Commissioning Engineer, AMER-West ACx
Amazon· Operations, IT, & Support Engineering
GA-Atlanta, TX-Austin, TX-Dallas, TX-Houston$116.8k - $160kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Data Center Commissioning Engineer (CxE) for AWS Infrastructure Services within the AMER-West ACx team. Responsible for testing, validation, and coordination of electrical and mechanical infrastructure in AWS data centers, including managing third-party commissioning vendors and ensuring safety, quality, and environmental compliance.
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
- Perform onsite pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing
- Dively deep issue resolution and program improvements through lessons learned
- Contribute multi-discipline input into scheduling, test script development, design, and project planning
- Review submittal packages, lead FWT, and perform system-level and integrated testing
- Audit commissioning activities for environmental, quality, and safety compliance
- Prepare comprehensive weekly project status reports and document lessons learned
- Coordinate with AWS engineering, capacity delivery, operations, and contractor teams to align site activities
- Escalate project turnover risks to stakeholders
- Communicate lessons learned to peers and participate in commissioning program improvements
- Cover multiple inflight projects with tight timelines
- Oversee commissioning vendors focused on issue identification, criticality assessment, and solution proposals
Qualifications
- 5+ years of engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning experience for electrical and mechanical systems
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or 5+ years of relevant discipline experience
- High technical competency in mechanical, electrical, or control systems used in critical infrastructures with ability to learn others
- Ability to review design documentation (drawings, specs, vendor submittals, sequences of operations) and provide feedback per Amazon standards
- Experience developing or reviewing commissioning documentation (test plans, scripts, reports) for accuracy against design requirements
Skills
Required:Engineering, installation, or startup/commissioning for electrical and mechanical systemsMechanical or Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent experienceDesign documentation reviewCommissioning documentation
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance (option for Additional life plans)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off and parental leave
- Sign-on payments and RSUs as part of compensation package
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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