Senior Principal Structural Engineer - Data Center Infrastructure (FE)

Jabil • Austin, TX

17h • $156,400 - $281,500

About The Position

The Senior Principal Structural Engineer is a core member of Jabil’s Facility Enablement team, responsible for the structural integrity of 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. It focuses on scalable, repeatable, manufacturable structural solutions aligned with hyperscale delivery models, requiring expertise in structural steel and concrete design, seismic analysis, and equipment support systems, as well as an understanding of structural integration with high-density MEP environments and modular construction workflows. This customer-facing role collaborates with mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, BIM, and product engineering teams to deliver code-compliant, platform-based, production-ready data center solutions. The position may be remote or based in Austin, Texas, and requires up to 30% domestic and/or international travel, described as rare.

The role leads structural analysis and design for data center modules, frames, racks, support structures, equipment, and manufacturing spaces. It develops structural approaches for gravity, wind, seismic, vibration, thermal loads, equipment anchorage, and MEP restraint; supports factory layouts and production changes; and helps ensure designs meet manufacturing, transportation, installation, and logistics constraints. The engineer coordinates structural models and drawings with BIM and other disciplines, supports fabrication and field implementation, and produces and reviews calculations, drawings, specifications, and stamped engineering packages. The position also contributes to standards and platform templates, mentors junior engineers, leads design reviews, and serves as a technical escalation point.

Jabil’s Data Center Infrastructure team is a cross-industry center of excellence focused on end-to-end physical infrastructure for data centers. It works with cloud providers, customers, and supply chain partners on power distribution, cooling, mechanical structures, and related infrastructure, translating technical expertise into recommendations and collaborative solutions.

The advertised pay range is $156,400–$281,500. Actual offers are based on job-related factors including qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and internal equity. The role is eligible for a performance-based short-term incentive. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; paid time off; paid parental leave; company-paid holidays; a 401(k) plan; and an employee stock purchase plan.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Structural Engineering or Civil Engineering with a structural emphasis.
• At least 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 across steel, concrete, and connection design.
• Familiarity with fatigue, vibration, and dynamic loading analysis for rotating or sensitive equipment environments.
• 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 they apply 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 communicate and defend technical positions clearly, in writing and verbally, to engineering, manufacturing, and customer stakeholders.
• Ability to lead design reviews, drive cross-discipline conflict resolution, and make sound engineering decisions under schedule pressure.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to team 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 analyses for modules, frames, racks, and support structures in accordance with applicable codes.
• Analyze and provide structural recommendations for MDCs, equipment skids, enclosures, and factory-built assemblies.
• Validate structural solutions for HAC systems across 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 facilities, including floor loading, equipment pads, overhead crane rails, mezzanines, dock infrastructure, and material-handling systems.
• Evaluate structural impacts 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.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams on 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.
• Coordinate with BIM/Revit teams to integrate structural models into the master coordination model and keep them clash-free and current.
• Participate in multi-discipline model reviews and resolve structural clearances, anchorage zones, and maintenance envelopes across MEP disciplines.
• Review and contribute to coordination drawings, maintaining structural model quality and LOD standards in accordance with the project BIM Execution Plan.
• Collaborate with fabrication shops and factory teams to ensure designs are buildable, manufacturable, and installation-ready.
• Review shop drawings, fabrication details, welds, connections, and material specifications for MDCs, HAC systems, and equipment supports.
• 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 as required.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes, seismic standards, customer requirements, and product certification pathways 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.
• Present and defend technical positions to engineering, manufacturing, and customer stakeholders; lead cross-discipline conflict resolution and make engineering decisions under schedule pressure.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required, up to 30%.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off accruing at 3.07 hours during the first year of employment
• Four weeks of paid parental leave
• In 2027, 11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to yearly change
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Performance-based short-term incentive

What This Job Offers

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