Elect. Vehicle Safety Engineer, Workplace Health - Bellevue, United States - Amazon

Description

The Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) organization is seeking a Electric Vehicle (EV) Safety Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for partnering with Amazon Worldwide Design Engineering teams to ensure new equipment and modifications to existing EV infrastructure equipment, installed on Amazon campuses comply with all applicable codes, regulations and harmonized standards. You will also partner with various engineering, design and operations teams including, Operations Engineering, Global Hydrogen Economy, Fire Life Safety, Solar Infrastructure, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering, Business Operations Leaders, Field WHS teams, and other key stakeholders. In addition, you will be required to lead process hazard analyses (PHAs), assist in the development and review of equipment designs and provide guidance on requirements on controls and devices.

This role requires an effective communicator and someone to send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing and possess excellent program management skills. This role requires knowledge in control systems, environmental and ergonomic design principles. This role required an applied understanding of regional and international regulations, codes and standards. This role will functionally partner with all engineering teams to drive a systematic approach to address risk identification, mitigation, and management of safety solutions.

This position requires travel up to 50% of the time.

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options

3. Paid Time Off (PTO)

4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If youre passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply

About the team

The Global PSM teams mission is to ensure the safe design and reliable operation of facilities that contain or use Highly Hazardous Chemicals (HHCs). Our mission is to provide the necessary support so Amazon can achieve the 2040 Climate Pledge responsibly and in a manner that safeguards the safety of our associates and the community at large.

Program Strategy: the team focus is on building a safety program that reduces the HHC risks at Amazon to as low as reasonably possible. To do so, we are working to establish process safety frameworks in four important aspects of HHC processes:

Technology Process Safety Information, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Safe work practices

Facilities Mechanical Integrity, Pre-Start-up Safety Reviews, Management of Change (MOC)

Personnel Process Safety Training, Process Safety Incident Investigations

Audit and Assurance Monitor program performance and maturation

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Bellevue, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

5+ years of program or project management experience

Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements

Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

Bachelors degree in electrical engineering

Experience in safety engineering programs in manufacturing or production environment

Experience working within a global company, with global or multi-country responsibilities

Knowledge and understanding of certification bodies for approvals that comply with local, national and international regulations

Knowledge of the core business systems and/or broad understanding of company systems/ technologies (relevant to safety engineering)

Working knowledge and experience with National Recognized Test Laboratory (NRTL) and Notified Bodies.

Knowledge of International and EU/NA Standards such as EU Machinery Directive, ISO, ANSI, OSHA, NFPA

Preferred Qualifications

Masters degree preferred - Mechanical, Structural, Electrical or Industrial Engineer

CSME or other functional safety certification

Demonstrated ability to be flexible, adapting the approach to meet the needs of customers, business and program stakeholders, and engineering teams involved

Ability to self-manage priorities and deliverables. Flexible in responding to changing demands, goals, timelines, and priorities

Ability to collaborate and lead in a flexible, detail-oriented, fast-paced team environment in a changing and growing organization

Ability to interact in a positive and professional manner, excellent critical thinker with problem-solving skills, think big and insist on highest standard while having the ability to work cooperatively in a team setting

Strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Ability to adapt well to fast-paced environments with changing circumstances, direction, and strategy

Experience engaging regulatory agencies

Strong ability to represent, verbally and in writing, technical information, risk levels, complex decisions, and potential solutions in clear simple language to business and other stakeholders to enable decision making

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $92,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.