Connectivity Engineer - Data Center Design, Engineering, & Construction

About the role

Meta’s Design Engineering and Construction (DEC) team lights up Meta’s global data centers, delivering the physical infrastructure that connects the world to the videos, feeds, and other information stored on Meta’s server banks. The DEC Connectivity Engineer will provide site-level support to ensure DEC telecommunication projects are executed on schedule, within budget, and at the specified quality level. This role is the key point of contact for managing the full project lifecycle, from kick-off through production turnover into operations, and involves high collaboration with cross-functional partners at Data Center Headquarters, on-site contractors, and other data centers globally.

Responsibilities

• Project Planning & Control: Create, maintain, and report on site project and program scope, schedules, and milestones. Work closely with the site project management team throughout the project lifecycle, from planning to close-out.
• Forecasting: Support the project controls team with forecasting and budget efforts. Share current project status with upstream and downstream partners, ensuring crisp and complete handoffs between teams.
• Technical Reviews: Establish milestones for equipment purchase and track/report against these milestones. Assist with the selection and review of contractors for structured cabling work within a data center.
• Metrics: Report progress and risks on site projects and other initiatives to key stakeholders.
• Workflow: Work with installation partners to establish and track milestones. Conduct pre-project planning, project handoffs, and ensure design delivery and verification. Identify and respond to project risks and high-priority issues rapidly and effectively through appropriate action and escalation. Track and manage project change order requests.
• Vendor Field Management: Oversee all connectivity activities (OSP/ISP) within construction projects on-site, including tracking and reporting actual progress against schedule expectations. Set and communicate clear expectations with the site team, build key relationships with installation partners, and drive best practices, a safe working environment, and a ‘right first time’ execution.
• Quality Assurance: Perform physical inspections to ensure vendor work meets DEC quality standards throughout the data center lifecycle. Validate physical installs, test reports, build accuracy, material compliance, and local code compliance, including constructability reviews on multiple design phases.
• Technical Field Lead: Serve as the technical lead for industry and Meta standards. Lead product evaluation, design, and installation methods in the field, including scope clarification, design details, and ownership of the Request for Information (RFI) process.
• Technical Coordination: Develop solutions to in-field scope-gap or clash issues. Partner with DEC design and engineering teams to digitally support design reviews, BOM reviews, and as-built drawing validations.
• Communications & Cross-functional Engagement: Liaise with construction partners to ensure deliverables are met during new builds and retrofits. Coordinate with logistics partners, vendors, and suppliers to ensure a smooth end-to-end flow of materials. Proactively communicate progress and project risks to key stakeholders.
• Safety: Ensure vendors adhere to safety obligations in accordance with local regulations and DEC Safety best practices. Lead a ‘safety first’ environment with open and transparent communication, acknowledging appropriate EHS practices.
• Travel: This position is 100% on-site and may require less than 25% travel.

Requirements

• Experience with MS Office and Google Suites.
• 3+ years of experience in project management.
• Experience engaging and guiding stakeholders.
• Experience providing solutions to construction-related problems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements).
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews).
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies.

Pay

$123,000/year to $176,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Benefits

In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.