Senior Staff Data Center Engineer, Data Center Technology and Systems
Sunnyvale, CA, USA · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$214k-$299kDetected 8 hours ago
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About the role
- - Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- - 12 years of experience in mission critical facility design and construction environments.
Responsibilities
- Define multi-year engineering strategy, technical goal, and architectural standards for Google's global data center fleet as the Technical Lead and ultimate authority.
- Author and maintain global Basis of Design (BoD) documents, physical topologies, and standardized data hall building blocks to ensure rapid, repeatable, and high-quality deployment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 12 years of experience in mission critical facility design and construction environments.
- 12 years of experience designing or engineering server hall layout frameworks, structural boundaries, or row-level or aisle-level containment systems (e.g., hot or cold aisle containment).
- 12 years of experience working with HVAC, liquid cooling (direct-to-chip, immersion), and hot/cold aisle containment systems.
- People management experience with emphasis on technical leadership.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, or a registered Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- 12 years of engineering experience, with a track record of deploying hyperscale data center infrastructure, skidded solutions, or standardized equipment enclosures globally.
- Deep expertise in the specific physical infrastructure demands of modern AI/ML clusters, including liquid cooling loops (CDUs), high-density busways, control systems, process workflows, construction techniques.
- 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 will bridge the gap between hardware systems engineering, facility infrastructure (power and cooling), and construction execution that safeguard Google's global fleet.
- Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running.
- We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them.
Compensation
- $214k-$299k
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