Mechanical Design Engineer – Data Center Infrastructure

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

RSUs (restricted stock units)

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join a global data center engineering team. You will own mechanical design for resilient, cost-effective systems and collaborate with internal and external partners to drive scalable, high-uptime infrastructure worldwide.

The role emphasizes designing liquid cooling, optimizing costs, and delivering multi-million-dollar data center solutions. Travel up to 25% is required, with opportunities for impact across AWS facilities.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience.
• 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 Engineering or a related field.
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities.

Responsibilities

• Work in a cross-disciplinary setting with ability to influence and drive others.
• Work has deep and far-reaching impact on overall product design/solutions.
• Advises peer engineers and management team.
• Deep-dive and perform root cause analysis.
• Make technical trade-offs between short-term project goals and long-term business needs.
• Develop integrated systems extending the life of data center infrastructure products.
• Simplify, optimize and lower costs of data center mechanical and associated sub components.
• Define and design liquid cooling equipment and related infrastructure.
• Collaborate with internal and external ecosystem partners to design and develop new data center product solutions.
• Support field engineering and data center operation teams for performing root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
• Leverage economy of scale through standardization and modularization of data center products.
• Maintain and develop technical design procedures associated with piping and pipe support analysis activities.
• Provide technical subject matter expertise to peers, senior management and partner teams.
• Develop business justification and narratives to promote new concepts and ideas.
• Lead key initiatives for the organization while demonstrating ownership.
• Work with global suppliers and manufacturers to specify appropriate mechanical and associated sub components.
• Provide product design support to other team members.
• Writing functional specifications, design verification plans, and functional test procedures.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestic and internationally for up to 25% of the year.

Skills

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Data center design

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join a global data center engineering team. You will own mechanical design for resilient, cost-effective systems and collaborate with internal and external partners to drive scalable, high-uptime infrastructure worldwide.

The role emphasizes designing liquid cooling, optimizing costs, and delivering multi-million-dollar data center solutions. Travel up to 25% is required, with opportunities for impact across AWS facilities.