Electrical Design Engineer

About the Role

AWS Infrastructure Services is seeking a Jr. Electrical Engineer to join a global engineering team. This role is responsible for the design and continuous innovation of AWS's rapidly expanding data center footprint. Engineers at Amazon design resilient, cost-effective electrical distribution systems to achieve world-class uptime for customers.

Key Responsibilities

Under the direction of a senior engineer, the Jr. Electrical Engineer will be responsible for:

• Data center electrical designs and collaboration with other disciplines to create a construction document set.
• Creation of designs which meet or exceed quality requirements and fall within budgetary requirements.
• Working with local agencies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and municipal requirements and building codes.
• Review and approval of equipment submittals.
• Defining project scope and providing 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.
• Travel to sites for site review and work with onsite field engineers, providing engineering evaluations, electrical systems audits, and startup as needed.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Experience with the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of mission critical facilities, especially data centers.
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment.
• Experience using a variety of web-based and other software tools for calculation and data processing.
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region.
• Knowledge of commercial or industrial power systems or mechanical systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Ability to work within a team and depend on others to accomplish required work.
• Ability to work with other internal and external groups including utilities, manufacturers, vendors, and contractors.
• Travel up to 20% of your time to AWS data centers (Oregon, Ohio, AMER region), yearly team off-sites, and vendor factory visits.