Mechanical Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Act as the primary mechanical subject matter expert (SME) for critical mission and data center initiatives.

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

• Lead the mechanical design process from feasibility and concept through to schematic, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration stages.

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

• 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 vendor equipment, including chillers, cooling towers, CRAHs, AHUs, fan walls, CDU systems, pumps, and BAS controls.

• Assist with utility capacity evaluations and campus master planning efforts.

• Lead technical reviews, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) processes, and commissioning support activities.

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

⛳️ Requirements

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

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

• Experience in hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and edge data center settings.

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

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

• Understanding of ASHRAE TC 9.9 thermal guidelines, energy efficiency strategies, water use efficiency (WUE), and power usage effectiveness (PUE) considerations.

• Experience in supporting commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), and operational readiness evaluations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred, or actively pursuing licensure.

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

• Solid grasp of ASHRAE, NFPA, IMC, and local building codes.

• Exceptional communication, technical leadership, and client interaction skills.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangements with occasional travel; options for office-based or hybrid work may be considered.

• Reimbursement for approved business travel expenses.

• Medical insurance through UnitedHealthcare; Kaiser options available in California.

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

• Dental insurance provided through Delta Dental.

• Vision insurance available through EyeMed.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

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

• Employer matching on employee contributions.

• Additional discretionary 1% contribution in company shares for eligible employees.

• Student loan repayment matching through employer retirement contributions.

• Company-paid life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.

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

• Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Parental leave.

• Optional supplemental life insurance.

• Additional long-term disability insurance.

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

• Legal services provided through LegalShield.

• Identity theft protection available through LifeLock.

• Periodic opportunities to purchase company shares directly.