Senior Data Center Buildability Engineer (Modular)

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Constructability Engineer to embed into first‑of‑a‑kind and new‑product programs, focusing on next‑generation cooling, racking, and modular designs. You will catch constructability risks during design maturation and help convert innovations into fleet standards.

You will quantify schedule, cost, quality, and carbon impact of new construction methods, partnering with product owners and manufacturers to ensure deployability and global alignment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience
• 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities

Responsibilities

• Embed into first‑of‑a‑kind and new‑product programs during design maturation to identify and resolve constructability and commissioning risks before they reach sites
• Run first‑of‑a‑kind validation, vendor qualification, and deployment‑readiness assessments to confirm new designs meet construction and operational requirements
• Develop and validate new means and methods — prefabrication, modularization, new materials — and quantify their schedule, cost, quality, and carbon impact
• Convert field‑proven innovations into fleet standards by supporting basis‑of‑design intake and specification updates across the global infrastructure portfolio
• Partner with product owners, construction management teams, and manufacturers on integration and buildability across products, driving consistency and technical alignment

Skills

Data center design

Construction experience

Industrial engineering

Facilities operations

Mechanical/electrical equipment

Design verification

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Constructability Engineer to embed into first‑of‑a‑kind and new‑product programs, focusing on next‑generation cooling, racking, and modular designs. You will catch constructability risks during design maturation and help convert innovations into fleet standards.

You will quantify schedule, cost, quality, and carbon impact of new construction methods, partnering with product owners and manufacturers to ensure deployability and global alignment.