Data Center Structural Engineer, AMER Design Engineering - East Regional Team

Amazon Data Services, Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Data Center Structural Engineer in Herndon, Virginia to design resilient DC facilities and support a global infrastructure. You will join a design team focused on uptime, security, efficiency, and cost effectiveness across multiple projects.

As a subject matter expert, you will provide technical guidance, review consultant drawings, and tackle large-scale implementation challenges while ensuring compliance with IBC and ASCE standards.

Qualifications

• PE license (Professional Engineer) required.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Structural Engineering.
• 7+ years of structural design experience in industrial or commercial projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead structural design for data center facilities.
• Provide technical guidance to team members and review milestone drawings.
• Solve large-scale implementation issues in DC projects.
• Ensure compliance with building codes (IBC, ASCE).
• Evaluate constructability and assist in value engineering for structural systems.

Skills

Professional demeanor

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Structural Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Bluebeam

MS Office Suite

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Data Center Structural Engineer to join its design team in Herndon, Virginia.

AWS designs, builds, and operates Data Centers (DC) around the world and is a leader in worldwide cloud-computing infrastructure. Engineers in AWS work to design resilient, cost effective DC facilities. Our team is 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.

As a DC Structural Engineer at AWS, you will be part of the design team for Amazon DCs in our Americas Region and impact other projects around the world. As a Structural Engineer at AWS you will be part of a highly creative and efficient design team comprised of Architects, Engineers and Designers tasked with solving problems and challenging the status quo. As a subject matter expert, you will have a direct impact on the design of prototypical DC facilities, provide technical guidance to team members, review milestone drawings by consultants, solve large scale implementation issues, and be responsible for structural design requirements.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all 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

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.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon 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.

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 in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and 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.

Basic Qualifications

• Professional Engineer License
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Structural Engineering
• 7+ years experience in structural design for industrial or commercial projects
• 5+ with design of Data Center, Mission Critical, Hospital, Schools, Commercial or Residential Tower facilities
• Proficiency in building codes, regulations, and standard including IBC and ASCE

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance
• Experience with AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, and MS Office Suite
• Detailed understanding of tilt-up and precast concrete structures, structural steel systems, seismic design, wind loading, snow loading, and forensic analysis of building design and construction defects.
• Experience in value engineering for building structural systems
• Design and calculation for auxiliary framing systems, non-structural components and non-building structures. ( ie. cable tray, conduit, ductwork, equipment platforms, façade, screen walls etc.)
• Ability to evaluate the constructability of new technologies, and determine construction methods of data center equip