EU Sustainability Engineering team is looking for a Sr Electrical Engineer to scale programs within the wider Amazon electrification transformation.
Amazon is committed to building a sustainable future for our customers, local communities, and the planet. Under The Climate Pledge we committed to be net-zero carbon across our business by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. To get there, we need driven people that are dedicated to making a meaningful impact on the roadmap for sustainable energy technologies.
Core initiative are the electrification of last mile and middle mile fleet and the implementation of technologies to maximize energy efficiency of our buildings. This requires to expand one of the largest private charging networks in the world and the definition of innovative electrical design to enable smart grids strategy.
Location available for this role are:
Munich-London
Key job responsibilities
- Align and set stakeholders’ expectations for the installation of the electrical infrastructure to serve the Electrical Vehicle (EV) charging network and/or the smart grid.
- Work closely with stakeholders to drive energy efficiency roadmap and installation of IoT technologies (e.g. smart meters)
- Develop and manage vendors, in order to ensure installation capacity, quality of commissioning and smooth interaction on-site with other teams like health and safety and operations.
- Have full ownership of technologies’ standards for electrical equipment.
- Perform design validation in order to ensure that various teams are respecting electrical standards during installation of electrical equipment.
- Act as subject matter expert and support Field Engineering to prepare for the execution of installation on-site.
- Write business cases and present them to leadership to scope programs.
A day in the life
Your day could include engagement with all levels of the organization and multiple stakeholder groups to drive short, mid and long term decisions that have impact on a large scale across the Amazon transportation network. You would also be working with partners from Operations, Process Improvement, Health and Safety, Ergonomics, Finance, Procurement and external vendors to design and deploy new equipment and processes for AMZL, ATS and CF (all miles).
About the team
EU Sustainability Engineering is responsible for the definition and continuous improvement of electrical standards for EV charging network and smart grid solutions. We ensure reliability of design and we obsess over costs since we believe that waste of resources is one of the major risks for Sustainability actions. The scale of Amazon last mile network requires the team to establish close partnership with other teams: we get plans and financial justification from Global Fleet team or from EU Sustainability team; we leverage footprint and skills of Field Engineering team for installation; we get continuous feedback from Maintenance and Operation teams to improve our products.- A Master Degree (or higher degree) related to electrical engineering
- Relevant experience in building, developing and leading programs in a fast-paced and ambiguous work environment with multiple stakeholders (e.g. definition of accurate network expansion plans, vendors’ development, quality assurance, design and costs improvement, team and stakeholders engagement).
- Relevant experience in financial activities including strategic budget of large-scale expansion and delivery of scalable business solutions.
- Relevant experience communicating complex topics for broad audiences and in data analysis for decision making.
- Relevant experience working with Excel, reporting tools, databases and cloud computing.
- Written and verbal proficiency in English are required, proficiency in German is a plus.- Master Degree in Electrical Engineering or other technical master with actual expertise on electrical installation.
- Experience in electrical engineering programs, procurement of hardware, contracting of maintenance services is beneficial.
- Relevant experience in resource planning in large scale programs.
- Understanding of the industry players in the electrical and energy sector in Europe and WW.
- Experience with customer/partner development and validating products through technological dive deep.
- Experience with the EV charging industry and Smart Grid technology.
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