Amazon
Sr. Electrical Design Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering
Amazon, Austin, Texas, us, 78716
Sr. Electrical Design Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering
Job ID: 2653194 | Amazon Data Services, Inc. - A19Amazon Web Services is seeking an Electrical Engineer to become part of a global engineering team, responsible for the design and continuous innovation of our rapidly expanding data center footprint.AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. 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 with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers.Engineers at Amazon work to design resilient, cost-effective electrical distribution systems. We justify and communicate the technical decisions we make to Sr. Management and work hard to drive continuous advancements and improvements with our designs. As an engineer at Amazon you have the ability to drive change and define/design the systems our customers rely on.If you are a creative, smart and driven individual that enjoys working with complex problems we want YOU! At Amazon you will be responsible for working on multi-million dollar designs that support our array of businesses and wide variety of customers. Great ideas are encouraged and supported. Ingenuity is the main mechanism which supports our focus on quality, speed, and cost.We are looking for engineers with hands-on electrical design experience. If you can design an electrical system, have an understanding of the critical equipment needs for a data center, and understand the constructability of varying designs you may be a good fit. Engineers will be responsible for taking designs from concept to the permit and construction document set. You must be capable of defining critical equipment specifications and approving equipment submittals. Engineers will directly support construction and be a part of the process from site selection review through commissioning and ultimately turnover.At Amazon team work is absolutely necessary for us to accomplish our goals. You must be able to work within a team and depend on others to accomplish the required work. As an electrical engineer at Amazon you will be working with other internal groups as well as external groups including utilities, manufacturers, vendors, and contractors.Amazon has a global presence. As this position is based out of Virginia, travel to our head office in Seattle will be required. Travel should be up to 20% of your time, with the majority throughout the Virginia-based data centers and in-person collaboration efforts not in your assigned office location. International support will be part of the job, and some international travel will be necessary.Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities of the Sr. Electrical Engineer will be: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.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or 12+ years of relevant electrical experience.- 7+ years of experience with industrial or commercial electrical design.- 9+ years of experience developing design documentation (plans, specifications, etc.) for construction and/or permitting.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Professional Engineering License and knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, IBC, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA.- Detailed understanding of critical data center electrical equipment (including UPS, diesel generators, switchgear, power distribution units, VFDs and automatic/static transfer switches) and basic understanding of mechanical equipment and system design.- Ability to research new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities.- An ability and willingness to think outside of the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality, reliability, or maintainability.- Experience with fast track design/build projects, multiple significant upgrade projects, large scale technical operations or large-scale compute farms.
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Job ID: 2653194 | Amazon Data Services, Inc. - A19Amazon Web Services is seeking an Electrical Engineer to become part of a global engineering team, responsible for the design and continuous innovation of our rapidly expanding data center footprint.AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. 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 with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers.Engineers at Amazon work to design resilient, cost-effective electrical distribution systems. We justify and communicate the technical decisions we make to Sr. Management and work hard to drive continuous advancements and improvements with our designs. As an engineer at Amazon you have the ability to drive change and define/design the systems our customers rely on.If you are a creative, smart and driven individual that enjoys working with complex problems we want YOU! At Amazon you will be responsible for working on multi-million dollar designs that support our array of businesses and wide variety of customers. Great ideas are encouraged and supported. Ingenuity is the main mechanism which supports our focus on quality, speed, and cost.We are looking for engineers with hands-on electrical design experience. If you can design an electrical system, have an understanding of the critical equipment needs for a data center, and understand the constructability of varying designs you may be a good fit. Engineers will be responsible for taking designs from concept to the permit and construction document set. You must be capable of defining critical equipment specifications and approving equipment submittals. Engineers will directly support construction and be a part of the process from site selection review through commissioning and ultimately turnover.At Amazon team work is absolutely necessary for us to accomplish our goals. You must be able to work within a team and depend on others to accomplish the required work. As an electrical engineer at Amazon you will be working with other internal groups as well as external groups including utilities, manufacturers, vendors, and contractors.Amazon has a global presence. As this position is based out of Virginia, travel to our head office in Seattle will be required. Travel should be up to 20% of your time, with the majority throughout the Virginia-based data centers and in-person collaboration efforts not in your assigned office location. International support will be part of the job, and some international travel will be necessary.Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities of the Sr. Electrical Engineer will be: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.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or 12+ years of relevant electrical experience.- 7+ years of experience with industrial or commercial electrical design.- 9+ years of experience developing design documentation (plans, specifications, etc.) for construction and/or permitting.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Professional Engineering License and knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, IBC, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA.- Detailed understanding of critical data center electrical equipment (including UPS, diesel generators, switchgear, power distribution units, VFDs and automatic/static transfer switches) and basic understanding of mechanical equipment and system design.- Ability to research new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities.- An ability and willingness to think outside of the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality, reliability, or maintainability.- Experience with fast track design/build projects, multiple significant upgrade projects, large scale technical operations or large-scale compute farms.
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