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Overview

AWS Infrastructure Services is responsible for the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, ensuring customers have continual access to innovation. They are seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join their Mechanical Products and Services team, focusing on the design and continuous innovation within their data center footprint.

Responsibilities

  • Define and design liquid cooling equipment and related infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with internal and external ecosystem partners to design and develop new data center product solutions.
  • Support field engineering and data center operation teams for performing root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
  • Leverage economy of scale through standardization and modularization of data center products.
  • Maintain and develop technical design procedures associated with piping and pipe support analysis activities.
  • Provide technical subject matter expertise to peers, senior management and partner teams.
  • Develop business justification and narratives to promote new concepts and ideas.
  • Lead key initiatives for the organization while demonstrating ownership.
  • Work with global suppliers and manufacturers to specify appropriate mechanical and associated sub components.
  • Provide product design support to other team members.
  • Write functional specifications, design verification plans, and functional test procedures.
  • Travel domestically and internationally for up to 25% of the year.

Requirements

  • 4+ 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.
  • 4+ years of commissioning experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Base salary range is $116,800.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually for locations in Atlanta, Herndon, and Seattle.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $67/hr, this posting sits about 122% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA — toward the top of a $25–$39/hr middle band drawn from 33 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 97% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 96 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 62 different employers. 30 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 363 other active welding openings from 211 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (10), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (9), and JCB North America (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $42/hr, Forest Park at $36/hr, and Atlanta at $30/hr. Atlanta is among them.

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