Amazon

Controls BMS Design Engineer, CDE


Pay$93500.00 / year
LocationSan Francisco/California
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 2361839
      The AWS Data Center Global Services team is looking for an exceptional individual to contribute to the Controls & Technology organization by joining the Controls Design Engineering team (CDE). The CDE primary responsibility is to track, document, communicate and enhance global data center design standards with a focus on control, automation and electrical power monitoring systems.

      At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need talented, bright, and driven people. This is your chance to make history by joining a company whose potential has no limits.

      The ideal candidate will need a wide-ranging background in data center environmental controls systems, IT infrastructure, networking, mechanical facility operations, electrical power monitoring, project management and strong leadership skills.

      If you are passionate about the Customer Experience, think and act with a global perspective and have the ability to contribute to sophisticated innovations in the area of building controls and automation initiatives, this is the challenge you are looking for!

      Key job responsibilities
      • Knowledge of how to successfully operate in high security critical environments while maximizing productivity.
      • Innovation of new solutions to support initiatives, team, and company goals.
      • Lead and facilitate collaboration with multiple teams including construction, programmers, MEP/ACS engineers, and team managers as necessary to accomplish initiative goals.
      • Create, maintain, and disseminate specification documents that pertain to global projects.
      • Create, maintain, and disseminate project specific scope of work (SOW) documents including global design standards. Personally coordinate with each regional project manager to review and finalize each projects SOW.
      • Vendor selection, bid review, RFI support and coordination.
      • Central point of contact for multiple internal and external groups regarding BMS/EPMS controls standards. Manage and prioritize requests for information on new construction builds, existing site facilities support and legacy site enhancement projects.
      • Interaction with AWS cloud services and other applications in order to present, archive and analyze accumulated data.
      • Expect to travel globally when needed to manage and/or support project initiatives.
      • Anticipate roadblocks and risks while providing escalation management.

      A day in the life
      Controls Design Engineering (CDE)

      The CDE team provides Building Management System (BMS) and Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) design coordination globally.

      The team’s goal is to deliver consistent standards for data center controls systems, as well as overall mechanical and electrical design practices. Due to the critical nature and complexity of designing, installing, and maintaining a BMS/EPMS, the CDE team is the primary owner of the associated specification, points list, Basis of Design and scope documents within a large infrastructure engineering team.

      The CDE team is a single point of contact for multiple internal and external customers, uniting the efforts associated with:
      • New construction builds
      • Legacy site enhancement projects
      • Data center service projects

      In a continual effort to enhance the controls systems, the CDE team collaborates through design review, drives consistent standards, and collects feedback data to arrive at unified documented solutions. Due to the efforts of maintaining, updating, and distributing BMS/EPMS standards, the CDE engineer will drive significant reductions in change order expense, scope gaps between contractors, construction schedule delays, single-sourced vendor pricing, and reduced vendor project management and engineering labor costs.

      About the team
      About 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.

      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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture.
      When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the
      cloud.

      Mentorship & Career Growth
      We have a career path for you no matter what stage you’re in when you start here. 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.
      • 5+ years experience in utilizing or generating Mechanical, Electrical Plumbing (MEP) drawings and design engineering documents focused on data center or critical environment projects.
      • 3+ years experience in designing or contributing to the design of Controls and Monitoring solution projects.
      • 5+ years experience driving large-scale enterprise data center or critical environment projects.
      • 1+ year experience project management experience focused on data center or critical environments projects. Demonstrates large scale coordinated efforts with multiple project stakeholders.
      • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or related engineering degrees as well as five (5) years of related experience in professional Environments. Exhibit ability to acquire hard data across technical organizations, assemble and maintain hard data metrics to communicate, project and evaluate outcomes.
      • Experience with the use and programming of software in building management systems (Tridium, Trend, Schneider, Siemens preferred).
      • Experience with the use and programming of electrical power monitoring systems (Ignition, Schneider, Eaton preferred).
      • Knowledge of Data Center Facilities Infrastructure and operation (PDU, UPS, Generators, etc…)
      • Must be able to operate with little to no supervision and still deliver the right results.
      • Drive for results in Project management, organization and problem solving skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks under pressure
      • Skilled in written and verbal communication.
      • Proficiency in computer applications such as SQL, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Project.
      • PMI or other project management experience and certifications.
      • 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.

      Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.


      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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
  • About the company

      Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington, which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It is one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. information technology industry, along with Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook. The company has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world", as well as the world's most valuable brand.