Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering

Overview

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 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.

You will influence all aspects of Mechanical design, construction, operations, and maintenance for our global fleet of data centers. This includes fire suppression, fire detection, fire alarm, mass notification systems, fire‑resistant construction, and life safety. You will work with internal and external teams to define, design, detail, and document the various Mechanical features that our facilities require, using both prescriptive and performance‑based design approaches.

As an Owner, you will strive to ensure the Mechanical features of our buildings protect our people and keep our customer’s data safe and uninterrupted over the life of the building.

Primary responsibilities include performing and overseeing project‑related work, such as water supply analysis and design for fire water service to buildings, coordinating with utilities and fire officials to establish basic site infrastructure requirements. You will coordinate Mechanical system space requirements, supporting utilities, and equipment locations, and provide detailed construction specifications for all Mechanical‑related trades. You will typically prepare detailed designs for HVAC, plumbing, and hydronic systems and review all design disciplines to ensure they meet the code requirements described in our design standards.

We expect you to contribute your expertise to the continual improvement of our Mechanical design standards, work with internal and external stakeholders, including design, construction, commissioning, operations, vendors, and local building and fire officials, and be part of a global team building data centers the world over. This position requires up to 25% travel.

• Driving improvement of design standards and project approaches across the organization.
• Work with internal and external design teams to review designs in progress to ensure they meet established design standards, local code requirements, and any other requirements of the Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs).
• Provide high quality Mechanical engineering advice on a wide variety of projects globally while working with local engineering teams to achieve alignment of designs and design objectives.
• Coordinating with construction, commissioning, and risk management teams to answer requests for information and value engineering queries.
• Be responsible for construction documents, code compliance, design and installation standards, water supply evaluation and assessment, testing, inspections, and submittal review.

• 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience
• 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
• Experience in data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities

• Professional Engineering or Architectural License
• Knowledge of…