Power Engineer, Integrated Rack Power Team Sustaining Engineering
DESCRIPTION
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
The AWS Rack Power team is driving rapid innovation in the power systems used by Amazon Web Services. The Rack Power team's designs are fundamentally changing the data center, providing operational and financial benefits that are critical to the success of the AWS business and its millions of customers. We design, build, and maintain the power equipment used by Amazon.com and AWS services.
Our engineers solve challenging technology problems, and take big bets on new concepts, enabling AWS services to continue to revolutionize the industry.
What you will do: As a member of the Rack Power Sustaining Engineering team you will support and sustain power conversion and power management for AWS servers, resolving product technical issues to maintain and improve the power solutions AC-DC Power Supplies, Inverters, and Battery technology deployed in our data center hardware.
You will provide leadership in the application of new technologies to enable large scale server deployments in a continuous effort to deliver a world-class customer experience.
You will be a power electronics subject matter expert in an engineering team responsible for product sustaining and support. You will help grow the capabilities in our power test lab and industry leading supply vendors, thru root cause failure analysis and investigation along with black box data analysis to determine appropriate corrective actions.
This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and you’ll work with other thought leaders in multiple technology areas. You’ll have high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you’ll be constantly looking for ways to improve your products performance, quality and cost. We’re changing an industry, and we want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.
Why it matters: Amazon has thousands of unique services, both big and small that power the Retail website (Amazon.com), Amazon Web Services, Echo, Kindle, Amazon Instant Video and more. These services run on hardware around the world. We continually need to deploy newer, innovative, and more efficient and cost-effective hardware. Your work will drive efficiency, contributing to Amazon's Climate Pledge. Your work will drive significant cost savings while improving the performance and reliability of our websites and services. Your work will touch development teams and customers around the world.
Why you will love it: You will have exposure to teams and leaders across the entire company. You will be a part of a leading-edge research and development team. You will be involved with aspects of the Amazon business. You will have a direct impact on our bottom line and the ability to improve things for our developers. You will be part of a growing, fast paced, and fun team. You will have ownership and responsibility for defining, developing and executing processes that deliver both savings and productivity for Amazon.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Austin, TX, USA | Seattle, WA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of electrical engineering experience specifically in power electronics
• 3+ years of experience designing, testing, and debugging power electronics such as AC/DC, DC/DC and DC/AC power conversion, switching power supplies, driver circuits, and battery systems
3+ years of Project Management of a cross functional team
• HW Lab experience: setting up prototypes, developing tests and running tests
• Experience developing tests and automating their execution with one or more programming/scripting languages.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering or similar
• Deep understanding of different power electronics circuit topologies as well as experience designing or testing products for safety, compliance, and regulatory standards
• Experience with technologies such as: power optimization, board design, thermal, mechanical, BIOS, BMC, signal integrity, networking as well as working with overseas CM/OEM/ODM vendors in product development
• Experience with power, performance and cost optimization as well as product validation and issue root cause experience as well as
• Ability to apply critical thinking in complex situations; experience working in cross functional groups including mechanical engineering, thermal engineering, test, reliability, and failure analysis.
• Experience with data center power distribution to server racks and within server racks as well as gathering requirements and developing server specifications and a demonstrated ability to engage technology developers in the industry to track and apply emerging technologies to innovative server designs
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.