Mechanical Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Act as the primary mechanical subject matter expert for essential mission and data center projects.

• Create concepts for cooling systems, including air-cooled and water-cooled chilled water plants, DX systems, and liquid cooling solutions.

• Guide mechanical design from feasibility and concept stages through schematic, design development, construction documents, and construction administration phases.

• Conduct and supervise cooling load analysis, equipment selection, and assessments of redundancy.

• Formulate mechanical resiliency strategies for N, N+1, 2N, and concurrently maintainable designs.

• Collaborate with electrical, controls, plumbing, structural, telecommunications, and architectural disciplines.

• Provide technical oversight for chillers, cooling towers, CRAHs, AHUs, fan walls, CDU systems, pumps, and BAS controls.

• Assist with utility capacity evaluations and campus master planning.

• Lead technical reviews, QA/QC processes, and support commissioning activities.

• Mentor junior mechanical engineers and contribute to the development of technical staff.

• Travel for project site visits during construction administration and conduct site surveys for brownfield projects.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5–10 years of experience in mechanical design within mission-critical environments.

• Familiarity with hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, healthcare, edge data centers, or other high-availability facilities.

• A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.

• A Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred or actively in pursuit of licensure.

• LEED Accredited Professional and/or Certified Energy Manager (CEM) designation preferred.

• Strong knowledge of ASHRAE, NFPA, IMC, and local building code requirements.

• Exceptional communication, technical leadership, and client-facing abilities.

• Understanding of liquid cooling technologies, including direct-to-chip and immersion cooling.

• Experience with central utility plants ranging from 3 MW to 100+ MW campuses.

• Familiarity with ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidelines, energy efficiency strategies, WUE, and PUE considerations.

• Background in supporting commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), and operational readiness reviews.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance options with UnitedHealthcare PPO and high-deductible plans.

• Kaiser medical plan options available in California.

• Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

• Dental insurance provided through Delta Dental.

• Vision insurance offered through EyeMed.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer contributions up to 4.5%.

• Employer match and discretionary company-share contributions.

• Student loan payment matching toward retirement contributions.

• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance.

• Company-covered short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Parental leave.

• Supplemental life insurance options.

• Additional long-term disability insurance.

• Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance offered through MetLife.

• Legal services available through LegalShield.

• Identity theft protection provided by LifeLock.

• Periodic opportunities to purchase company shares directly.

• Reimbursement for approved business travel expenses.