Senior Electrical Engineer, Data Center Design & Innovation

Amazon; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Sr. Electrical Engineer to join a global data center engineering team responsible for design and continuous innovation of AWS data center electrical distribution systems.

The role focuses on designing resilient, cost-effective electrical systems to achieve world-class uptime, with opportunities to own designs from concept through construction and turnover. Travel up to 20% may be required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience.
• Professional Engineering or Architectural License.
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region.
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production.
• Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents.

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

Data center design

Electrical systems knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Construction documentation

Education

Professional Engineering License

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Sr. Electrical Engineer to join a global data center engineering team responsible for design and continuous innovation of AWS data center electrical distribution systems.

The role focuses on designing resilient, cost-effective electrical systems to achieve world-class uptime, with opportunities to own designs from concept through construction and turnover. Travel up to 20% may be required.