Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The company is a leading owner and developer of large-scale digital infrastructure. The Lead Mechanical Engineer will provide technical leadership for mechanical systems across mission-critical data center projects, guiding design, planning, procurement, commissioning, and operational turnover while evaluating advanced cooling strategies.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership for mechanical systems supporting hyperscale and mission-critical developments
- Review and guide designs for cooling infrastructure, chilled water systems, HVAC equipment, and heat rejection systems
- Support site selection, feasibility studies, due diligence efforts, and infrastructure planning
- Develop and maintain mechanical engineering standards and best practices
- Collaborate with external engineering consultants to ensure consistency, quality, and system reliability
- Participate in design reviews, technical risk assessments, constructability reviews, and value engineering initiatives
- Support equipment procurement, factory testing, commissioning, startup, and operational turnover
- Evaluate emerging technologies and cooling strategies for high-density compute and AI-driven workloads
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
- • 10+ years of experience supporting mission-critical, data center, industrial, energy, or other critical infrastructure projects
- • Strong understanding of chilled water plants, HVAC systems, cooling technologies, and infrastructure reliability principles
- • Experience supporting projects from design through construction and commissioning
- • Ability to provide owner-side technical oversight and effectively manage consultant deliverables
- • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- • Data center owner, developer, hyperscale, colocation, or mission-critical consulting experience
- • Experience with liquid cooling or high-density computing environments
- • Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred
- • Experience developing engineering standards across multiple projects or sites
Benefits
- Fully remote opportunity with a growing infrastructure platform.
- Direct influence on large-scale, cutting-edge data center developments.
- Opportunity to remain a hands-on technical leader without moving into people management.
- Significant exposure to executive leadership and strategic capital projects.
- Annual performance bonus
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- 100% employer-paid medical benefits
- Retirement and wellness programs
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