Senior Staff Data Center Mechanical Engineer

DATA_CENTER_OPERATIONS
NY, USA
November 12, 2025
FULL_TIME

Job Overview

  • Date Posted
    November 12, 2025
  • Location
    NY, USA
  • Expiration date
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Job Description

2025-11-11T11:58:26.264Z

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Note: Google’s hybrid workplace includes remote and in-office roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

In-office locations: New York, NY, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Remote location(s): Michigan, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 12 years of experience in mission critical facility design and construction environments.
  • Experience in mechanical infrastructure.
  • Experience in Fire Engineering and Sustaining Engineering.
  • Experience with mechanical system analysis and common engineering software packages.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in Engineering, Business or other relevant field or a professional engineering license.
  • Experience in estimating, mechanical design, operation, and commissioning of mission critical data center mechanical equipment.
  • Experience in design, operation, and commissioning of industrial cooling systems.
  • Experience in electrical and control systems, commissioning of mechanical cooling plants and fire suppression systems.
  • Experience in designing modular building scale assemblies, with an understanding of mechanical tolerances and tolerance analysis.
  • Knowledge of mechanical engineering and design principles with specific expertise in the areas of design for medium-scale production, structural beams/elements, and international building codes.

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).

Our multidisciplinary engineering team provides engineering support in the design, construction, and operation of Google’s data centers. In this role, you will have demonstrated design and construction experience in the areas of industrial mission critical facilities and knowledge of mission critical facility’s mechanical infrastructure systems. You will have excellent communication skills, ability to work in teams, and structured organization. You will provide and prepare all types of documents including: Statement of Work (SOW), engineering reports, design docs, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis, drawing markup, budget, schedule, and commissioning program docs.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $214,000-$302,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with core team to understand and develop the Data Center (DC) mechanical designs starting with basis of design (BOD) to issue for construction (IFC) for new DC projects build outs and major infrastructure upgrades.
  • Manage all mechanical, fire suppression, and plumbing system issues during concept design, detailed design, procurement, bidding, manufacturing, delivery, and installation on site. Identify and resolve issues raised by cross-functional teams and various external stakeholders.
  • Generate scope of work for the equipment portions for major infrastructure upgrades based on project needs, and work with internal teams to update and document the configuration as it evolves.
  • Interface closely with Global Commodities team, manufacturers and the various global and local engineering teams to deliver the mechanical, fire suppression, and plumbing solutions needed for each project.
  • Travel domestically up to 25% of the time.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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