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Sr. Plumbing/Fire Protection Engineer, Data Center Engineering

at Amazon.com

📍 US, VA, Herndon Unknown Posted April 14, 2026
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years Not stated
Education Not specified
Category Engineering (Non-Software)

Amazon Web Services is hiring a Senior Plumbing/Fire Protection Engineer to support the design, technical evaluation, and continuous innovation of plumbing and fire protection systems for data centers. The role includes standardizing designs globally and resolving technical issues while communicating decisions to senior leadership.

  • Design resilient, cost effective plumbing and fire protection systems for data centers
  • Conduct technical evaluation of designs and communicate decisions to Senior Management
  • Drive standardization of designs across the global region in production data centers
  • Resolve open technical issues in the plumbing and fire spaces
  • Write technical documentation and serve as a subject matter expert

You will work on data center infrastructure design focused on critical plumbing and fire-protection needs, ensuring resilient and cost-effective systems that support world-class uptime. The position involves hands-on field-informed design, technical documentation, and R&D of new technologies and design approaches applicable to Amazon’s data center footprint.

The ideal candidate is a senior plumbing/fire protection engineer with hands-on design and field experience in data center environments. They can evaluate and standardize plumbing and fire protection designs globally, lead engineering projects with widespread impact, and clearly communicate technical decisions through written documentation and senior management presentations.

hands on design and field experienceunderstanding of the critical plumbing and fire-protection needs for a data centerability to work within a team and depend on othersability to conceiveinitiate and lead projects with widespread impact on infrastructure designability to write technical documentation
Not specified
plumbing engineeringfire protection engineeringdata center designinfrastructure designworld-class uptimetechnical evaluationstandardization of designstechnical documentationsubject matter expertisehands on designfield experienceproject leadership
plumbing engineeringfire protection engineeringdata center designinfrastructure designresilientcost effective systems designworld-class uptime engineeringtechnical evaluation of designsstandardization of designsmechanical engineeringplumbing and fire-protection needsfield experiencesubject matter expertise in plumbing and fire engineering fieldswriting technical documentationtechnical communication to senior managementproject leadershipproject planningresearch and development of new technologies and designsbreak down complex problems into straightforward and actionable solutionsengineering design for global data center footprinthands on design
teamworkcollaborationdriving continuous advancements and improvementscommunication to Senior Managementjustifying and communicating technical decisionsdriving changeownership mindsetlead projectswork effectively with internal and external groups
Industry Aerospace
Job Function Engineer, evaluate, and standardize plumbing and fire protection systems for Amazon data center infrastructure.
Role Subtype Mechanical Engineer
Sr. Plumbing/Fire Protection EngineerSenior Plumbing/Fire Protection Engineerplumbing engineeringfire protection engineeringdata center engineeringdesign resilientcost effective systemsworld-class uptimetechnical evaluationstandardization of designstechnical documentationsubject matter expertmechanicalplumbingand fire engineersdata center footprintinfrastructure designresearch and developmentengineering in housesubject matter expert in plumbing and fire engineering fieldsfield experiencehands on design

Must have hands on design and field experience, Must demonstrate understanding of critical plumbing and fire-protection needs for a data center

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