Lead Electrical Design Engineer, Data Centre Engineering

Amazon 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 foot print.

Join our global engineering team to design and innovate the electrical systems powering Amazon's rapidly expanding data center infrastructure. You'll take on multi-million dollar projects from concept through construction, working with cutting-edge equipment and collaborating across disciplines to deliver resilient, cost-effective solutions that support our customers worldwide.

About AIS
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re 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 we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

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. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.


Key job responsibilities
What you will be doing:
- Data center electrical designs and collaboration with other disciplines to create a construction document set.
- Participating in site selection reviews and site planning activities
- Critical Data Center equipment design including Generators, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, MV Switchgear, LV Switchgear, MV:LV Transformers, Earthing. Life Safety and Fire Detection systems
- Design and collaborate with other disciplines to create a construction document set.
- Creating of designs which meet or exceed our quality requirements and fall within our budgetary requirements.
- Working with regional vendors and manufacturers to specify the appropriate electrical equipment.
- Working with local utilities to understand and define site utility requirements.
- Working with local agencies having jurisdiction to ensure compliance with IEC, EU requirements and building codes.
- Reviewing and approval of equipment submittals.
- Defining project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to, and during construction phases.
- Working 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.
- Traveling to sites for site review and work with onsite field engineers, as well as provide engineering evaluations, electrical systems audits, and startup as needed.
- Being a leader within the global group as well as within internal and external teams that support Amazon’s data centers.
- Having fun and offering creative, out of the box solutions.


A day in the life
As an Electrical Engineer on our team, you'll focus on designing robust electrical distribution systems that keep our data centers running at world-class uptime. Your day might include developing design specifications, reviewing and marking up technical drawings, collaborating with cross-functional teams on equipment qualifications, conducting site inspections, responding to design inquiries, and presenting your work to stakeholders. You'll move fluidly between desk-based design work and on-site activities, ensuring designs translate seamlessly from concept to construction. You'll also have opportunities to explore new technologies and construction methods that could improve how we build and operate our facilities.

About the team
The team consists of Electrical Engineers with Design Engineering backgrounds (typically having worked as Consulting Engineers with wide ranging experience), many ex-electricians with a practical knowledge of the systems they are designing.

About AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 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
- Knowledge of both mechanical and electrical equipment or design related to data center electrical and mechanical topology

Preferred Qualifications

- Professional Engineer License
- Experience with 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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