Senior Product Lifecycle Electrical Engineer, Data Center Engineering - Electrical Products

Overview

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure customers have continual access to innovation. We work on challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles.

You’ll collaborate across AWS to deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing capacity at the lowest possible cost. Amazon Web Services is hiring a Product Lifecycle Electrical Engineer with Medium Voltage Switchgear and/or Medium Voltage Transformer experience for our Electrical Products and Services team, a global engineering team responsible for the design and continuous innovation of products used within our expanding data center footprint.

AWS’s Electrical Products and Services team designs and develops resilient, cost-effective electrical distribution products and systems to achieve world-class uptime for our customers. We drive continuous improvements and communicate technical direction to Senior Leadership. As an engineer at Amazon, you can design, innovate, and improve the products our customers rely on. Travel may be necessary and could be up to 30% for international projects and engineering information packages, with an understanding of international electrical product design requirements being helpful but not required.

At Amazon, you will work with internal and external groups including engineering service providers, manufacturers, vendors, inspectors, third-party testing labs, and contractors. The role requires collaboration within a team to accomplish goals and support the data center footprint.

• Work with internal partner teams to solicit customer input and define design requirements for product design.
• Lead new product design, development and qualification of critical electrical power distribution equipment for AWS datacenters with primary focus on MV switch gear and transformers and connections to LV switch gear and power distribution.
• Develop Capex and Opex spending budgets considering development costs with vendors, prototyping needs, testing, and specialized tooling requirements.
• Work with global suppliers and manufacturers to specify appropriate electrical equipment and components, ensuring tier 2-3 supply chain resiliency.
• Ensure compliance with UL, CSA, IEC and federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes across different countries through appropriate levels of testing.
• Validate design through prototype, pre-production and first-of-kind builds, conducting DFx and value engineering analyses and updating design and documentation.
• Collaborate with field engineering and commissioning teams to test and validate installation, operation, and performance of electrical products.
• Provide support for manufacturing activities for new products on concurrent projects in multiple geographical locations.
• Be a leader within the product development team and with internal and external teams that support the data center.

• 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
• Experience developing solutions and executing plans on complex projects
• 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

• 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
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