Senior Data Center Engineer, Mechanical Engineering

About the job

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).

As a Senior Data Center Engineer, you will be an integral member of the Data Center Delivery and Engineering (DCDE) team which is a collection of Civils Structure, Architecture (CSA), and Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) design experts, mechanical and electrical field engineers, construction project managers, water/air experts, commissioning experts, data center services managers, and cost and project controls managers who design, schedule, construct, commission and close out the most efficient data centers in the world, at a fast-pace, safely and in a scalable manner.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Define data center system-level, product architecture, and research and development, while helping to develop operations and maintenance procedures for systems/processes.
  
• Conduct engineering analysis and research designs and methods of data center equipment and facilities.
  
• Ensure designs and installations meet requirements (e.g., predicted cooling, structural, operational concerns, etc.).
  
• Provide technical leadership to the projects, support and optimize project design, scope, schedule, quality, commissioning, and safety for the Mechanical discipline, and provide feedback to the central partner teams on possible improvements.
• Provide mechanical technical leadership, resolving critical field issues.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in mission critical facility design and construction environments.
  
• Experience in mechanical infrastructure.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering, Business, or other relevant fields, or a Professional Engineering (PE) license.
• Experience in estimating, mechanical design, operation, and commissioning of mission critical data center mechanical equipment.
  
• Experience in design, construction, and commissioning of mechanical cooling plants, fire suppression systems, fuel oil systems, domestic water systems, and sanitary sewer systems.
• Experience in designing complex modular building scale assemblies, with an understanding of mechanical tolerances and tolerance analysis.
  
• Knowledge of mechanical engineering and design principles in the areas of design for medium-scale production, structural beams/elements, and international building codes.
• Operational knowledge of construction safety procedures.
  

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in mission critical facility design and construction environments.
  
• Experience in mechanical infrastructure.