Manager, Mechanical Systems Engineering, DCE - Mechanical Products & Services

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 ensures 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.

Within AIS and Data Center Engineering, the Mechanical Products and Services team is driving rapid innovation in mechanical cooling and controls systems used by AWS. Our 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. Our engineers solve challenging technology problems and take big bets on new concepts, enabling AWS services to continue to revolutionize the industry.

This role provides the opportunity to work closely with our team of innovative mechanical engineers developing and deploying the next generation of heat rejection infrastructure for our data centers.

We're seeking a Mechanical Engineering Manager to lead development and first of kind deployments of infrastructure solutions that enable large-scale deployment of air and liquid-cooled racks into AWS data centers. You'll drive system-level solution strategy and provide technical guidance to your team, working closely with AWS builders and third-party manufacturers to develop innovative data center infrastructure.

The ideal candidate brings experience leading engineering teams to deliver system-level mechanical designs, with deep understanding of mission-critical systems and/or air-cooled data center solutions. You know how to operate products to ensure quality and scalability. This role requires strong leadership and communication skills to develop engineers, inspire teams, and influence partners while creating innovative cooling solutions.

This position requires approximately 30% travel to AWS offices, data centers, suppliers, vendors, and product validation sites. While most travel is domestic, some international travel may be required.

Open to hiring this position in Seattle, Austin, or Northern Virginia.

Key job responsibilities
• Make high-judgment trade-offs between competing priorities, balancing short-term team needs with long-term business objectives, and determining essential features versus those that can be triaged
• Drive strategic direction for the team's technical roadmap and influence partner teams across overlapping business and technical domains
• Build and lead a high-performing engineering team by hiring talent that demonstrates Amazon Leadership Principles, managing performance and promotions, and creating clear growth plans for each team member
• Establish operational excellence through metrics development, process improvements, and efficiency gains in repeatable work while maintaining quality and meeting customer requirements
• Identify and mitigate risks, unblock engineers and partner teams, and navigate difficult situations including escalations to ensure project timeliness and success
• Collaborate directly with partner teams to implement and improve processes regionally and propagate best practices globally
• Provide clear technical strategy and communication across all organizational levels, managing both managers and individual contributors with varying technical experience

A day in the life
Our MPS team members work closely with key partners to innovate, create, manage, and support the complete lifecycle of our mechanical cooling infrastructure portfolio. This role will collaborate with internal and external partner teams to ensure products and solutions perform as intended. As a Mechanical Engineering Manager you will work closely with mechanical engineers to identify and mitigate design issues and build infrastructure strategies to execute at scale.

About the team
The Mechanical Products & Services team provides engineering expertise and design and product lifecycle support for mechanical equipment in data centers globally. This includes support for new products and design features that address the mechanical cooling systems included in data center deployments. We own and support mechanical products throughout their lifecycle. Our scope also includes emergent global scale remediation strategic efforts that impact Data Center capacity or availability and introducing and driving business improvement initiatives increasing visibility and enabling data driven decision making.

Why AWS
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Diverse Experiences
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Work/Life Balance
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or an equivalent engineering science
- Experience in industrial or commercial engineering or project management in Mission Critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation, or oil/gas facilities
- 5+ years of engineering team management experience with global scope
- 7+ years in mission critical HVAC design

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 11+ years of data center design, HVAC design, or related product development experience
- Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
- Master's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
- 7+ years of engineering team management experience

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.