Critical Infrastructure Electrical Engineer, Field Engineering

Overview

As an Amazon Field Engineer, you will provide full life‑cycle support to AWS Data Centers from design inception through site improvement and maintenance. You will be the ‘go‑to’ engineering resource for your region when technical advice is needed, and will use your subject matter expertise to engage with diverse teams.

• Serve as the recognized fire protection engineering expert for a broad range of fire and life safety issues across a wide geographic area.
• Develop relationships with authorities having jurisdiction to better serve our customers and communities in providing safe and effective solutions.
• Perform design and equipment submittal review for new Data Centers in your region.
• Troubleshoot, conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and create Corrective Action (CA) documentation for site/equipment failures.
• Directly support operational issues with ad‑hoc training, complex operating procedure reviews, including critical equipment, and event support.
• Mentor and train customers and partner engineers in fire protection principles to scale and improve solutions to fire protection problems.
• Own the conceptual design for existing data center upgrades and design‑solutions that add capacity, improve availability, increase efficiency and sustainability.
• Interface with internal data center operations team, data center design engineering team, server hardware team, and environmental health and safety team to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered.
• Develop innovative solutions for AWS’s data centers.
• Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.
• Initiate and lead engineering audits, including on‑site visits within Amazon’s data centers. Produce reports outlining risks with recommended mitigations and remediation.
• Act as resident engineer during new construction projects. Support construction, commissioning, and turnover.

Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers. You will prioritize your activities to support data center capacity availability and safety, focusing on the actions that are most impactful. You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally.

• US citizenship and an active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Experience in commissioning.
• 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 problem solving and root cause analysis.
• Professional Engineer License (preferred).
• 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.
• Experience as a resident engineer or hands‑on design consultant (preferred).

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The base salary range for this position is $ – $ USD annually. Salary is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

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Location:

USA, VA, Culpeper
Company:
Amazon Data Services, Inc.