Principal/Senior Principal Engineer, Data Center Physical Infrastructure, Data Center Engineering
Core
Set technical direction for physical infrastructure (cooling, energy storage, robotics, manufacturing) serving AWS's global production workloads.
Role type
Principal/Senior Principal Engineer (Physical Infrastructure)
Builds
Hyperscale data centers, cooling systems, energy storage deployments, autonomous robotics platforms, and industrialized hardware manufacturing.
Domain
Data Center Engineering / Physical Infrastructure / Hardware Systems
Required skills
Thermal systems design, physical design and site planning, power systems and grid integration, robotics and automation hardware, manufacturing quality and reliability, modularization and DFMA
Preferred skills
Professional licensure, advanced domain expertise (15+ years)
Technologies
Robotics platforms, energy storage systems, cooling architectures
Responsibilities
Architect next-generation physical data center infrastructure at global scale, lead engineering strategy across thermal/energy/robotics/manufacturing domains, drive step-change innovation in efficiency and deployment speed, make critical design trade-offs balancing performance and cost, mentor senior engineers, scout and recruit top technical talent, travel 30% to offices and sites
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship