Critical Infrastructure Controls Engineer, Data Center Field Engineering

About This Role

This engineering role supports critical infrastructure in AWS data centers, spanning the full building lifecycle from design and construction reviews for new sites to upgrades and maintenance standards for existing ones. As the primary engineering resource for your region, you will apply subject matter expertise to troubleshoot critical failures, conduct Root Cause Analyses, and develop corrective actions. You will own conceptual designs for capacity, availability, and efficiency improvements, lead engineering audits, and provide technical escalation support for sites in operation.

Responsibilities

• Lead post-event engineering analysis for controls-related incidents, including root-cause investigations, technical field reports, and time-sensitive reviews
• Identify recurring failure patterns to develop corrective actions and reliability improvements across the facility portfolio
• Develop, review, and maintain controls logic and reusable code templates for mechanical and electrical equipment, ensuring alignment with approved Sequences of Operations and deployment readiness across air-handling units, cooling systems, chillers, pumps, and electrical infrastructure
• Own the full engineering lifecycle for legacy controls first of kind pilots, from request intake and technical review through field execution, results analysis, and go/no-go recommendations for broader rollout
• Serve as the technical escalation point for complex controls issues that exceed existing procedures or support models, including traveling to facilities to support investigations and developing corrective actions
• Review controls drawings, wiring diagrams, network topologies, equipment submittals, and deployed configurations to identify risks related to reliability, operability, and maintainability
• Provide engineering support for proprietary and third-party controls products by aggregating design update proposals and partnering with product and partner Controls teams to drive bug fixes and continuous improvement
• Build and maintain technical baselines, including test scripts, points lists, naming conventions, alarm thresholds, setpoints, code libraries, and engineering playbooks
• Develop engineering standards and system-health metrics that improve control system reliability and standardization across the facility portfolio
• Partner with facility operations, Commissioning, Design Engineering, Technical Program Managers, and partner Controls teams to resolve technical issues

Requirements

• Experience reading and editing construction documents (design drawings, control diagrams, specifications, etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree in Controls Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent technical degree or experience
• 2+ cumulative years of controls experience with industrial, municipal, or commercial engineering including but not limited to the following sectors: data centers, power generation, oil/gas facilities