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Amazon Web Services is hiring a Product Design Engineer for the Product Engineering team. The Product Engineering team is a part of a global engineering team, responsible for the design and continuous innovation of products used within our rapidly expanding data center foot print. This position can be based out of Herndon VA, Austin TX, Columbus OH or Seattle WA and is expected to work from the office a minimum of 3 days per week.

The Product engineering team at Amazon works to design and develop resilient, cost-effective electrical distribution products and systems. As an engineer at Amazon, we are responsible for achieving world class uptime for our customers. We drive continuous advancements and improvements with our designs and communicate technical direction to Sr. Management. We seek new ways to enhance the reliability, scalability, and cost effectiveness of our engineering designs. As an engineer at Amazon you have the ability to design, innovate, and change the products our customers rely on.

Amazon offers a fast paced, fun, and exciting work environment. We continue to grow at exponential rates and are looking for individuals that can support our speed to market, enjoy a challenge, and have a desire for professional growth and continuous learning experiences. Amazon’s work environment is unique in every aspect and offers an exceptional opportunity for the right candidate.

If you are a natural leader, smart and want to work with a high performing team of engineers that enjoys working on complex problems, we want you! At Amazon, you will be responsible for working on product designs and supporting our wide variety of customers. Great ideas are encouraged and supported. Ingenuity is the main mechanism which supports our focus on quality, speed, and cost.

We are looking for a Design engineer with hands experience in new product design and development of electrical power distribution equipment such as Low Voltage Switchgear, Power Distribution Cabinets or LV panel boards. If you can design electrical power distribution products and equipment, have tested products per latest codes and standards and have translated designs to manufacturing, then you will be a good fit. You will be an integral part of our design development process and will focus on establishing designs with and support our contract manufacturers for the manufacturing of products. Also as part of the design development process, you will work with other engineers on the team to provide innovative upgrades and improvements to existing and next generational designs. You will be relied on as a subject matter expert in the product design field. We highly support continued learning opportunities and focus on continued employee development.

At Amazon, team work is absolutely necessary for us to accomplish our goals. You must be able to work within a team and depend on others to accomplish the required work. As a product engineer at Amazon, you will be working with other internal groups as well as external groups including engineering service providers, manufacturers, vendors, inspectors, third party testing labs and contractors.

Amazon has a global presence. Travel will be necessary but shouldn’t be more than 50%. International support will be part of the job, and some international travel may be necessary. Your contribution could consist of leading international projects and could require developing engineering information packages. An understanding of international electrical product design requirements is helpful but not necessary.

Key job responsibilities

• Supports the Data Center Design Engineering, Principal Engineering, and Hardware Engineering teams to design and develop cutting edge concepts into new products.

• Collaborate with other disciplines such as Data Center engineering, reliability, QA/QC and compliance teams to create well thought out products.

• Creation of designs which meet or exceed our quality requirements while delivering a return on investment.

• Work with global suppliers and manufacturers to specify appropriate electrical equipment.

• Ensure compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes across different countries.

• Review and approval of product design and drawings including mechanical parts, assembly, construction and electrical drawings.

• Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to, and during manufacturing phases.

• Work with field engineering and commissioning teams to properly test and validate installation, operation, and performance of electrical products.

• Work with contract manufacturers to integrate designs and work with them to develop processes that promote the best quality at the lowest cost.

• Ability to provide support for manufacturing activities for the new products on concurrent projects in multiple geographical locations.

• Support of Operations including failure mode and root cause analysis, maintenance and troubleshooting support, and operating procedure review.

• Be a leader within the product development team as well as within internal and external teams that support the data center.

• Having fun while offering creative, out of the box solutions.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Austin, TX, USA | Columbus, OH, USA | Herndon, VA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering.

• 5+ years of experience with new product design, development, product Certification and support manufacturing of power distribution equipment.

• New Product design experience with low voltage (LV) distribution products with focus on switchgear, switchboards and panelboards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and able to interpret electric code NEC, NFPA, UL891, UL508, UL1066, UL1558, ANSI C37

• Experience in Engineering design, manufacturing, Quality control of the products such as Switchgear, panel boards, Power Distribution Units.

• Knowledge of typical data center designs/architectures, and be following industry design trends.

• Familiarity of product validation process by testing and proven experience for product certification testing by third party lab will be a plus.

• Experience with protection and control schematics and manufacturing wiring drawings will be plus.

• An ability and willingness to think outside of the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality, reliability, or maintainability.

• The ability to perform complex business case analysis to justify technical decisions and present the justification to management in a high-level review.

• Possess leadership and problem-solving skills, be a motivated, highly dependable individual.

• Experience with the design or operation of data centers or substations.

• Ability to carry new design concepts through exploration, development, and into prototyping/manufacturing.

• Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role

• Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $93,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.