Senior Data Center Reliability Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 136,600 - 184,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking an Infrastructure Reliability Engineer to drive reliability risk identification, assessment and mitigation for datacenter equipment.

You will lead root cause analyses, implement improvements and collaborate with suppliers to ensure availability and cost efficiency. The role requires experience with reliability engineering, environmental and operational stress analysis, and statistical methods.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Reliability Engineering work experience in high reliability industry
• 3+ years experience with accelerated life testing, stress analysis and finite element analysis
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities

Responsibilities

• Drive DFR (Design for Reliability) methodology to proactively design-in reliability in New Product Designs
• Drive reliability/quality qualification of third-party critical infrastructure equipment for use in AWS data centers
• Oversee factory and site testing of third-party equipment in all LLE categories (Liquid Cooling, generator, chiller, air handler, etc.)
• Guide and support Root Cause Analysis of field failures performed by internal teams, the OEM, and external laboratories. Validate conclusions and ensure highest standards are used in testing and remediation.
• Make recommendations about AWS infrastructure maintenance and equipment replacement based on reliability data
• Provide feedback to sourcing/procurement teams for evaluation of vendor performance
• Analyze internal reliability data and create metrics to drive highest reliability at lowest cost
• Support DFMEAs on as needed basis
• Develop end of life strategy for critical infra equipment

Skills

Reliability engineering

Industrial engineering

Data centers

Power generation

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Reliability Engineering, Physics, Electrical, Mechanical or Materials Engineering

Tools

Finite Element Analysis

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking an Infrastructure Reliability Engineer to drive reliability risk identification, assessment and mitigation for datacenter equipment.

You will lead root cause analyses, implement improvements and collaborate with suppliers to ensure availability and cost efficiency. The role requires experience with reliability engineering, environmental and operational stress analysis, and statistical methods.