Senior Mechanical Engineer - Data Center Systems & Cooling

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join a global data center engineering team. You’ll own the design and continuous innovation of mechanical systems for AWS data centers and may be based in Seattle or Herndon.

You will coordinate with internal and external partners to deliver reliable, cost-effective solutions at scale. The role requires 4+ years in data center engineering, a bachelor’s degree in engineering, and the ability to lead design efforts while traveling up to 25% of the year.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience.
• 4+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities experience.
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities

Responsibilities

• Work in a cross-disciplinary setting with ability to influence and drive others.
• Work has deep and far-reaching impact on overall product design/solutions.
• Advises peer engineers and management team.
• Deep-dive and perform root cause analysis.
• Make technical trade-offs between short-term project goals and long-term business needs.
• Develop integrated systems extending the life of data center infrastructure products.
• Simplify, optimize and lower costs of data center mechanical and associated sub components.
• Define and design liquid cooling equipment and related infrastructure.
• Collaborate with internal and external ecosystem partners to design and develop new data center product solutions.
• Support field engineering and data center operation teams for performing root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
• Leverage economy of scale through standardization and modularization of data center products.
• Maintain and develop technical design procedures associated with piping and pipe support analysis activities.
• Provide technical subject matter expertise to peers, senior management and partner teams.
• Develop business justification and narratives to promote new concepts and ideas.
• Lead key initiatives for the organization while demonstrating ownership.
• Work with global suppliers and manufacturers to specify appropriate mechanical and associated sub components.
• Provide product design support to other team members.
• Writing functional specifications, design verification plans, and functional test procedures.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestic and internationally for up to 25% of the year.

Skills

Data center design

Industrial engineering

Engineering degree

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join a global data center engineering team. You’ll own the design and continuous innovation of mechanical systems for AWS data centers and may be based in Seattle or Herndon.

You will coordinate with internal and external partners to deliver reliable, cost-effective solutions at scale. The role requires 4+ years in data center engineering, a bachelor’s degree in engineering, and the ability to lead design efforts while traveling up to 25% of the year.