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Sr. Mechanical Engineer - CFD, Data Center Engineering

Amazon · Herndon, VA, US

Amazon is hiring for Sr. Mechanical Engineer - CFD, Data Center Engineering in Herndon, VA, US. What you'll do: research, work across the infrastructure and security domains. Qualifications: familiarity with AWS and Airflow. Paying $137K–$185K.

Hiring signals for Mechanical Engineers

SOC 17-2141 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

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Mechanical Engineers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($169k vs $136k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 12% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (21% appear duplicated)

Mechanical Engineers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Mechanical Engineers.

  • 446Active postings
  • 13Posted this week
  • 183Open 30+ days41% of active
  • 16Remote / hybrid4% of active
  • 9%List salary38 of 446
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $169kMedian annual (max)
  • —Median hourly (max)
  • 24dMedian agep90 49d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering388$167k n=30—
Engineering Manager1——
Server / Host1——
Maintenance Technician1——

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time21$169k n=15—
Contract10$120k n=7—
Intern7——
Temporary5——
Part-time1——

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing335$120k n=12—
Technology182$169k n=32—
Government / Public Sector144——
Healthcare36——
Retail32$185k n=11—

Top categories

  • Engineering388
  • Engineering Manager1
  • Server / Host1
  • Maintenance Technician1

In-demand skills

  • AWS17
  • Go8
  • Python6
  • Airflow6
  • REST4
  • Agile3
  • C++1
  • HTML1

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing335
  • Technology182
  • Government / Public Sector144
  • Healthcare36
  • Retail32
  • Transportation & Logistics31

Employment mix

  • Unspecified402 · 90%
  • Full-time21 · 5%
  • Contract10 · 2%
  • Intern7 · 2%
  • Temporary5 · 1%
  • Part-time1 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Salary
$137k–$185k
Source
amazon.jobs
Original link
https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10380846/sr-mechanical-engineer-data-center-engineering
Posted
1 month ago (2026-03-31)
Status
active

Skills: AWS, Airflow

Topics: Infrastructure, Security

Activities: Research

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