This role requires a proactive leader who can translate R&D requirements into actionable infrastructure designs, manage complex cross-functional projects from concept through commissioning, and build strong partnerships across engineering, maintenance, facilities, and vendor teams. You will serve as the primary point of coordination between project delivery and maintenance operations, ensuring that all new infrastructure is designed for reliability, maintainability, and operational readiness from day one.
Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Key job responsibilities
Lead end-to-end design, planning, and delivery of R&D lab infrastructure projects—new lab buildouts, facility modifications, equipment installations, and utility expansions—managing multiple concurrent projects from concept through commissioning and turnover.
Drive infrastructure design for lab utility systems (electrical, chilled water, compressed air, vacuum, LN2, specialty gas), ensuring designs meet Basis of Design standards and R&D operational requirements.
Develop standardized project delivery playbooks, design templates, and commissioning protocols to enable repeatable execution at scale.
Work closely alongside the Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Lead to ensure projects are designed for maintainability and reliability; coordinate project-to-operations handoffs including as-built documentation, O&M manuals, and critical spares recommendations.
Work closely alongside the Facilities Manager to align projects with facility strategies and campus planning.
Partner with R&D engineering teams to define infrastructure requirements; serve as primary project liaison between program stakeholders, design engineers, maintenance, and vendors.
Track and manage project-level OpEx/CapEx budgets; develop business cases for infrastructure investments supporting R&D growth.
Manage vendor and contractor activities including scope development, bid evaluation, contract administration, and performance oversight ensuring quality, compliance, and minimal disruption.
Maintain comprehensive project documentation and drive continuous improvement through post-project reviews and lessons learned.
About the team
Development Lab Operations (DLO)
Development Lab Operations owns the design, delivery, maintenance, and operational readiness of R&D laboratory infrastructure supporting satellite development programs. The team ensures mission-critical test environments—thermal vacuum, environmental, RF, and specialized aerospace platforms—remain operational and scalable to meet rapid hardware development demands. DLO's scope spans infrastructure project delivery, preventative and predictive maintenance, utility systems, equipment commissioning, and critical spares sustainment across a multi-site portfolio, partnering directly with R&D engineering to translate development requirements into reliable lab environments.
Experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) plants
Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems
Experience with power management and power monitoring systems
Experience in construction or project management
5+ years of project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure experience
Knowledge of critical data center equipment
Knowledge of engineering documentation, electrical diagrams and standard operating procedures
Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, or OSHA
Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings for all domains
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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 compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. 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) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, TX, Austin - 111,300.00 - 186,100.00 USD annually
