Mechanical Engineer - AI Data Center Operations

About this role

Principal Operations Engineer - Mechanical Engineering

We're partnering with one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies building next-generation compute platforms. This is an opportunity to join a team operating at the forefront of AI and help define what world-class data center operations look like at massive scale.

The role sits within a team responsible for operating and scaling some of the world's most advanced AI infrastructure environments.

Challenges You'll Help Solve

• Building and operating infrastructure at an unprecedented scale. The roadmap extends far beyond traditional data center footprints, requiring systems and processes designed for multi-gigawatt deployments.
• Maintaining operational excellence while sites are simultaneously being commissioned, expanded, and brought online. You'll help develop the operational framework that enables rapid growth without compromising reliability.
• Creating the operating model from the ground up. Rather than inheriting mature processes, you'll help define how mechanical operations are managed as the organization scales globally.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical leader for mechanical and thermal infrastructure across a portfolio of large-scale AI computing facilities.
• Evaluate site operational readiness, conduct technical reviews, and identify opportunities to improve operational performance prior to go-live.
• Partner closely with engineering, design, and manufacturing teams to ensure operational considerations are incorporated into future infrastructure deployments.
• Provide deep subject matter expertise across mission-critical cooling systems, including liquid cooling technologies and chilled water infrastructure.
• Lead operational handoff activities for new facilities and ensure mechanical systems are prepared for production workloads.
• Develop and approve critical maintenance and emergency operating procedures while leading investigations into major mechanical or cooling-relate...