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Job Description
Senior Electrical Design Engineer for APAC Data Center Design Engineering
Amazon Web Services is seeking an Electrical Engineer to lead the Electrical design of our Data Centers across our rapidly expanding Asia Pacific (APAC) portfolio.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with internal teams to understand and respond to evolving user requirements.
- Lead Data center electrical designs in collaboration with other disciplines to create a coordinated construction document set.
- Participate in site selection reviews.
- Critical Data Center equipment design including site-wide MV infrastructure, Generators, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Switchgear, Transformers and Earthing.
- Creation of designs which meet or exceed our quality requirements and fall within our budgetary requirements.
- Work with regional vendors and manufacturers to specify the appropriate electrical equipment.
- Work with local utilities to understand and define site utility requirements.
- Work with local agencies having jurisdiction to ensure compliance with IEC requirements, the various APAC wide design codes and other jurisdictional requirements.
- Review and approval of equipment submittals.
- Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to, and during construction phases.
- Work with commissioning teams to properly test and validate installation, operation, and performance of electrical systems.
- Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
- Travel to sites for site review and work with onsite field engineers, as well as provide engineering evaluations, electrical systems audits, and startup as needed.
Requirements:
- Degree in Electrical Engineering with Cumulative 6+ years of experience with mission critical electrical design.
- Comprehensive understanding of the various code requirements across the APAC region across critical MV and LV electrical equipment.
- Possess excellent communication skills, attention to detail, problem solving skills, maintain high quality standards.
- Cross Discipline Design Coordination Experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Chartered Engineer or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Experience with delivering fast track design/build projects and or multiple significant upgrade projects in a multi-disciplined engineering environment.
- Ability to carry new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment/construction.
- 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.
About Amazon: 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, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes.