Amazon Sustainability Scientist AWS 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

308121912

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.Key job responsibilities
In this role you will be responsible for:
* Serving as an AWS subject matter expert in Sustainability
* Developing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodologies to ensure AWS has an accurate and credible basis for sustainability efforts.
* Developing internal LCA models for AWS infrastructure and services including server hardware and mechanical and electrical systems
* Conducting LCAs including research, data collection, modeling, data analysis, data visualization, and reporting to quantify environmental impacts of our data centers and cloud computing services
* Developing reports, dashboards and metrics which distill complex data into actionable insights to inform improvements
* Building and developing relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive programs to completion
* Work closely with software engineering teams to drive real-time model implementations and new features
* Having fun and working hard!A day in the life
Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of hardware and data centers. Your work will span the life cycle of our operations and allow you to influence how we develop and implement sustainability practices. You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally.Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Work/Life BalanceMentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

- Advanced Degree (MS/PhD) in an engineering discipline or other sustainability science related field
- 1+ year of experience in product and service-level LCA modeling;
- 1+ year of basic scripting experience in Python, R, or similar.

- PhD in engineering discipline or other sustainability science related technical fields;
- 2+ years applying Life Cycle Assessment, GHGP, and other sustainability assessment methods and/or conducting sustainability research and/or driving data-driven sustainability improvements;
- 2+ years applying LCA and carbon footprinting methodologies to electronics and/or other products with electrical and mechanical systems;
- Experience with LCA databases (ecoinvent, GaBi, etc.);
- Experience with prototyping parameterized models using scripting languages and AWS services;
- Knowledge of manufacturing practices across hardware supply chains;
- Knowledge of data structures and experience in working with large and messy datasets.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.