Senior Constructability Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering - Herndon | Amazon Job

Job Description

Are you passionate about shaping how data center infrastructure is designed, built, and brought to life? As a Senior Constructability Engineer at Amazon, you will embed directly into first-of-a-kind and new-product programs, catching constructability and commissioning issues during design maturation, well before they reach the field. You will validate new construction methods such as prefabrication and modularization, quantify their schedule, cost, quality, and carbon impact, and convert field-proven innovations into fleet-wide standards. This role is ideal for someone with strong civil or structural engineering construction experience who thrives at the intersection of design engineering and hands-on construction delivery. You will also have the opportunity to deepen your expertise while broadening your skills across mechanical, electrical, and other engineering disciplines as you collaborate across Amazon's global infrastructure program.

Key job responsibilities
- Embed into first-of-a-kind and new-product programs (new cooling, racking, modular, and Design for Manufacture and Assembly solutions) during design maturation to identify and resolve constructability and commissioning risks before they reach sites
- Conduct validation, vendor qualification, and deployment-readiness assessments to confirm new designs meet construction and operational requirements
- Develop and validate new construction means and methods, including prefabrication and modularization, and quantify their schedule, cost, quality, and carbon impact
- Convert field-proven innovations into fleet standards by supporting basis-of-design intake and specification updates across the global infrastructure portfolio
- Collaborate with product owners, construction management teams, and manufacturers on integration and buildability, driving consistency and technical alignment across programs

A day in the life
You start the morning reviewing new-product designs for buildability alongside civil and structural engineers, then join a call with a prefabrication facility to prepare for an upcoming factory acceptance test. After lunch you run a first-article deployment assessment, documenting lessons learned and quantifying the benefit of a new method against the current standard. You work upstream of the field so that when a new product reaches a site, it is genuinely deployable, and you package what works into a standard the whole fleet inherits.

About the team
Our Constructability Engineering team sits at the heart of Amazon's global data center delivery program. We partner across design engineering, construction management, product development, and manufacturing to ensure that every new infrastructure concept can be built safely, efficiently, and at scale. Our focus over the coming years is accelerating the adoption of modular construction, new cooling technologies, and sustainable materials. You will join a team of specialists who are each experts in their own discipline yet continuously grow their knowledge across all engineering areas. If you want to shape the future of how critical infrastructure is delivered worldwide, we would love to hear from you.

Basic Qualifications:

- 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities experience
- Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
- Knowledge of building codes, regulations, and standards including IBC (International Building Code) and ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
- Experience in data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance
- Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities

Preferred Qualifications:

- Professional Engineering or Architectural License
- Knowledge of tilt-up and precast concrete structures, structural steel systems, seismic design, wind loading, snow loading, and forensic analysis of building design and construction defects
- Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
- Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, TX, Austin - 136,600.00 - 184,800.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 136,600.00 - 184,800.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 136,600.00 - 184,800.00 USD annually