Snr. Constructability Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Constructability Engineer who embeds into first-of-a-kind data center programs to pinpoint constructability and commissioning risks during design maturation.

You will validate new construction methods such as prefabrication and modularization, quantify impact on schedule, cost, quality and sustainability, and help convert field-proven innovations into fleet-wide standards for scale.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience.
• 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities.
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Experience in data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance.
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities.
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities.

Responsibilities

• Embed into first-of-a-kind and new-product programs during design maturation to identify and resolve constructability and commissioning risks before they reach sites.
• Run first-of-a-kind validation, vendor qualification, and deployment-readiness assessments to confirm new designs meet construction and operational requirements.
• Develop and validate new means and methods — prefabrication, modularization, new materials — and quantify their schedule, cost, quality, and carbon impact.
• Convert field-proven innovations into fleet standards by supporting basis-of-design intake and specification updates across the global infrastructure portfolio.
• Partner with product owners, construction management teams, and manufacturers on integration and buildability across products, driving consistency and technical alignment.

Skills

Data center design

Construction engineering

Industrial engineering

Field deployment

Design for manufacture & assembly

Education

Professional Engineering License (PE)

Job description

Description

Are you passionate about shaping how data center infrastructure is designed, built, and brought to life? As a Senior Constructability Engineer at Amazon, you will embed directly into first-of-a-kind and new-product programs — including next‑generation cooling, racking, and modular designs — catching constructability and commissioning issues during design maturation, well before they reach the field. You will validate new construction methods such as prefabrication and modularization, quantify their schedule, cost, quality, and carbon impact, and convert field‑proven innovations into fleet‑wide standards. If you thrive at the intersection of design engineering and hands‑on construction delivery, this role offers the chance to influence how Amazon builds at global scale.

Description

Are you passionate about shaping how data center infrastructure is designed, built, and brought to life? As a Senior Constructability Engineer at Amazon, you will embed directly into first-of-a-kind and new-product programs — including next‑generation cooling, racking, and modular designs — catching constructability and commissioning issues during design maturation, well before they reach the field. You will validate new construction methods such as prefabrication and modularization, quantify their schedule, cost, quality, and carbon impact, and convert field‑proven innovations into fleet‑wide standards. If you thrive at the intersection of design engineering and hands‑on construction delivery, this role offers the chance to influence how Amazon builds at global scale.

Key job responsibilities

• Embed into first‑of‑a‑kind and new‑product programs (new cooling, racking, modular and Design for Manufacture and Assembly solutions) during design maturation to identify and resolve constructability and commissioning risks before they reach sites
• Run first‑of‑a‑kind validation, vendor qualification, and deployment‑readiness assessments to confirm new designs meet construction and operational requirements
• Develop and validate new means and methods — prefabrication, modularization, new materials — and quantify their schedule, cost, quality, and carbon impact
• Convert field‑proven innovations into fleet standards by supporting basis‑of‑design intake and specification updates across the global infrastructure portfolio
• Partner with product owners, construction management teams, and manufacturers on integration and buildability across products, driving consistency and technical alignment

A day in the life

You are reviewing new‑product designs for buildability, visiting prefabrication facilities for factory acceptance tests, running first‑article deployment assessments, and quantifying the benefit of a new method against the current standard. You work upstream of the field so that when a new product reaches a site, it is genuinely deployable — and you package what works into a standard the whole fleet inherits.

About The Team

Our Constructability Engineering team works at the heart of Amazon's global data center delivery program. We partner across design engineering, construction management, product development, and manufacturing to ensure that every new infrastructure concept can be built safely, efficiently, and at scale. Our focus over the coming years is accelerating the adoption of modular construction, new cooling technologies, and sustainable materials — and this role is central to making that happen. If you want to shape the future of how critical infrastructure is delivered worldwide, we would love to hear from you.

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience
• 6+ 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
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
• Experience in data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, TX, Austin - 136,600.00 - 184,800.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Herndon - 136,600.00 - 184,800.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 136,600.00 - 184,800.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Job ID: A10536541