Senior Data Center Electrical Engineer - Design & Delivery

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

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Columbus, OH is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join a global engineering team responsible for electrical design and continuous innovation across AWS data centers.

You will own distribution systems, drive uptime, and collaborate with diverse groups to meet safety, cost, and quality targets. The role involves leading multi-million dollar designs, coordinating with utilities and vendors, and traveling up to 20% to sites.

Qualifications

• 6+ 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
• Knowledge of critical data center/mission critical mechanical and electrical equipment
• Experience in data center/mission critical design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center/mission critical equipment and facilities

Responsibilities

• Data center 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 agencies having jurisdiction to ensure compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes.
• 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.
• Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
• 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.
• Having fun and offering creative, out of the box solutions.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Data center experience

Power systems knowledge

Construction drawings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

PE license

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Columbus, OH is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join a global engineering team responsible for electrical design and continuous innovation across AWS data centers.

You will own distribution systems, drive uptime, and collaborate with diverse groups to meet safety, cost, and quality targets. The role involves leading multi-million dollar designs, coordinating with utilities and vendors, and traveling up to 20% to sites.