Electrical Engineer, Data Center, Colocation Regional Engineering - AMER (AWS)

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

Electrical Engineer, Data Center, Colocation Regional Engineering - AMER

Job ID: 3186958 | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

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.

Are you an engineer with a passion for data center design and looking for a challenge to chart your own course? If so, we are looking for you to help us make history.

This role provides the opportunity to collaborate with business development, design engineers, data center operations professionals, external vendors and consultants, and other cross‑functional teams to assess and select colocation facilities that meet our business requirements. You will be able to showcase your in‑depth understanding of data center design, engineering, and operations of infrastructure common to data centers, telecommunications facilities and other critical environment infrastructure.

You will work directly with internal business teams and with colocation vendors to identify, document, and resolve any operational/design deficiencies which could impact a site’s capability or availability.

You will have opportunities to influence standards for data center products, build and improve processes, and to guide the direction of our colocation data center portfolio on a global scale.

Key job 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 to determine fit‑for‑use/fit‑for‑service for AWS cloud compute and networking services.
• 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 (colo) 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.
• Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.
• Initiate and lead engineering site audits within Amazon’s owned or colo data centers.
• Act as resident engineer during new construction projects. Support construction, commissioning, and turnover.

A day in the life

Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers. You will prioritize your activities to support data center capacity availability and safety focusing on the actions that are most impactful. You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally.

Colo Regional Engineers

• Possess strong engineering judgement and are able to provide recommendations despite uncertainty.
• Are detail and data oriented.
• Manage engineering projects and consultants.
• Build trust and relationships with different stakeholders.
• Be inclined to get into the field to see things up close.

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer License.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 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.
• 5+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems experience.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, AZ, Mesa - $116,800.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually
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