Senior Datacenter Reliability Engineer

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

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Senior Infrastructure Reliability Engineer to lead reliability strategies for datacenter equipment across design, deployment and operation. This role focuses on availability, risk mitigation and cost optimization within AWS infrastructure.

You will drive identification of reliability risks, root cause analysis, and vendor management while coordinating with partners to improve product and process reliability and uptime across global data centers.

Qualifications

• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Reliability Engineering, Physics, Mechanical or Materials Engineering or related field
• 8+ years of Reliability Engineering work experience in high reliability industry
• 3+ years experience with accelerated life testing, stress analysis and finite element analysis

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

Data center experience

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor/Master in Reliability Engineering, Physics, Mechanical or Materials Engineering

Tools

DFMEA

RBD modeling

Statistical analysis (SAS/R/Python)

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Senior Infrastructure Reliability Engineer to lead reliability strategies for datacenter equipment across design, deployment and operation. This role focuses on availability, risk mitigation and cost optimization within AWS infrastructure.

You will drive identification of reliability risks, root cause analysis, and vendor management while coordinating with partners to improve product and process reliability and uptime across global data centers.