure readiness for AWS services, collaborating with vendors and internal teams to optimize reliability and costs.

The role requires hands-on maintenance, technical documentation, and adherence to German safety regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience in data center engineering or operations.
• Completed technical training in electrical or mechanical discipline (trade school / IHK / apprenticeship).
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering or equivalent.
• Electrical qualification to operate low-voltage equipment per German regulations (Elektrofachkraft / EfK).
• Experience writing technical procedures and change management documentation.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain electrical, mechanical, and HVAC equipment in the data center.
• Plan and prioritize workload based on dashboards and site needs.
• Monitor and troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, HVAC, and power systems.

Skills

Electrical safety

Procedures writing

Change management

Data center operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering

Technical training in electrical/mechanical discipline (apprenticeship/IHK etc.)

Job description

Data Center Mechatronics Technician, Data Center Engineering Operations

Do you want to work on the world’s largest Cloud Computing Infrastructure? Then we have the perfect job for you!

Mid 2013, our Amazon Web Services S3 web service accepted its 2 trillionth object and that the service is regularly peaking at over 1.1 million requests per second. To keep up with this demand on both disk and network capacity, we continue to expand our Data Centers in every region. This requires talented people to build & manage. We hope it is you!

We are currently looking for an experienced, detail-oriented individual to join our Data Center Engineering Operations Team. This committed group works to maintain the critical physical infrastructure that supports our Data Center Organization within Amazon. Specifically, this team works to ensure that the data center operate at 100% availability while maintaining first-class customer service to the teams and groups within the data centers.

The Data Center Mechatronics Technician is responsible for operating and maintaining all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center. The Mechatronics Technician serves as a technical resource to support Amazon within its owned and operated data centers. This is data center equipment that supports mission-critical servers must maintain better than 99.999% uptime. They are also tasked with driving innovation while reducing operational costs in the facilities.

Amazon offers an exciting, dynamic and challenging environment encouraging creativity and personal development while maintaining our computing environments in a secure, scalable, and cost-effective manner.

Responsibilities

• You will assist in the operation, and maintenance of all electrical, mechanical, and HVAC equipment within the Data Center/Facility.
• You will plan and prioritize your workload by reviewing operational dashboards, balancing lower vs. moderate severity work, and creating a work plan based on current site needs.
• You will monitor and troubleshoot of all mechanical, electrical, HVAC systems, voice/data, chiller systems and generators.
• You will manage vendor and contractor activities - understanding their work scope, evaluating the effect on site conditions, and authorizing work execution to ensure proper operation and maintenance of all facility equipment.
• You will deploy new equipment such as building racks, running cabling, installing PDUs, and other infrastructure tasks.
• You will respond to internal rack customer maintenance, repair, and additions/expansion requests through the ticketing system.
• You will perform site walkthroughs to verify proper operation of facility equipment and monitoring systems.
• You will execute corrective and preventive maintenance using maintenance and change management documents.
• You will evaluate equipment deficiencies, complete risk assessments to determine priorities, and escalation roadblocks such as alarms and abnormal conditions.
• You will write and maintain supporting technical documents and procedures

Key job responsibilities

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) is designed to address the full lifecycle of AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. 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 — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security 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.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Qualifications

• Experience in data center engineering or operations
• Completed technical training (trade school / IHK / apprenticeship / military equivalent) in an electrical or mechanical discipline, with several years of relevant work experience.
• This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state.
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or an equivalent engineering science
• Electrical qualification to operate low-voltage equipment per German regulations (Elektrofachkraft / EfK).
• Experience writing technical procedures and change management documentation.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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