Fire Protection Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering

Amazon Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Fire Protection Engineer to lead the fire protection design, construction, operations, and maintenance for our data centers.

You'll cover fire suppression, detection, alarm, and life-safety systems while aligning with prescriptive and performance-based methods to protect people and data. You will collaborate with architects, mechanical, electrical, and construction teams; review vendor submittals; and contribute to continuous improvement of design standards

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data center engineering or operations experience.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, NFPA, NEC, or OSHA.
• Licensed Fire Protection Engineer certification is required or preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and oversee fire water service infrastructure with site-level requirements.
• Review designs to verify compliance with NFPA, ICC, and AHJ expectations.
• Prepare prescriptive and performance-based designs for fire suppression, alarm, detection systems.
• Collaborate with construction, commissioning, operations, and risk management teams throughout projects.
• Drive improvements to fire protection design standards and templates across the organization.

Skills

Data center engineering

Project management

Commissioning

Life safety standards

NFPA knowledge

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Licensed Fire Protection Engineer

Job description

Job ID: 10569099 | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Do you want to apply your fire protection expertise to data center infrastructure that operates at a global scale? Are you excited about expanding your knowledge of building systems while contributing insights from your previous experience?

In this role, you will influence all aspects of fire protection design, construction, operations, and maintenance for our data centers. This includes fire suppression, fire detection, fire alarm, and mass notification systems, as well as fire-resistant construction and life safety. You will work with internal and external teams to define, design, detail, and document the fire protection features our facilities require, using both prescriptive and performance-based design approaches. You will contribute your expertise to the continual improvement of our fire protection design standards, ensuring our buildings protect people and keep our customers' data safe and uninterrupted over the life of each facility.

Key job responsibilities

• Design and oversee fire water service infrastructure, including water supply analysis, coordination with utilities and fire officials, and establishing site-level requirements for fire protection systems.
• Review concept designs and construction documents from third-party vendors to verify compliance with established design standards, local codes, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards, International Code Council (ICC) requirements, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) expectations.
• Prepare prescriptive and performance-based designs for building fire suppression, alarm, and detection systems, and coordinate fire protection system space requirements, supporting utilities, and equipment locations.
• Collaborate with construction, commissioning, operations, and risk management teams to resolve requests for information, value engineering queries, and technical questions throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive improvement of fire protection design standards and standard configuration templates across the organization, simplifying and strengthening systems with each iteration.

A day in the life
You will start your day reviewing active project designs, checking that fire protection elements meet our standards and local code requirements. You may join a cross-functional call with architects, mechanical engineers, and construction managers to align on system layouts for a new build, then shift to evaluating a vendor's submittal package for a fire alarm system. In the afternoon, you might prepare a performance-based design analysis or meet with local fire officials to secure approval of fire protection features. Throughout, you will mentor teammates and share lessons learned to improve quality across the team.

About the team
Our Data Center Design Engineering team includes architects, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, fire protection, and controls engineers working together to design the next generation of data centers at Amazon. We are committed to delivering world-class uptime for our customers and we build facilities that emphasize security, safety, and efficiency while meeting growing demand. As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to directly impact our business and contribute to continuous advancements in how we design and build infrastructure at scale.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Experience in commissioning
• 5+ years of data center engineering or operations, or 2+ years of construction or project management experience
• 5+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities experience
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, or OSHA
• Licensed Fire Protection Engineer

Preferred Qualifications

• 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
• Experience in engineering, designing, or constructing data centers

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 .

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