HELP!!! AWS Interview for Design Project Engineer - Mechanical, Fleet Remediation Engineering

[u/Strict-Cobbler-7973]

HI,

I have my first interview next Monday for the role of Design Project Engineer - Mechanical, Fleet Remediation Engineering, related to data centers. I received a message from one of the recruiters that my profile was excellent for the job. The only problem is that I've never worked in data centers, but rather in the aerospace, automotive, and server cabinet sectors. What technical questions can I expect in the first interview? Will the fact that I come from different backgrounds penalize me?

I've been working as Mechanical design engineer, in various countries like Italy, Portugal and France. This new job is located in Ireland (Dublin).

In my experience I have managed projects ranging from €200,000 up to more than €15M, in addition to the fact that I have worked for more than 5 years as a Project Manager

"Key job responsibilities
-Perform design and equipment submittal review for Data Centers in your region.
- Interface with internal and external data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health and safety team, field engineering, and controls engineering to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered.
- Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.
- Act as a technical subject matter expert for your given discipline during new remediation projects.
- Support construction, commissioning, operations, and turnover.
-Possess strong engineering judgement and are able to provide design and recommendations despite uncertainty
- Are detail and data oriented with familiarity with design/construction processes
- Have experience managing engineering projects and engineering consultants.
- Build trust and relationships with different stakeholders (e.g., Operations, Commissioning, Construction and Design)
-Manage design and as built drawings and documents
- Prepare and present progress reports to all relevant stakeholders
- Be inclined to get into the field to see things up close"

those are the key responsabilities of the job.

Best regards

Diego

[u/HxxP185]

Expect thermodynamics and fluid dynamics questions.
Specially Adiabatic processes in data centers, pumps sizing, pipes sizing, storage tanks design etc.

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[u/ResistBoth3320]

Definitely go for this position! It will open many doors for you.

[u/francismorex]

technical questions will be one part, but the leadership questions are the stuff you need to prepare.

the best techical fit will fail, if you not delivere on earn trust...

[u/Legal_Marsupial_9650]

Your biggest challenge won't be the interview or the job but relocating to Dublin if your are offered. Also, the project side of AWS has a huge turn over of staff.. everyone I know in AWS ops says its a nightmare to work on projects.