Sr. Product Lifecyle Elec Eng, DCC Communities, Controls Products & Services

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words were the people who keep the cloud running. 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. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll 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. And youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Amazon Web Services is seeking an electrical controls engineer to be part of a global engineering team responsible for ownership and continuous improvement related to electrical controls infrastructure products within our rapidly expanding data center footprint.

The Electrical Product Lifecyle Engineering (PLE) Team within Controls Products & Services drives product and process improvements for AWS infrastructure controls products that are in the sustaining phase of the product lifecycle. PLE goals are high product reliability and availability agility and reduced costs for our customers. PLE requests feedback from product customers to understand areas for improvement and then prioritize new feature requests documentation updates and product and process improvements to maintain customer trust. PLE is data driven monitoring equipment maintenance and failure data identifying failure trends and troubleshooting to determine root causes of failures. The product lifecycle engineering team provides technical management for sustaining products.

We are looking for engineers with hands on electrical controls infrastructure design and product development experience. If you can design and troubleshoot PLC and relay based electrical controls systems have an understanding of the critical equipment needs for a data center and understand the constructibility of varying designs you may be a good fit. You should be capable of understanding equipment specifications and evaluating the merit of design changes.

As a Global Amazon Product Lifecycle Engineer you will provide electrical controls infrastructure product lifecycle support to AWS data centers. You will collaborate with the product development team to gain deep understanding of all facets of each product as they are being developed and tested and then support the product through its operational life. You will be a global go-to engineering resource for electrical AWS products deployed in data centers.

Amazon has a global presence. Travel will be necessary will be intermittent and should be expected to reach up to 50%. International support will be part of the job and some international travel may be necessary. Your contribution could consist of leading international projects and could require developing engineering information packages.

Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities of the Electrical Engineer:
Possess strong engineering judgement and are able to provide recommendations despite uncertainty
Collaborate with other disciplines such as mechanical engineering reliability operations and compliance
Are detail and data oriented
Have experience engineering data center projects and/or products
Review update and approve equipment submittals
Work with global electrical equipment suppliers and manufacturers
Build trust and relationships with different stakeholders (e.g. operations design)
Work on concurrent projects in multiple geographic zones
Understand and explain complex systems in clear and concise language
Support Operations including failure mode and root cause analysis maintenance and troubleshooting support and operating procedure review.
Listen to the voice of the customer to understand if there are improvements that can be made to increase product reliability or availability
Work with global supplier and manufacturers to design product improvements and to oversee root cause analysis
Contribute to our global body of knowledge and drive a cycle of continuous improvement at a global scale

If you meet these qualifications exude passion and enjoy the challenge of innovative projects at hyper-scale this job is for you!


About the team
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Bachelors degree or higher in electrical engineering or equivalent industry experience
7 years of experience with power distribution systems.
7 years of project experience with low voltage (LV) distribution systems with focus on protection relay circuit breaker switchgear and transformer systems.
5 years experience with relay and instrumentation control schematics.
5 years experience in manufacturing quality control and/or application of the products such as Switchgear relays PLC and related controls.

Knowledge of typical data center designs/architectures and be following industry design trends.
Knowledge and experience to interpret electric code NEC NFPA UL891 UL508 ANSI C37 or IEC 62271 or IEC61439.
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.
Possess leadership and problem-solving skills be a motivated highly dependable individual.
Direct experience with the design or operation of data centers or substations
Ability to research designs technologies and develop new strategies for data center equipment.
Ability to carry design concepts through exploration development and into prototyping/manufacturing.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $128600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.