Senior Manager, Liquid Cooling Operations

Quick Facts

• Founding leadership role to build a new liquid cooling operations organization

Description

The Senior Manager, Liquid Cooling Operations will build and lead a new organization responsible for the health and integrity of cooling fluid flowing through AWS’s server fleet. You will define the function from scratch, hire core engineers, establish standards, and own outcomes across fluid chemistry & health monitoring, leak detection & physical operations, and system performance analytics. The role requires expertise operating critical fluid infrastructure at fleet scale, with strong cross-team ownership boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Fluid Health and Chemistry: Own coolant specification, qualification, and continuous fleet-wide monitoring; validate material compatibility; recommend fluid chemistry; monitor corrosion, microbial growth, and chemical breakdown.

• Leak Detection and Operations: Own detection architecture end to end from sensors through automated shutdown; drive root-cause forensics and feed findings back to hardware teams; partner with datacenter teams on commissioning, cleanliness standards, and the fluid-to-facility interface.

• System Performance and Analytics: Correlate fluid health data with thermal performance and flow dynamics; own digital twin models to predict replacement windows and inform design decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or equivalent
• Experience with fluid systems, corrosion science, or thermal management at scale
• Experience leading organizations of 20+ engineers across multiple disciplines and managing managers
• Track record of standing up new organizations/capabilities from scratch, including authoring foundational specifications and operational standards
• Strong operational discipline with a bias toward measurement and data-driven decision-making
• Background in mission-critical fluid integrity industries (e.g., oil and gas, semiconductor fabrication, pharmaceutical fluid systems, automotive)

Benefits

• Base salary range (Seattle, WA): $208,300.00–$281,800.00 annually
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Comprehensive benefits: health insurance (medical, dental, vision), Basic Life & AD&D, option for Supplemental life, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement
• 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave