Sr. Data Center Facilities Engineer

Intel Corporation•Santa Clara, CA

3d•$120,860 - $231,670•Hybrid

About The Position

Intel is shaping the future of technology to help create a better future for the entire world. Our work in pushing forward fields like AI, analytics, and cloud-to-edge technology is at the heart of countless innovations. With a career at Intel, you'll have the opportunity to use technology to power major breakthroughs and create enhancements that improve our everyday quality of life. Join us and help make the future more wonderful for everyone. Position Overview The Sr. Facilities Engineer - Critical Environments provides senior technical leadership to ensure the reliability, safety, and performance of critical mechanical systems supporting Mission Campus data centers, critical laboratories. This role serves as the Intel technical authority for mechanical systems, while maintaining working familiarity with electrical infrastructure to support integrated decision-making across critical environments. This position is a senior individual contributor role and is intentionally non-hands-on. The role operates as a strategic system owner, advisor and escalation resource, strengthening existing system ownership through engineering theory, forecasting, standards, reliability analysis, and governance. Day-to-day execution remains with the Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) partner.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline.
8+ experience supporting mechanical facilities equipment.
5+ years’ experience supporting data centers and/or advanced laboratories.
8+ years of experience in the following areas: Demonstrated expertise in mechanical systems including HVAC, chilled water plants, and environmental controls including utilizing troubleshooting techniques and interpreting Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams.
Proven ability to identify, analyze, and resolve immediate and systemic issues with technical equipment.

Nice To Haves

10+ years' experience supporting critical environments such as data centers and/or advanced laboratories.
Experience with electrical infrastructure supporting critical facilities.
Professional Engineering (PE) License.

Responsibilities

Serve as the mechanical subject matter expert for critical environments, including central utility plants, mission critical cooling systems, and laboratory HVAC, exhaust, and environmental control systems.
Provide technical guidance and direction to ensure system reliability, operational resilience, maintainability, and lifecycle performance.
Mentor and guide junior mechanical engineers, setting engineering standards and best practices across the site.
Act as shutdown coordinator and leader to organize cross discipline major electrical and mechanical shutdowns.
Develop and lead mechanical reliability programs using performance trending, KPI development, and root cause analysis.
Evaluate system health, capacity, and lifecycle risk to identify resilience gaps and inform long term infrastructure strategies, capital planning, and reinvestment priorities.
Act as the principal mechanical system owner and primary decision authority for both operational and project-related mechanical systems. This includes mission critical cooling, laboratory and office HVAC, hydronic systems, air distribution, process exhaust, water, vacuum, and compressed air systems.
Maintain end to end accountability for system performance, reliability, and long term sustainability, ensuring engineering rigor and consistent, high-quality decision making across all critical environments.
Maintain working knowledge of electrical power infrastructure-including UPS systems, switchgear, transfer schemes, and controls-to understand cross system dependencies and operational risk.
Lead and coordinate complex, cross disciplinary mechanical and electrical shutdowns, ensuring safe execution, clear communication, and minimal operational impact.
Serve as the single Intel Fire and Life Safety (FLS) system owner and primary point of contact for Mission Campus.
Provide technical governance, compliance oversight, and engineering direction, while the IFM partner performs routine testing, inspections, and maintenance activities.
Provide mechanical engineering oversight during design, construction, commissioning, and turnover of projects impacting critical environments.
Ensure systems meet design intent, operational requirements, and long-term reliability and maintainability standards before acceptance into operations.
Provide technical governance of vendors and IFM partners by enforcing standards, conducting audits, and reviewing preventive maintenance execution and documentation.
Hold partners accountable for safety, quality, and performance outcomes aligned with Intel engineering expectations.