Refrigeration QA Engineer: Design & Construction

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 77,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Refrigeration Systems Quality Engineer to serve as the owner’s-side technical authority for the quality of refrigeration systems across design, construction, and commissioning. You will inspect, verify IOQ and performance, and drive defect prevention with GC, AoR, and internal teams.

The role requires 80% regional travel within North America and collaboration across Design, Construction, Reliability & Maintenance Engineering, and Operations to ensure

Qualifications

• Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings and specifications, or experience in requirement gathering and ability to write clear and detailed requirement documents
• 4+ years of refrigeration industry experience, or experience in reliability/maintenance environments
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in commercial or industrial refrigeration — spanning installation, commissioning, inspection, or maintenance of refrigeration systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, HVAC/R Engineering, or a related technical/STEM field
• EPA Section 608 Universal certification

Responsibilities

• Refrigeration Quality Inspection & Field Verification: Conduct field inspections of installed commercial refrigeration systems — piping, compressors, rack systems, evaporators, condensers, door hardware, sensors, and controls — to verify conformance to approved plans, Amazon standards, and applicable codes. Identify installation defects and non-conformances and drive their correction with the responsible owner.
• Commissioning, IOQ & Performance Validation: Witness operational, pressure, and leak tests. Perform installation, operational, and performance qualifications (IOQ) and review commissioning submittals and turnover documentation. Validate that monitoring and alarming (CO₂ and refrigerant leak detection) function reliably under real field conditions — not merely at sign-off.
• Specification & Standards Conformance: Review design documents, drawings, and specifications for conformance; identify gaps early. Confirm as-built conditions match approved specs, and define testing and acceptance criteria.
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Partner with contractors, design engineers, and commissioning agents to set quality expectations and hold partners accountable. Collaborate with Design, Construction, RME, and Operations teams. Audit vendor performance and address underperformance directly.
• Documentation, Data & Reporting: Prepare inspection and verification reports, maintain quality data, analyze defect trends, and lead process improvements that move quality upstream — from reactive field correction to prevention by design.

Skills

Reading drawings & specs

Refrigeration industry experience

Hands-on refrigeration work

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering/HVAC

Tools

AutoCAD

VBA

SQL

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Refrigeration Systems Quality Engineer to serve as the owner’s-side technical authority for the quality of refrigeration systems across design, construction, and commissioning. You will inspect, verify IOQ and performance, and drive defect prevention with GC, AoR, and internal teams.

The role requires 80% regional travel within North America and collaboration across Design, Construction, Reliability & Maintenance Engineering, and Operations to ensure