Senior Staff Data Center Engineer, Data Center Technology and Systems

About the role

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.

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.

Preferred 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.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retailment 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