As a Design Electrical Engineer you will lead design projects in operational data centers that remediate issues upgrade our existing infrastructure and add new services. You will be the go to engineering resource for these projects and will provide lifecycle support from design through implementation.
Key job responsibilities
You will use your Electrical expertise to:
- Perform design and equipment submittal review for Data Centers in your region.
- Interface with internal and external data center design engineering team server hardware team environmental health and safety team field engineering and controls engineering to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered.
- Work on concurrent projects sometimes in multiple geographical regions and act as a technical subject matter expert for your given discipline.
- Support construction commissioning operations and turnover. Are detail and data oriented with familiarity with design/construction processes
- Have experience managing engineering projects and engineering consultants. Build trust and relationships with different stakeholders (e.g. Operations Commissioning Construction and Design)
A day in the life
Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for various aspects of the data centers. You will mentor and oversee the work of junior engineers in your discipline. You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally with up to 25% travel.
About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global 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.
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- Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
- 8 cumulative years of design experience with industrial or commercial engineering in Mission Critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers power generation oil / gas facilities. (Experienced Engineer)
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- 3 years data center design experience
- Chartered Engineer
- Prior project management experience; PMP/ Prince2
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