Mechanical Engineer
About The Position
Seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to serve as a subject matter expert for mission-critical mechanical systems in data centers and other high-availability facilities. The role provides technical leadership for 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 site surveys at existing facilities. Approved business travel expenses are reimbursed in accordance with company travel policies. Candidates interested in an office-based or hybrid arrangement may discuss available options. The position leads mechanical design across project phases, from feasibility through construction administration, and contributes to technical reviews, quality assurance, commissioning support, and development of junior staff.
Requirements
- 5–10 years of mechanical design experience in mission-critical 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
- Experience with hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, healthcare, or other high-availability facilities.
- Familiarity with liquid cooling technologies, including direct-to-chip and immersion 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.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license, or actively pursuing licensure.
- LEED Accredited Professional and/or Certified Energy Manager (CEM) credentials.
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.
- Lead technical reviews and QA/QC processes, and support commissioning activities.
- Mentor junior mechanical engineers and support technical staff development.
Benefits
- Four UnitedHealthcare medical plan options, with two Kaiser plan options available in California only.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Spending Account (FSA), depending on medical plan selection.
- Dental insurance through Delta Dental.
- Vision insurance through EyeMed.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- 401(k) plan with up to 4.5% in total employer contributions, subject to eligibility and plan terms.
- Student loan payment matching that may qualify for employer retirement contributions.
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance, with basic coverage equal to one times annual salary up to $250,000.
- Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Paid time off (PTO).
- Parental leave.
- Optional supplemental life and additional long-term disability insurance.
- Optional accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance through MetLife.
- Optional legal services through LegalShield.
- Optional identity theft protection through LifeLock.
- Periodic opportunities to purchase company shares directly.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
