Senior Constructability Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering
AmazonSenior Constructability Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering
AmazonLocation
Herndon, VA
Type
Full-time
Posted
8/26/2026
Compensation
$136,600 - $184,800 per year
Job description
The Senior Constructability Engineer role at AWS involves overseeing the entire project process from site selection to operations. This position requires collaboration with various teams to ensure design and construction standards are met while optimizing engineering inputs. The role emphasizes practical constructability and commissionability improvements, addressing complex issues that arise during the project lifecycle. Candidates will join a diverse team dedicated to maintaining high safety and security standards in AWS's global infrastructure.
Requirements
- 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience
- 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering experience in mission critical facilities
- Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
- Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent
- Professional Engineering or Architectural License
- Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region
- Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the Global Constructability team and the global Construction Management teams to ensure consistency of approach
- Drive practical constructability standards in design documentation
- Drive commissionability improvements in our designs
- Drive process improvements in the hand off from design to construction/commissioning
- Optimize the engineering input post design completion, driving consistent roles and responsibilities and accountability
- Act as the initial point of escalation for complex constructability issues
- Travel regionally up to 25%, sometimes unplanned
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.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
3,290
FY2026
Approval rate
99.1%
FY2026
LCA certified
32,937
FY2026
Entry-level share
10.6%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+9%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-44%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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