Electrical Design Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering
Amazon· Operations, IT, & Support Engineering
Hybrid (Herndon, VA)$116.8k - $160kFull-timePosted 6mo ago
About the role
Electrical Engineer role within AWS Data Center Design Engineering, focusing on design and continuous innovation of data center electrical distribution and supporting multi-region deployment, construction documents, and collaboration with internal and external teams.
Responsibilities
- Data center electrical designs and collaboration with other disciplines to create a construction document set.
- Creation of designs which meet or exceed our quality requirements and fall within our budgetary requirements.
- Work with local agencies having jurisdiction to ensure compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes.
- Review and approval of equipment submittals.
- Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to, and during construction phases.
- Work with commissioning teams to properly test and validate installation, operation, and performance of electrical systems.
- Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
- Travel to sites for site review and work with onsite field engineers, as well as provide engineering evaluations, electrical systems audits, and startup as needed.
Qualifications
- 5+ 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 Electrical Engineering or a related field
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
- 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 researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
- United States of America Citizen
Skills
Required:Electrical designConstruction drawings and submittalsProject management and cross-functional coordination
Nice to have:Regulatory compliance and codes
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) and Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
- EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) included in compensation package
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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