Mechanical Engineer
About The Position
Seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to serve as a subject matter expert and technical authority for mechanical systems in mission-critical projects, including data centers and other high-availability facilities. The role focuses on HVAC, cooling infrastructure, heat rejection systems, controls integration, and mechanical resiliency strategies, developing innovative, energy-efficient, and maintainable solutions that meet industry standards and client performance objectives. This is a remote position with anticipated travel of 10%–25% for project-site visits during construction administration and surveys of existing facilities. Approved business travel expenses are reimbursed under company policy. Candidates interested in office-based or hybrid work arrangements may discuss available options. The engineer leads mechanical design from feasibility through construction administration; develops cooling-system concepts; performs or oversees load analyses, equipment selection, and redundancy evaluations; and coordinates across project disciplines. The role also provides technical oversight of vendor equipment, supports utility capacity assessments and campus master planning, leads technical reviews and QA/QC, supports commissioning, and mentors junior engineers.
Requirements
- 5–10 years of mechanical design experience in mission-critical environments.
- Experience with hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and edge data center environments.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Strong understanding of ASHRAE, NFPA, IMC, and local building-code requirements.
- Excellent communication, technical leadership, and client-facing skills.
Nice To Haves
- Professional Engineer (PE) license, or actively pursuing licensure.
- LEED Accredited Professional and/or Certified Energy Manager (CEM) credential.
- Experience with hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, healthcare, or other high-availability facilities.
- Familiarity with direct-to-chip and immersion liquid-cooling applications.
- Experience with central utility plants ranging from 3 MW to 100+ MW campuses.
- Knowledge of ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidelines, energy-efficiency strategies, water usage effectiveness (WUE), and power usage effectiveness (PUE) considerations.
- Experience supporting commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), and operational readiness reviews.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the lead mechanical subject matter expert for mission-critical and data center projects.
- Develop cooling-system concepts, including air-cooled and water-cooled chilled-water plants, direct-expansion systems, and liquid-cooling solutions.
- Lead mechanical design through feasibility, concept, schematic, design development, construction documents, and construction administration phases.
- Perform and oversee cooling-load analysis, equipment selection, and redundancy evaluations.
- Develop mechanical resiliency strategies for N, N+1, 2N, and concurrently maintainable designs.
- Coordinate with electrical, controls, plumbing, structural, telecommunications, and architectural disciplines.
- Provide technical oversight of vendor equipment, including chillers, cooling towers, CRAHs, AHUs, fan walls, CDU systems, pumps, and BAS controls.
- Support utility capacity assessments and campus master-planning efforts.
- Lead technical reviews and QA/QC processes and support commissioning activities.
- Mentor junior mechanical engineers and support technical staff development.
- Travel for project-site visits during construction administration and site surveys for existing facilities.
Benefits
- Medical insurance with UnitedHealthcare plan options and Kaiser plan options in California.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Spending Account (FSA), depending on medical plan selection.
- Dental insurance through Delta Dental.
- Vision coverage through EyeMed.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- 401(k) plan with up to 4.5% in total employer contributions, including an employer match and an additional discretionary company-share contribution for eligible employees.
- Student loan payment matching through eligible employer retirement contributions.
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance.
- Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Paid time off (PTO).
- Parental leave.
- Optional supplemental life insurance and additional long-term disability insurance.
- Optional accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
- Optional legal services and identity theft protection.
- Periodic opportunities to purchase company shares directly.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
