Critical Infrastructure Electrical Engineer, Field Engineering, Field Engineering

Overview

In this role you help design, deliver and operate Amazon’s data center infrastructure at scale. You will work across cross-functional teams to ensure safety, reliability and efficiency while expanding capacity for hyper-scale deployments. You lead engineering decisions and field work, balancing design, construction, and operations to meet evolving customer needs. The role offers hands-on responsibility in the field and on-site collaboration with operations, design, and construction teams. This is a chance to shape critical infrastructure that powers AWS cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Provide design and equipment submittal reviews for regional data centers
• Troubleshoot site/equipment issues, perform RCA and document corrective actions
• Support operational issues with training, SOP reviews, and event response
• Own conceptual designs for data center upgrades to boost capacity, availability and efficiency
• Coordinate with operations, design, server hardware, and safety teams to maintain standards
• Manage concurrent projects across multiple regions
• Lead engineering audits and produce risk reports with mitigations
• Act as resident engineer during new construction, supporting commissioning and turnover

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities (data centers, power generation, etc.)
• Experience researching new designs and construction methods for data center equipment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Knowledge of data center electrical and mechanical topology

• Strong communication and writing skills
• Attention to detail and high quality standards
• Organized with ability to set priorities and meet deadlines
• Experience with design, construction, operation or maintenance of mission critical facilities
• Experience with building codes and regional regulations
• Experience with EPMS/SCADA/BMS controls systems

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