Critical Infrastructure Mechanical Engineer, Field Engineering

Critical Infrastructure Mechanical Engineer, Field Engineering

Job ID: | Amazon Data Services France SAS

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. Our team includes software, hardware, network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. We collaborate with people across AWS to deliver the highest safety and security standards while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for customers.

As an Amazon Field Engineer, you will provide full life‑cycle support to AWS Data Centers from design inception through site improvement and maintenance. In this role you will lead projects to fit out our data centers to meet ever‑evolving customer needs as we continue expanding our fleet to hyper‑scale.

Key job responsibilities

• 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 conceptual design for existing data center upgrades and design solutions that add capacity, improve availability, increase efficiency and sustainability.
• Interface with internal data center operations team, data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health & 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 audits including on‑site visits within Amazon’s data centers. Produce reports outlining risks with recommended mitigations and remediation.
• Act as resident engineer during new construction projects. Support construction, commissioning, and turnover.

Qualifications

As an ideal candidate you possess:

• Strong Engineering Judgment and the ability to provide recommendations despite uncertainty or ambiguity.
• Excellent communication and writing skills, attention to detail, and maintain high quality standards.
• Organized with the ability to set priorities and meet deadlines and budget.
• Experience solving problems with engineered solutions.
• Experience managing engineering projects and consultants.
• Ability to build trust and relationships with stakeholders (e.g., Operations, Controls, Construction, Design, Commissioning, Product Managers, Technical Program Managers).
• Adaptable and inclined to get into the field to see things up close.
• Excited about a mix of office and field work.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with mission critical facilities engineering including data centers, power generation, oil & gas facilities.
• Business‑level fluency in written and spoken English.
• Willing to travel between Data Center sites, and internationally if required.
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Data analytics skills, data querying skills/language, scripting, and comfort with working in vast amounts of data in new and evolving environments.
• Direct experience with the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of mission critical facilities, especially data centers.
• Experience as resident engineer or hands‑on field design consultant or owner’s engineer.
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region; experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents.
• Ability to carry design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment/mass production.
• Basic understanding of mechanical and/or electrical equipment/design related to data centers (e.g., uninterruptible power sources, diesel generators, electrical switch gear, power distribution units, variable frequency drives, automatic/static transfer switches, chillers, pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, CRAHs, fans, air economizers, water treatment).
• EPMS/SCADA/BMS Controls system experience (software and/or hardware).
• Business‑level fluency in written and spoken French.

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