Commissioning Engineer, AMER-West ACx
Amazon· Operations, IT, & Support Engineering
Denver, CO, Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Canton, MS, Charlotte, NC, Columbus, OH, Umatilla, OR, Berwick, PA, Herndon, VA$116.8k - $160kFull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
AWS Data Center Commissioning Engineer (CxE) responsible for testing and validation oversight of electrical and mechanical infrastructure in AWS data centers, leading factory witness testing, coordinating with vendors, and ensuring environmental, quality, and safety compliance across multiple ongoing inflight projects.
Responsibilities
- The Commissioning Engineer (CxE) provides testing and validation oversight of AWS data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
- CxEs review design documents, lead Factory Witness Testing (FWT), and manage third-party commissioning vendors in the performance of onsite pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing.
- They take ownership of their projects’ successes by diving deep to resolve technical issues and acting with bias for action to address schedule and coordination demands onsite.
- CxEs provide multi-discipline input into scheduling, test script development, designing, and planning of projects.
- Review component submittal packages, lead Factory Witness Testing (FWT), perform system level and integrated system testing.
- Continuously audit activities to ensure compliance with environmental, quality, and safety requirements.
- Prepare comprehensive weekly status reports and lessons learned to improve the commissioning program.
- Coordinate across AWS engineering, capacity delivery, operations, and contractor teams to manage site activities and task prioritization.
- Manage the project commissioning vendor to identify issues, assess criticality, propose solutions, and document findings.
- Escalate project turnover risks to appropriate stakeholders and communicate lessons learned after project completion.
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 in critical infrastructures, with ability to learn others
- Ability to review design documentation (drawings, specifications, vendor submittals, sequences of operations) and provide feedback per Amazon standards
- Experience developing or reviewing commissioning documentation (test plans, scripts, reports) for accuracy per design requirements
Skills
Required:Testing and CommissioningVendor ManagementDocumentation and Reporting
Benefits
- Base salary with sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
- Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) and life insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off and parental leave
- Flexible spending accounts and employee assistance programs
- Learning and career development resources
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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