Data Center Design & Reliability Lead

Mistral; Paris; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Relocation support

Meal and transportation allowances

Job summary

Mistral is seeking an experienced senior specialist to lead reliability and design for its high-density data center portfolio. You will own design criteria, review power and cooling architectures, and drive root-cause investigations across colocation sites.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, providers and OEMs, ensuring operational readiness, risk management and scalable capacity. This role demands strong English communication and willingness to travel for site work and due

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years in mission-critical data center design, engineering, commissioning or reliability.
• Degree in electrical or mechanical engineering with deep knowledge in one discipline and broad knowledge of the other.
• Experience with critical power and cooling architectures, redundancy and risk management.
• Ability to review drawings, calculations and commissioning evidence and coordinate specialists.
• Excellent English communication and willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve design criteria and colocation requirements for new facilities and retrofits.
• Translate platform roadmaps into facility envelopes including IT load, density and cooling.
• Review electrical, cooling and protection systems for suitability under AI loads.
• Lead multidisciplinary reviews and document risks and decisions.
• Support site selection, due diligence and technical schedules with disciplined reviews.

Skills

Data center design

Engineering leadership

Reliability engineering

Root-cause analysis

Stakeholder management

English communication

Education

Degree in electrical or mechanical engineering

Professional engineering registration

Tools

BMS/EPMS analytics

Electrical design software

Job description

Mistral is seeking an experienced senior specialist to lead reliability and design for its high-density data center portfolio. You will own design criteria, review power and cooling architectures, and drive root-cause investigations across colocation sites.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, providers and OEMs, ensuring operational readiness, risk management and scalable capacity. This role demands strong English communication and willingness to travel for site work and due