Global HV/MV Substation Design Engineer for Data Centers

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join a global engineering team focused on data centers and critical facilities. The role involves taking substation designs from concept through permit and construction documents, defining equipment specs, and supporting site commissioning.

You will collaborate with utilities, vendors, and internal teams while traveling as needed. You will work on multi-million dollar designs, support ongoing learning, and contribute to safe,

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Participate in site selection reviews.
• Data center substation electrical designs and collaboration with other disciplines to create a construction document set.
• Creation of designs which meet or exceed our quality requirements and fall within our budgetary requirements.
• Work with local utilities to understand and define site utility requirements.
• Review and approval of equipment submittals.
• Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to, and during construction phases.
• Work with commissioning teams to properly test and validate installation, operation, and performance of electrical systems.
• Travel to sites for site review and work with onsite field engineers, as well as provide engineering evaluations, electrical systems audits, and startup as needed.

Skills

HV/MV Substation Design

Construction drawings interpretation

Data centers knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Professional Engineer License

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join a global engineering team focused on data centers and critical facilities. The role involves taking substation designs from concept through permit and construction documents, defining equipment specs, and supporting site commissioning.

You will collaborate with utilities, vendors, and internal teams while traveling as needed. You will work on multi-million dollar designs, support ongoing learning, and contribute to safe,