Staff Mechanical Engineer

Role description

Role Overview

The Staff Mechanical Engineer will own mechanical design standards and reference architectures for large-scale AI data centers, develop cooling architectures, and perform cooling-load calculations. The role requires experience designing mechanical systems for data centers, understanding hydronic systems, and evaluating system performance across changing weather conditions.

What You Will Do

The Staff Mechanical Engineer will own mechanical design standards and reference architectures for large-scale AI data centers, develop cooling architectures, and perform cooling-load calculations. The role requires experience designing mechanical systems for data centers, understanding hydronic systems, and evaluating system performance across changing weather conditions.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have experience designing mechanical systems for data centers, understanding hydronic systems, and evaluating system performance across changing weather conditions. The role requires strong communication skills and the ability to balance cooling performance, efficiency, water consumption, reliability, cost, and delivery schedule.

Requirements

• Have experience designing mechanical systems for data centers, mission-critical facilities, central plants, or large industrial environments.
• Understand hydronic systems, heat transfer, chilled-water systems, heat rejection, pumping, filtration, and water treatment.
• Can develop and review P&IDs, mechanical layouts, equipment schedules, technical specifications, and engineering calculations.
• Understand mechanical redundancy, failure domains, maintainability, and operational requirements.
• Can evaluate system performance across changing weather conditions and compute loads.
• Understand applicable mechanical, plumbing, energy, and safety codes and standards.
• Can balance cooling performance, efficiency, water consumption, reliability, cost, and delivery schedule.
• Hold a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

• Generous cash & equity compensation
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
• 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
• Flexible paid time off plan