Sr. Mechanical Engineer - CFD, Global Engineering Strategy

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. 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 challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and we’re looking for talented people 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 deliver safety, security, capacity, and low cost for customers, and experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers ownership to completion.

The Global Engineering Strategy team (GES) is looking for a results‑oriented, inventive Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) focused Sr. Mechanical Engineer to drive front end engineering CFD studies, mechanical system selection, and site design strategy for new owned and leased site developments. In this role you will perform front end site planning related work including site and building CFD modelling, building water use calculations, equipment selection, concept sketches, and more.

You will develop site CFD Scopes of Work (SoW) and manage external vendors to deliver studies and reports. As the CFD subject matter expert, you will provide detailed report documents and assist in the design specifications as part of a team that operates within multiple geographic regions, and be integral to our work to change the world through technology.

You will work with the GES project leads to support their site design strategy, as well as other design and site planning partner/stakeholder teams on matters related to site CFD design strategy implementation. Our CFD focused Sr. Mechanical Engineers understand key problems, propose and analyze multiple solutions to produce energy efficient, cost effective, and scalable site designs. They also provide vision and rationale for Amazon’s data center mechanical designs to leadership, while ensuring current systems meet performance and operational standards.

• Perform CFD models on innovative new and existing site designs.
• Drive process improvements across the organization.
• Provide reports to senior leadership on the results of those models.
• Perform water efficiency use calculations to determine quantity of water needed on site.
• Work with global ME teams to achieve alignment of design and CFD modeling standards.
• Identify sources of high capital/operational costs, reduced efficiencies, high maintenance, security and safety risks in current data center mechanical systems to flag improvement areas in next‑gen designs.
• Actively define, scope and participate in project & product teams focused on delivering innovations in next‑generation data centers.
• Provide direct influence over the mechanical design and construction of new data centers and general capital endeavors.
• Strong understanding of business analysis practices including Total Cost of Ownership and Return on Investment models.
• Work closely with hardware designers to optimize interfaces between IT equipment and the facility and understand future trends and initiatives in IT equipment technology.
• Provide total CFD project management and oversight of the project scope, timeline, and budget.
• Record and report key metrics to team members and management.
• For issues that arise in data centers, drive teams to supply root‑cause analysis, quantify exposure, provide remediation and long‑term corrective measures, ensuring efforts are documented to prevent recurrence.

Travel will occasionally be necessary but shouldn’t be more than 25%. International support will be part of the job.

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