Senior Data Center Commissioning Engineer – Dubai

Decima International; Dubai; On-site; AED 446,400 - 714,240; Full time

Job summary

Decima International invites an experienced Commissioning Engineer to support commissioning, IST, and operational readiness for a large-scale data center project in Dubai. The role covers electrical, mechanical, ICT, and compute-related systems, with hands-on testing and coordination across vendors and operations teams.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in commissioning/IST, practical experience in GPU burn-in, thermal soak testing, and compute-fabric validation, and can lead readiness and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in commissioning, IST execution, data center operations, MEP systems testing, ICT validation, facility engineering, or mission-critical infrastructure delivery.
• Experience supporting commissioning activities on data center, mission-critical, high-performance computing, industrial, or technically complex projects.
• Hands-on experience supporting Integrated Systems Testing (IST) execution.
• Experience coordinating GPU/accelerator burn-in and thermal-soak testing.
• Experience coordinating compute-fabric validation, ICT infrastructure validation, network readiness, or systems integration testing.

Responsibilities

• Support commissioning and IST execution activities across mission-critical data center systems, ensuring testing is completed safely, accurately, and in accordance with approved procedures.
• Coordinate with commissioning managers, contractors, vendors, OEMs, MEP teams, ICT teams, operations teams, and client representatives during testing and validation activities.
• Review and support commissioning plans, method statements, test scripts, IST procedures, checklists, risk assessments, and commissioning schedules.
• Support Integrated Systems Testing for electrical, mechanical, controls, ICT, and computer-related systems.
• Assist in validating system readiness before commissioning, including documentation review, installation verification, pre-functional checks, and issue closeout.
• Monitor and document test results, deficiencies, failures, observations, and corrective actions during commissioning and IST activities.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, or related technical field

Job description

Decima International invites an experienced Commissioning Engineer to support commissioning, IST, and operational readiness for a large-scale data center project in Dubai. The role covers electrical, mechanical, ICT, and compute-related systems, with hands-on testing and coordination across vendors and operations teams.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in commissioning/IST, practical experience in GPU burn-in, thermal soak testing, and compute-fabric validation, and can lead readiness and