Principal Mechanical Design Engineer – Data Center Infrastructure

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $132.4k - $238.4k / year

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Jabil

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1966

🚘 Automotive

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

Automotive • Defense • Healthcare

Jabil is a leading business-to-business (B2B) company providing engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and design services. With over 50 years of experience, Jabil partners with some of the world's top brands to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. The company operates over 100 locations globally, emphasizing sustainability and community involvement as part of its core values. Jabil is committed to supporting its workforce with diverse and inclusive opportunities and fostering professional growth and innovation. The company is recognized globally for its excellence and commitment to minimizing environmental impact while building vibrant communities.

📋 Description

• Lead end-to-end mechanical design and engineering of hyperscale Data Center Infrastructure systems, including liquid-cooled rack assemblies, CDUs, manifolds, enclosures, structural frames, and hydronic piping systems • Serve as technical authority for single-phase and two-phase liquid cooling architectures, primary and secondary loop design, in-rack distribution, and system integration • Define and validate operational performance requirements, including pressure ratings, hydrostatic limits, temperature ranges, flow rates and uniformity, thermal expansion, durability, and serviceability • Design, analyze, and validate machined components, welded fabrications, manifolds, and structural systems using stress analysis, finite element analysis, flow modeling, and structural load calculations • Lead wetted material selection and compatibility analysis, including corrosion mitigation, surface treatments, cleanliness standards, and durability • Develop and review CAD models and technical data packages using CREO, SolidWorks, or equivalent tools • Author and approve technical specifications for piping systems, rack-level cooling infrastructure, and hydronic components • Establish and oversee validation protocols, including hydrostatic pressure testing, leak detection and mitigation, flow resistance analysis, and corrosion verification • Evaluate customer design proposals and technical specifications for feasibility, manufacturability, cost, and risk • Lead cross-functional design reviews with electrical, thermal, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams • Optimize rack manifold design and manufacturing processes, including machining, welding, surface finishing, connection interfaces, venting, draining, and flow paths • Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing assembly methods and tooling • Lead root cause investigations for complex mechanical failures and implement corrective design improvements • Provide technical leadership in vendor qualification and management • Identify and mitigate technical risks and contribute to liquid cooling R&D initiatives • Apply modular data center design principles to liquid cooling integration • Design cooling systems for prefabricated and skid-mounted deployment, accounting for transport and vibration loads, shipping constraints, and inter-module connections

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline from an accredited university • 8 years' experience in mechanical design and integration of mission-critical systems • Proven track record of successful system designs and implementations in a relevant industry • Strong understanding of mechanical systems, integration strategy, and system coordination • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail • Strong communication and teamwork abilities • Familiarity with industry standards and regulations related to Energy Storage Systems and Data Center Infrastructure is preferred • Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering is preferred • Professional Engineer (PE) License is preferred • Hands-on experience designing liquid cooling systems for modular/prefabricated data center deployments, including factory acceptance testing (FAT) and site integration

🏖️ Benefits

• Short-term incentive based on performance • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 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 change yearly • 401(k) retirement plan • Employee stock purchase plan