Data Center Field Engineer

Data Centre Field Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Field Engineer with an Electrical or Mechanical Engineering background to become part of a global engineering team, responsible for the design and continuous innovation of our rapidly expanding data center fleet.

As engineers at Amazon, we are responsible for achieving a world class uptime for our customers via our resilient designs and cost effective systems. As one of our Field Engineers, you will work directly with our Construction, Operations, and Commissioning teams at the Data Centers within your assigned region to analyse problems with the existing fleet and implement solutions specific to your region, and across the global fleet. You will be the engineering representative for each issue. Other groups will look to you for engineering based solutions.
Since we worked hard to develop a large scale fleet of Data Centers and drive continuous advancements and improvements within our designs, we will look to you to provide suggestions for improving the costs/performance/simplicity of our equipment and system designs.
This will include reviewing existing designs and contributing your field experience to work with the Design Engineering team to develop new systems and equipment. In addition, as a Field Engineer, you will directly support construction and be a part of the process from site selection review through commissioning and, ultimately, site turnover.
Amazon has a global presence, therefore, domestic and international travel will be necessary up to 25% of your time. Team work 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 tasks. This includes working with internal groups as well as external suppliers and consultants, including utilities, manufacturers, vendors, and contractors.
If you have an understanding of the critical equipment needs for large infrastructure mission critical sites and equipment; especially data centers, and understand the construct-ability of varying designs, you may be a good fit.
The Field Engineer will be responsible for the following:
· Understand the design and functionality of the Data Centers within your assigned Region
· Provide direct influence over all designs for construction of new Data Centers as well as legacy Data Center upgrades
· Drive the Design Engineering team's standards and specifications
· Work with internal teams to trouble shoot problems and conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Action (CA) for design related problems
· Work with local utility companies to understand and coordinate site utility requirements
· Work with local agencies having jurisdiction AHJ to ensure compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes
· Work with commissioning teams to properly test and validate installation, operation, and performance of electrical/mechanical systems
· Define project scopes and provide support during construction phases
· Review and approve equipment submittals
· Support of Operations including failure mode and root cause analysis, maintenance and troubleshooting support, best practices, maintenance initiatives and operating procedure review
· Interface with internal data center design teams, server hardware teams, environmental health and safety teams to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered
· Travel for site review and conduct engineering evaluations, audits, and site launches
· Work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions



BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Building Services Engineering
· 5+ year of experience in a similar Field Engineering, MEP Design or Commissioning Role in Mission Critical facilities.
· Excellent understanding of critical Data Center equipment
· Experience reading and interpreting Single Line drawings, construction drawings and equipment specifications
· Organized and have the ability to set priorities and meet deadlines and budget
· Possess leadership and problem solving skills
· Ability to carry design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment/mass production
· Ability to produce analyses that ensure designs satisfy defined requirements, including predicted performance and power quality specifications
· Possess excellent communication skills, attention to detail, maintain high quality standards
· Must have fluent knowledge of continuous operating redundant electrical systems, cooling systems, air flow containment systems and building management systems.
· Ability to develop solutions and execute plans on complex projects.



PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· 8+ years of direct experience with the construction, operation, or maintenance of mission critical data centers
· Knowledge of local building codes and regulations including Life Safety.
· Experience with the design, operation, and troubleshooting of mission critical controls systems
· Experience with commissioning of critical infrastructure and the associated controls systems for mission critical environments
· In depth understanding of both mechanical and electrical equipment/design related to data centers (Including but not limited to: uninterruptible power sources, diesel generators, electrical switch-gear, power distribution units, variable frequency drives, automatic/static transfer switches, chillers [air-cooled and water-cooled], pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, CRAHs, air economizers)
· Good working knowledge of system protection and co-ordination schemes.
· Experience with fast track design/build projects and or multiple significant upgrade projects
· LEAN Engineering