Senior Principal Structural Engineer - Data Center Infrastructure (FE)

Jabil • Austin, TX

2d • $156,400 - $281,500 • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Principal Structural Engineer is a core member of Jabil’s Facility Enablement team, responsible for the structural integrity of both data center products and the manufacturing facilities used to produce them. The role spans the product lifecycle from early design through factory integration, deployment, and field installation, with an emphasis on scalable, repeatable, manufacturable structural solutions for hyperscale delivery models.

The role requires expertise in structural steel and concrete design, seismic analysis, and equipment support systems, along with an understanding of structural integration with high-density MEP environments and modular construction workflows. It is customer-facing and works closely with mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, BIM, and product engineering teams to deliver code-compliant, platform-based, production-ready data center solutions. The position is remote or based in Austin, Texas, and requires up to 30% domestic and/or international travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Structural Engineering or Civil Engineering with a structural emphasis.
• 15+ years of progressive structural engineering experience, including leadership of complex structural systems in high-availability industrial or mission-critical facilities, or an equivalent combination of education, training, or experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience producing stamped engineering packages, reviewing vendor calculations, and managing AHJ coordination.
• Proficiency with structural analysis software such as SAP2000, ETABS, STAAD, RISA, RAM, or similar.
• Working knowledge of IBC, ASCE 7, AISC, ACI, and applicable seismic and non-structural anchorage standards.
• Ability to produce and interpret stamped engineering calculations, shop drawings, and fabrication details for steel, concrete, and connection design.
• Familiarity with fatigue, vibration, and dynamic loading analysis in environments with rotating or sensitive equipment.
• Experience with CAD, PDM, and PLM tools such as SolidWorks, Revit, Windchill, Teamcenter, or equivalent.
• Practical understanding of data center infrastructure, including MDCs, HAC systems, chillers, generators, UPS, PDUs, SFN/cooling piping, and their structural loading, clearance, and anchorage demands.
• Familiarity with ASHRAE, SMACNA, and seismic bracing standards as applied to MEP systems in mission-critical environments.
• Understanding of modular and prefabricated construction, factory build sequences, and OTR shipping constraints for large equipment and skids.
• Ability to present and defend technical positions clearly to engineering, manufacturing, and customer stakeholders, in writing and verbally.
• Comfort leading design reviews, resolving cross-discipline conflicts, and making sound engineering decisions under schedule pressure.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to team-wide standards and knowledge-sharing.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30%.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with modular construction, prefabricated data center infrastructure, or factory-built assemblies.
• Familiarity with hyperscale or colocation data center programs and platform-based delivery models.
• Familiarity with BIM coordination workflows, clash detection tools such as Navisworks, and LOD standards.
• Awareness of international codes and standards for global deployment programs.
• Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate structural solutions for technical risk, cost efficiency, schedule, robustness, buildability, and delivery timelines.
• Lead gravity, wind, seismic, and vibration analysis for modules, frames, racks, and support structures in accordance with applicable codes and standards.
• Analyze and provide structural recommendations for MDCs, equipment skids, enclosures, and factory-built assemblies.
• Validate structural solutions for HAC systems in overhead, rack-integrated, and floor-supported configurations.
• Develop seismic bracing and restraint strategies for MEP systems, cable trays, pipe racks, and modular assemblies.
• Engineer foundations, steel frames, and anchorage for chillers, generators, UPS systems, pumps, heat exchangers, and fluid distribution equipment.
• Define structural strategies for thermal loads, vibration-sensitive equipment, and deflection-managed assemblies.
• Develop and maintain DFMEA documentation to identify structural risks and drive mitigation across product families.
• Optimize recurring product families for weight, manufacturability, cost, and platform scalability.
• Support structural design and coordination for manufacturing and production facilities, including floor loading, equipment pads, overhead crane rails, mezzanines, dock infrastructure, and material-handling systems.
• Evaluate structural implications of factory layout changes, production equipment installations, and capacity expansions.
• Ensure production floor structural systems accommodate the weight, dynamic loading, and footprint of products being manufactured.
• Collaborate with facility planning and operations teams to define structural requirements for new or modified production spaces.
• Support factory layout and integration, including load paths, transportation loads, and installation constraints.
• Work with manufacturing teams to meet DFMA requirements and develop standard design templates and modularization strategies for repeatability.
• Define structural requirements for transporting, lifting, and placing equipment and skids; validate shipping and logistics requirements, including OTR dimensional and load limitations.
• Ensure structural designs align with factory automation, material-handling capabilities, and assembly workflows.
• Collaborate with the BIM/Revit team to integrate structural models into the master coordination model and keep them clash-free and current.
• Participate in multidisciplinary model coordination reviews to resolve structural clearances, anchorage zones, and maintenance envelopes.
• Review and contribute to coordination drawings, ensuring structural elements are accurately represented and conflict-free.
• Maintain structural model quality and LOD standards in accordance with the project BIM Execution Plan.
• Collaborate with fabrication shops and factory teams to ensure structural designs are buildable, manufacturable, and installation-ready.
• Review shop drawings, fabrication details, welds, connections, and material specifications for MDCs, HAC systems, and equipment support structures.
• Verify lifting, rigging, transportation, and shipping load cases, including temporary bracing for modules and skids.
• Support factory builds, FATs, and field installations; resolve RFIs, NCRs, and production deviations and incorporate lessons learned into design standards.
• Produce and review calculations, drawings, specifications, and stamped engineering packages; coordinate with third-party engineering partners and AHJs where required.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes, seismic standards, customer requirements, and product certification pathways such as UL and OSHPD/OSP where applicable.
• Contribute to internal design standards, platform templates, best practices, and lessons-learned documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers, lead design reviews, and serve as a technical escalation point for complex structural issues.

Benefits

• Short-term performance-based incentive.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
• Paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during the first year of employment.
• Four weeks of paid parental leave.
• In 2027, 11 company-paid holidays: 9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays, subject to yearly change.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Employee stock purchase plan.

What This Job Offers

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