Senior Principal Structural Engineer – Data Center Infrastructure

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

📋 Description

• Assess structural solutions concerning technical risks, cost efficiency, scheduling, robustness, buildability, and delivery alignment.

• Direct gravity, wind, seismic, and vibration analyses for modules, frames, racks, and support structures.

• Evaluate MDCs, equipment skids, enclosures, and factory-built assemblies.

• Formulate seismic bracing and restraint strategies for MEP systems, cable trays, pipe racks, and modular assemblies.

• Design foundations, steel frames, and anchorage for data center equipment.

• Establish structural strategies for thermal loads, equipment sensitive to vibrations, and assemblies managed for deflection.

• Create and sustain DFMEA documentation while optimizing product families for weight, manufacturability, cost, and scalability.

• Assist in structural design and coordination for manufacturing facilities and production areas.

• Review factory layout modifications, equipment installations, and capacity expansions.

• Aid in factory layout and integration, considering load paths, transportation loads, installation limitations, and DFMA requirements.

• Partner with BIM/Revit teams to generate integrated, clash-free structural models and coordination drawings.

• Collaborate with fabrication shops and factory teams to ensure designs are feasible and ready for installation.

• Examine shop drawings, fabrication specifics, welds, connections, and material specifications.

• Confirm lifting, rigging, transportation, and shipping load scenarios, including temporary bracing.

• Support factory constructions, FATs, and field installations; address RFIs, NCRs, and production variances.

• Generate and review calculations, drawings, specifications, and finalized engineering packages.

• Coordinate with third-party engineering partners and secure AHJ approvals.

• Contribute to design standards, platform templates, best practices, and documentation of lessons learned.

• Mentor junior engineers, oversee design reviews, and act as a technical escalation resource.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Structural Engineering or Civil Engineering with a structural focus is required.

• Over 15 years of progressive experience in structural engineering.

• A Professional Engineer (PE) license is mandatory.

• Experience in leading intricate structural systems within high-availability industrial or mission-critical facilities, or a comparable mix of education, training, or experience.

• Demonstrated experience in producing stamped engineering packages, evaluating vendor calculations, and coordinating with AHJ.

• Proficiency in structural analysis software such as SAP2000, ETABS, STAAD, RISA, RAM, or similar tools.

• Solid working knowledge of IBC, ASCE 7, AISC, ACI, and relevant seismic and non-structural anchorage standards.

• Capability to produce and interpret stamped engineering calculations, shop drawings, and fabrication details across steel, concrete, and connection design.

• Familiarity with fatigue, vibration, and dynamic loading analysis.

• Experience with CAD, PDM, and PLM tools such as SolidWorks, Revit, Windchill, Teamcenter, or equivalent.

• Practical knowledge of data center infrastructure, including MDCs, HAC systems, chillers, generators, UPS, PDUs, SFN/cooling piping, and associated structural requirements.

• Familiarity with ASHRAE, SMACNA, and seismic bracing standards for MEP systems.

• Understanding of modular and prefabricated construction, factory build sequences, and OTR shipping limitations.

• Ability to effectively present and defend technical positions to engineering, manufacturing, and customer stakeholders.

• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.

• A Master's Degree is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Short-term incentives based on performance.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.

• Paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment.

• 4 weeks of paid parental leave.

• 11 company-paid holidays in 2027 (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to annual changes.

• 401(k) retirement plan.

• Employee stock purchase plan.