Mechanical Engineer, Cooling System, Design and Analysis

Google • Sunnyvale, CA

1d • $122,000 - $174,000

About The Position

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center
Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future.
Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies
are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on
complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art,
environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for
efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can
make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to
senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities
technicians.

With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards,
develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty
(e.g., cooling, electrical).

Google is transforming how data centers are planned, designed, and built from
custom, stick-built, multi-year construction monoliths to productized,
manufactured, modular, just-in-time deployments of fungible capacity.

In this role, you will develop liquid cooling solutions for our advanced
accelerator roadmap. You will play a crucial role in driving the thermal
performance and efficiency of our high-power computing systems. You will work in
a dynamic environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to design,
analyze, and optimize chip-to-chiller cooling systems.
Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the
Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and
maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google
platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our
engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we
can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have
the best and fastest experience possible.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in the design, construction, and delivery of mechanical cooling infrastructure, including plumbing and fire protection systems.
• Experience in conducting technical evaluations such as CFD modeling, noise modeling, and pipe sizing for industrial applications.
• Experience in electrical and control system topologies.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time to visit data center sites or manufacturing partners.

Nice To Haves

• 5 years of experience in mission-critical facility mechanical infrastructure systems, focusing on high-density environments.
• 5 years of experience in project leadership, specifically managing the technical delivery of A/E design consultants and vendors.
• Experience performing advanced thermal analysis and hydraulic modeling for liquid and air-cooling topologies.
• Experience drafting and maintaining internal design specifications, standards, and global configuration documents.
• Experience utilizing solidworks or equivalent 3D modeling software for the development of mechanical components.
• Experience working within a matrixed organization, demonstrating the ability to communicate technical findings to both engineering and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design custom hyper-scale cooling components and systems (e.g., airside and waterside), guiding them from initial development and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling through to construction and operational handover.
• Partner with electrical, networking, and procurement teams to resolve interrelated system issues and ensure thermal designs integrate seamlessly with overall data center architecture.
• Oversee design consultants and manufacturing partners, performing reviews of drawing sets, specifications, and sequence of operations to ensure compliance with Google standards.
• Analyze systems for redundancies and Single Points of Failure (SPOFs), utilizing Reliability and Maintainability (RAM) models to verify infrastructure up-time and safety.

What This Job Offers

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