Commissioning Engineer, AMER-West ACx
Amazon· Operations, IT, & Support Engineering
Atlanta, GA, Austin, TX, Dallas, TX, Houston, TX$116.8k - $160k + equityFull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
AWS Infrastructure Services commissioning role focusing on testing, validation, and oversight of electrical and mechanical infrastructure in Amazon data centers within the Americas West region. Responsible for coordinating multi-disciplinary commissioning across vendors, reviewing design docs, leading Factory Witness Testing, and ensuring environmental, safety, and quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Provide testing and validation oversight of AWS data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
- Review design documents, lead Factory Witness Testing (FWT), and manage third-party commissioning vendors for onsite pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing.
- Take ownership of projects’ successes, dive deep to resolve technical issues, and maintain bias for action to address schedule and coordination demands onsite.
- Provide multi-discipline input into scheduling, test script development, designing, and planning of projects.
- Review component submittal packages, lead FWT, perform system-level and integrated system testing.
- Continuously audit commissioning activities to ensure environmental, quality, and safety compliance.
- Prepare comprehensive weekly status reports and capture lessons learned to improve the program.
- Coordinate across AWS engineering, capacity delivery, operations, and contractor teams to ensure issue resolution and task prioritization.
- Manage commissioning vendors and document findings and proposed solutions; escalate when turnover is at risk.
- Communicate lessons learned and participate in initiatives to improve the commissioning program.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or 5+ years of relevant discipline work experience
- High technical competency in mechanical or electrical or control systems used in critical infrastructures, with ability to learn others
- Ability to review design documentation (drawings, specifications, vendor submittals, sequences of operations) and provide feedback in accordance with Amazon standards
- Experience developing and reviewing commissioning documentation (test plans, scripts, reports) for accuracy against design requirements
Skills
Required:Electrical and mechanical commissioningDesign document reviewFactory Witness Testing (FWT)Project coordination
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off, parental leave
- RSUs and sign-on payments included in compensation package
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance programs and mental health support
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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