Data Center Electrical Engineer - Colocation (AMER)

Amazon; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 116,800 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Mesa, AZ seeks an Electrical Engineer for Data Center and Colocation Regional Engineering (AMER) to design, evaluate, and optimize critical data center infrastructure.

You will collaborate with design engineers, operations, and vendor teams to ensure high availability and scalable capacity for AWS services. The role emphasizes field assessment, design reviews, and global standardization, with opportunities to influence data center product standards and upgrade

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct site assessments against AWS standards for collocation data centers and telecommunications facilities within the region.
• Reviews vendor critical infrastructure designs and perform risk analysis and availability calculations for vendor owned and operated collocation data center’s infrastructure.
• Perform design and equipment submittal review for new Data Centers in your region.
• Troubleshoot, conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and create Corrective Action (CA) documentation for site/equipment failures.
• Directly support operational issues with ad‑hoc training, complex operating procedure reviews, including critical equipment, and event support.
• Own the design for existing data center upgrades and design‑solutions, which add capacity, improve availability, and increase efficiency.
• Lead, review, and approve designs for existing co‑location data center upgrades which improve availability/efficiency.
• Interface with internal data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health and safety team to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Microsoft Office

Data center experience

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer License

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Mesa, AZ seeks an Electrical Engineer for Data Center and Colocation Regional Engineering (AMER) to design, evaluate, and optimize critical data center infrastructure.

You will collaborate with design engineers, operations, and vendor teams to ensure high availability and scalable capacity for AWS services. The role emphasizes field assessment, design reviews, and global standardization, with opportunities to influence data center product standards and upgrade