Senior Staff Data Center Engineer, Data Center Technology and Systems

About the role

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.

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.
• Architect physical infrastructure, layouts, and frameworks for hyperscale data hall white space and configurations optimized for next-generation compute, storage, and high-density AI/ML clusters.
• 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.
• Drive factory-based assembly methodologies and modular design principles to maximize design-for-manufacturability (DFM), minimize on-site construction timelines, and enhance advanced protective enclosure quality control.
• Act as the technical bridge between cross-functional teams, major equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and industry consortia to align capabilities with scaling commitments and shape global standards.

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.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience optimizing designs to balance cost, transportation dimensions, weight, and deployment speed against intense environmental constraints.
• 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.
• Ability to build consensus, establish a shared technical goal, and influence executive cross-functional executives and external fabrication vendors without direct authority.

Skills

• Technical expertise in cooling, electrical, and thermal architecture of data centers.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams.
• Leadership and project management experience.
• Ability to optimize designs for efficiency and sustainability.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance.
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match.
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment.
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance.
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks.
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks.
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year.

Pay

$214,000 - $299,000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Schedule

Full-time