Full-Time

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Amazon Web Services

Company Amazon Web Services
Salary Competitive salary and benefits package
How You'll Work onsite
Level senior
Sector Technology
Posted Posted 0 days ago

Job Description

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We're the people who keep the cloud running.

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.

Amazon Web Services is seeking Mechanical Engineers to become part of a global engineering team, responsible for the implementation and technical evaluation of our designs and the continuous innovation of our rapidly expanding data center footprint.

Engineers at Amazon work to design resilient, cost-effective mechanical systems. They're responsible for achieving a world-class uptime for our customers. They justify and communicate the technical decisions we make to Sr. Management and work hard to drive continuous advancements and improvements with our designs.

They have hands-on mechanical design and field experience and can design and operate mechanical (cooling) systems, have an understanding of the critical equipment needs for a data center, and understand the constructability of varying designs.

At Amazon, teamwork is absolutely necessary for us to accomplish our goals. You must be able to work within a team and depend on others to accomplish the required work. As a mechanical engineer at Amazon, you will be working with other internal groups as well as external groups including utilities, manufacturers, vendors, and contractors.

As an Engineer in this role, you will work with the Principals and Senior Mechanical Engineers to drive the standardization of designs across the global region in production data centers and resolve open technical issues in the mechanical space. You will participate in the research and development of new technologies and designs applicable to our products or services. Relied on as a subject matter expert in the mechanical engineering field, you write technical documentation for such projects.

Your tasks include conceiving, initiating, and leading projects with widespread impact on infrastructure design, innovation, and implementation. You will achieve this by breaking down complex problems into straightforward and actionable solutions. This will be achieved by working with internal teams to understand user requirements and challenges as well as collaborating with teams or individuals from other disciplines, cultures, and countries. You will escalate issues as required and communicate clearly and effectively at the appropriate level of detail with people from a wide range of technical abilities and backgrounds.

The role also requires in-depth knowledge of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling and analysis, to confirm the airflow both inside and outside of a data center.

Part of the role will also include the review and approval of critical equipment submittals including vendor Witness Tests, provide technical support on global Large Scale Events (LSE's), including participation on deep dives, investigations, and recommendations on mitigation plans. You will also be expected to maintain and host technical mechanical forums to provide a collaborative environment for development of data center mechanical systems.

As well as provide support and mentorship for the whole of the DCE engineering community, all while having fun and offering creative, out-of-the-box solutions.

Key job responsibilities

Under the direction of an engineering manager, the Sr. Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for the following:

  • CFD modeling and analysis experience (external and interior)
  • Design and implement energy-efficient mechanical systems for data centers
  • Partner with teams to develop innovative cooling solutions and sustainability initiatives
  • BIM/Revit experience
  • Create comprehensive documentation for mechanical designs and operational procedures
  • Support continuous improvement through data analysis and system optimization
  • Guide project teams through planning, execution, and commissioning phases
  • Conceives, initiates, and leads projects with widespread impact on infrastructure design, innovation, and implementation.
  • Decompose complex problems into straightforward and actionable solutions.
  • Work with internal teams to understand user requirements and challenges.
  • Collaborate with teams or individuals from other disciplines, cultures, and countries.
  • Escalate issues as required and communicate clearly and effectively at the appropriate level of detail with people from a wide range of technical abilities and backgrounds.
  • Produce clear and concise documentation such as detailed design specifications, white papers, wiring schematics and diagrams, and reports.
  • Understand and safeguard implementation of the Global Mechanical Basis of Design (BoD) with constant auditing.
  • Drive standardization in the data center mechanical designs.
  • Development of strategic solutions, which meet or exceed our quality requirements and fall within our budgetary requirements.
  • Capture requirements and turn aspirational company or customer goals into well-defined, achievable, and testable specifications and solutions.
  • Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to, and during innovation and research and development projects.
  • Work with regional vendors and manufacturers to specify the appropriate mechanical equipment.
  • Review and approval of critical equipment submittals including vendor Witness Tests.
  • Provide technical support on global Large Scale Events (LSE's), including participation on deep dives, investigations, and recommendations on mitigation plans.
  • Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
  • Maintain and host technical mechanical forums to provide a collaborative environment for development of data center mechanical systems.
  • Provide support and mentorship for the whole of the Data Center Engineering community.
  • Have fun and offer creative out-of-the-box solutions.

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