Principal Mechanical PM: Infra Systems & Strategy

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a high-impact Principal Product Manager with a deep specialization in mechanical infrastructure to define and execute the product strategy for our next‑generation infrastructure and facility systems.

As a technical leader, you will bridge the gap between abstract business/scale goals and physical engineering realities, ensuring our designs are fit for purpose, scalable, and cost-effective.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of end-to-end product delivery experience.
• Experience leading engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product.
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• 8+ years of technical product management, program management or engineering experience.
• Strong working knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and mechanical packaging.

Responsibilities

• System-Level Ownership: Own and understand how mechanical designs impact the broader infrastructure (e.g., cooling, electrical, structural). Evaluate how new business requests affect the entire fleet and propose integrated solutions.
• Product Strategy & Roadmap: Define and communicate a multi-year vision, strategy, and product roadmap for advanced mechanical infrastructure products. Coordinate between multiple teams to develop compelling business cases to substantiate business value, define product prioritization, and outline budget and resources required to implement product roadmaps.
• Modular Standardization: Standardize complex mechanical systems into modular, prefabricated skids to compress on-site data center construction and commissioning timelines.
• Global Compliance & Localization: Ensure the core mechanical product line remains compatible across multiple global geographic zones, accommodating varying regional building codes, environmental constraints, and extreme climate variations.
• Strategic Alignment & Vision: Lead the definition of challenges at the facility and product levels. Ensure all stakeholders are aligned on the path forward, particularly when navigating complex transitions.
• Value Engineering & Decision Making: Actively challenge existing assumptions regarding cost and complexity.
• Technical Leadership: Serve as a subject matter expert who can evaluate technical trade-offs.
• Systems Thinking: Ability to see the big picture and understand the upstream/downstream impacts of mechanical design choices on electrical and structural systems.

Skills

End-to-end product delivery

Engineering leadership

Thermodynamics knowledge

Mechanical packaging

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

8+ years of PM/engineering experience

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a high-impact Principal Product Manager with a deep specialization in mechanical infrastructure to define and execute the product strategy for our next‑generation infrastructure and facility systems.

As a technical leader, you will bridge the gap between abstract business/scale goals and physical engineering realities, ensuring our designs are fit for purpose, scalable, and cost-effective.