Data Center Mechanical Design Engineer, Infrastructure Services

Apple • Garland, TX

16h • Onsite

About The Position

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless. Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here. Infrastructure Services is part of IS&T and the foundation of Apple's global network operations — managing data center equipment and systems to deliver compute, storage, and networking services for teams across Apple, including its internal developer community. From individual facilities to a worldwide network, Infrastructure Services ensures the technology underneath everything works without question. Our Data Center Engineering team is responsible for evaluating new technologies of IT servers, Data Center Infrastructure devices and systems. We are seeking a skilled Mechanical Engineer to drive analysis, evaluation and collaboration of servers, data center cooling and electrical Infrastructure components, systems and equipment. We are looking for a team-oriented, innovative, logical mindset, forward-thinking, self-confident, experienced Mechanical Engineer to join our team. As an Apple Mechanical Engineer, you will drive the evaluation of a wide variety of devices, equipment and systems in our focused lab environments and in our data centers. The key objective is to innovate or refine our test environments, evaluate and characterize systems, root cause failure analysis, with the goal of improving a concept, product, service, methods and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineer, or a related field or equivalent job-related experience
• 5+ years experience with Mechanical 2D and/or 3D modeling tools
• 5+ years of experience analysis methods such as CFD, FEA, stress, strain, vibration analysis, thermal, fluid flow, or failure analysis

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of experience in product design, or validation or evaluation
• Hands on experience working in a dynamic lab environment
• Proven record of excellent problem solving skills
• Experience in researching, understanding and explaining complex systems in clear and concise language
• Experience in methods for root cause failure analysis and corrective actions
• A thorough understanding of the fundamental aspects of a thermal design
• Strong modeling skills, modeling techniques with experience accurately capturing complex details, and understanding of machine shop processes
• Experience with CFD analysis tools such as 6 Sigma, ICEPAK, etc…
• Understanding of data center infrastructure operation and cooling solutions
• Proficient with Excel, Numbers, or equivalent to organize, analyze, and visualize data
• Self starter, self driven, and able to lead other team members
• Understanding of electrical engineering

Responsibilities

• Drive the evaluation of wide variety of devices, equipment and systems in our focused lab environments and in our data centers.
• Innovate or refine our test environments.
• Evaluate and characterize systems.
• Root cause failure analysis.
• Improve a concept, product, service, methods and procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior