Electrical Engineer, Data Center, Colocation Regional Engineering - AMER
Amazon· Operations, IT, & Support Engineering
Hybrid (MESA), Hybrid (TEMPE), Hybrid (SANTA CLARA), Hybrid (Denver), Hybrid (Austin), Hybrid (Seattle), Hybrid (San Francisco)$116.8k - $160kFull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
Electrical Engineer role focusing on data center design, colocation facilities, and regional engineering for AWS data centers in the Americas. Responsibilities include site assessments, design reviews, troubleshooting, upgrades, and collaboration with internal teams and vendors to ensure safety, reliability, and cost-effective capacity.
Responsibilities
- Conduct site assessments against AWS standards for colocation data centers and telecommunications facilities within the region.
- Reviews vendor critical infrastructure designs and perform risk analysis and availability calculations for vendor owned and operated colocation data center infrastructure to determine fit-for-use/fit-for-service for AWS cloud compute and networking services.
- 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.
- Own the design for existing data center upgrades and design-solutions, which add capacity, improve availability, and increase efficiency.
- Lead, Review, and approve designs for existing co-location (colo) data center upgrades which improve availability/efficiency.
- Interface with internal data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health and safety team to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered.
- Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.
- Initiate and lead engineering site audits within Amazon’s owned or colo data centers.
- Act as resident engineer during new construction projects. Support construction, commissioning, and turnover.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 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
- 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
Skills
Required:Electrical engineering for data centersRisk analysis and availability calculationsDesign review and submittal coordination
Nice to have:Vendor management and coordination with colo facilities
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance with option for Supplemental life plans
- EAP, Mental Health Support
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- RSUs and sign-on payments included in package
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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