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Release Manager, Design Engineering

Amazon

Location

Herndon, VA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/8/2026

Compensation

$116,800 - $160,000 per year

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
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Job description

The Design Change Manager role within the AWS Infrastructure Services team focuses on evaluating and managing complex design changes across various engineering disciplines for data center projects. This position requires deep technical expertise and collaboration with multiple teams to ensure design changes are properly vetted and executed. The GDSCM team is responsible for maintaining design standards and managing design change requests across a global portfolio. The role emphasizes technical evaluation, stakeholder coordination, and process improvement to support the operational integrity of AWS infrastructure.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of industrial or commercial engineering experience in mission critical facilities such as data centers, power generation, or oil and gas facilities.
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • Professional Engineer License.
  • Experience with building codes and regulations for your region.
  • Experience in carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production.
  • Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate complex design changes across multiple engineering disciplines including electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, architectural, controls, plumbing, fire protection, and thermal systems.
  • Conduct feasibility analyses and coordinate technical reviews with principal engineers across all disciplines.
  • Manage a portfolio of design changes across multiple in-flight projects, ensuring alignment with business priorities and technical requirements.
  • Develop and maintain implementation plans, tracking design change execution from approval through site deployment.
  • Present design change recommendations and cost implications to senior leadership.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline design change workflows and reduce execution timelines while maintaining technical rigor.

Benefits

  • Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.

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