Google

Data Center Mechanical Engineer

Google$144K — $208K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
  • 5 years of mechanical engineering experience in industrial construction.
  • Experience with chilled water plants and hydronic systems.
  • Understanding of heavy equipment rigging safety is preferred.
  • Ability to diagnose mechanical issues in real-time.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the technical resource for mechanical contractors during construction.
  • Collaborate with teams to resolve design issues in the construction phase.
  • Lead the RFI process to address and solve conflicts in mechanical design.
  • Perform site walk-throughs to ensure compliance with specifications.
  • Ensure thermal systems meet project standards and regulations.

Benefits

  • Access to cutting-edge technology and resources.
  • Collaboration with a team of experienced engineers.
  • Opportunities for travel up to 50%.
  • Support for strong cross-discipline collaboration.
  • Engagement in impactful environmental initiatives.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of mechanical engineering experience supporting construction for industrial or mission-critical facilities.
  • Experience with chilled water plants, hydronic balancing, and evaporative/non-evaporative cooling topologies (e.g., cooling towers, chillers, CRAHs).
  • Ability to travel upto 50% of the time.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Understanding of pressurized systems and heavy equipment rigging safety.
  • Understanding of electrical systems to facilitate effective cross-discipline collaboration.
  • Ability to diagnose mechanical integration issues in real-time and work closely with mechanical contractors to ensure high-quality delivery on schedule.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to navigate a complex matrix organization.


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 Data Center Mechanical Engineer, you will serve as the primary on-site authority for large-scale thermal management, ensuring that complex cooling infrastructures essential for high-availability environments are installed, integrated, and optimized according to design intent. Acting as the lead technical point of contact for mechanical and HVAC-related engineering questions during construction, you will bridge the gap between high-level thermal designs and physical site execution to ensure maximum system reliability and efficiency.

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.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $144000 - $208000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Act as the definitive technical resource for mechanical contractors and Engineer-on-Record (EORs), supporting mechanical system design and assisting to resolve ambiguities in mechanical systems to maintain construction momentum.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for the resolution of complex issues, design intent, and changes to the design during the construction process.
  • Lead the field-side Request for Information (RFI) process, identifying potential spatial or mechanical conflicts and providing immediate engineering solutions to avoid rework.
  • Perform periodic, site walk-throughs to verify that mechanical installations align with engineered specifications, focusing on pressure testing, weld inspection requirements, insulation integrity, and equipment placement.
  • Ensure that evaporative and non-evaporative thermal systems are installed to meet project-specific standards, local building codes, ASME standards, and environmental regulations.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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