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Controls Engineer

Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Severn, MD, U.S.
Full-time, Regular
Posted Oct 04, 2025
Full-time

Compensation

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About the role

As part of the global controls team, you will work with highly motivated experts and innovators in the data center industry. You will be responsible for troubleshooting, project management, and maintaining the building management system (BMS) and electrical power monitoring system (EPMS). Using Amazon leadership principles, you will develop new processes and standards while innovating in the controls space.

Responsibilities

  • Train and assist internal customers and stakeholders with the creation, design, configuration, validation, installation, commissioning and operation of BMS and EPMS systems.
  • Provide technical assistance and support to operations during life cycle of the data center.
  • Develop BMS & EPMS projects scope of work, schedule, budget, and level of efforts (LOE) to projects requested by customers and stakeholders.
  • Manage scope, schedule, finance and execution of BMS and EPMS improvement projects in AWS data centers.
  • Assist in procurement related activities including request for quotation/proposals, responding to request for information, review of vendors proposal and issuance of purchase orders.
  • Participate in AWS global on-call schedule to provide immediate BMS and EPMS technical support to in-service data centers.
  • Attend project related meetings, coordinate with project leaders and regularly report status to Controls and stakeholders’ management.
  • Support Controls projects related commissioning activities in the data centers.
  • Review, implement, troubleshoot and iterate on the controls sequence of operation (SOO) and provide necessary feedback to the design team.
  • Develop and modify controls logic programming and graphical user interfaces.
  • Manage multiple stakeholder deliverables, requirements and navigate challenging situations.
  • Financially manage BMS and EPMS service contracts.
  • Frequently visit (locally) assigned in-operation and/or under construction data centers to troubleshoot, meet customers, supervise vendor’s work to ensure compliance with the scope, design, SOO and applicable local codes.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) plants experience
  • 4+ years of general contractor and vendor management work (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFI/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent engineering science plus 5+ years of relevant controls experience, OR 10+ years of relevant controls experience in lieu of a degree
  • 5+ years of experience with industrial controls in critical environment (data center, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, oil & gas, petrochemical, laboratory, power, water etc.)

Benefits

  • 401k matching
  • Health insurance
  • Flight privileges
  • Equity
  • Sign-on payment
  • Other benefits

About the Company

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 ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on.

Job Details

Salary Range

$98,700 - $210,800/yearly

Location

Severn, MD, U.S.

Employment Type

Full-time, Regular

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