Release Manager, Design Engineering

Apply Now AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operion of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, were the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS da centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment th ensure our customers have continual access to the innovion they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and were looking for talented people who want to help.

We are seeking a highly technical Design Change Manager to join our GDSCM team, focusing on the Basis of Design (BOD) and Programmic Design Change Management (PDCM) programs. This role requires deep technical expertise across multiple engineering disciplines and the ability to evalue complex design changes across 300+ in-flight projects.

As a Design Change Manager, you will serve as a technical expert evaluing design change requests across electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, architectural, controls, plumbing, fire protection, and thermal systems. You will conduct feasibility analyses, coordine technical reviews with principal engineers across all disciplines, and manage the end-to-end lifecycle of design changes from initiion through implemention.

You will work closely with Design Engineering, Construction Management, Procurement, Finance, and Product teams to ensure design changes are properly vetted, funded, and executed.

Key job responsibilities
Technical Design Evaluion
Evalue complex design changes across multiple engineering disciplines including electrical power distribution, mechanical cooling systems, structural loads, civil site work, architectural layouts, controls systems, plumbing infrastructure, and fire protection systems
Analyze technical specificions, construction drawings, equipment dasheets, and system integrion requirements to assess design change feasibility and impact
Understand and explain the complexity of da center designs including power distribution from utility to rack level, cooling system architectures, backup power systems, and building infrastructure
Identify technical dependencies and cross-discipline impacts when evaluing proposed design changes
Assess constructability, maintainability, and operional implicions of design modificions
Review and valide technical calculions including electrical load calculions, cooling capacity requirements, structural load analysis, and hydraulic calculions
Design Change Management
Manage portfolio of design changes across multiple in-flight projects, ensuring alignment with business priorities and technical requirements
Conduct feasibility analyses and production readiness assessments for proposed design changes, evaluing technical risk, schedule impact, and cost implicions
Coordine technical reviews with principal engineers across mechanical, electrical, structural, civil, architectural, controls, plumbing, and fire protection disciplines
Develop and maintain implemention plans, tracking design change execution from approval through site deployment
Present design change recommendions and cost implicions to senior leadership, clearly articuling technical complexity and business impact
Evalue design improvements and innovions, assessing their applicability across the global portfolio
Cross-Discipline Collaborion
Partner with Electrical Engineers on power distribution design, generor sizing, UPS configurions, switchgear specificions, and high-voltage systems
Collabore with Mechanical Engineers on cooling system design, HVAC configurions, piping layouts, and thermal management stregies
Work with Structural Engineers on foundion design, seismic requirements, equipment support structures, and building loads
Engage with Civil Engineers on site grading, stormwer management, utility routing, and site infrastructure
Coordine with Architectural teams on building layouts, space planning, and building envelope design
Interface with Controls Engineers on building management systems, monitoring systems, and automion stregies
Partner with Fire Protection Engineers on fire suppression systems, detection systems, and life safety requirements
Stakeholder Coordinion
Partner with Design Management teams to understand project-specific requirements, constraints, and technical challenges
Collabore with Finance teams on cost validion, funding stregies, and budget tracking for design changes
Work with Construction Management and Procurement teams to assess schedule impacts, supply chain constraints, and constructability
Engage with Product and Solutions teams to evalue new equipment, emerging technologies, and design approaches
Coordine with Commissioning teams to ensure design changes support testing and startup requirements
Process Improvement
Identify opportunities to streamline design change workflows and reduce execution timelines while maintaining technical rigor
Develop and maintain technical documention including standard opering procedures, design standards, technical specificions, and RACI mrices
Contribute to automion initiives and tooling improvements for design change management
Support integrion of cost validion frameworks and bulk funding mechanisms
Drive continuous improvement in technical review processes and design quality standards
Program Execution
Track and report on design change metrics including approval timelines, cost avoidance, implemention stus, and technical quality
Maintain design change dabases and dashboards for cross-functional visibility
Support BOD release planning and coordinion to minimize redesign impacts
Participe in weekly leadership reviews presenting program stus, key decisions, and technical recommendions

About the team
The Global Design Standards and Change Management (GDSCM) organizion within Da Center Engineering is responsible for establishing and maintaining design standards across the global da center portfolio. Our team manages three mission-critical programs:

Basis of Design (BOD)Establishes and governs the foundional technical standards for all global da center designs, ensuring consistency and quality across the portfolio.
Programmic Design Change Management (PDCM)Manages design change requests across 300+ in-flight projects.
360 Equipment Qualificion Program (360 EQP)Qualifies equipment and technologies for deployment across the global portfolio, evaluing emerging solutions and driving standardizion of critical systems.

Together, these programs deliver capacity across the AMER, APAC, and EMEA regions.

Why AWS
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 5+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: da centers, power generion or oil and gas facilities experience
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a reled field
- Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: da centers, power generion or oil and gas facilities
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Professional Engineer License
- Experience with building codes and regulions for your region
- Experience carrying design concepts through explorion, development, and into deployment or mass production
- Experience reading, interpreting, and creing construction drawings, specificions, and submittal documents

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compension will be determined based on factors including experience, qualificions, and locion. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) mching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits .

USA, OH, COLUMBUS - 116,800.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 116,800.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 116,800.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Setle - 116,800.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually Apply Now