AI Data Centre Pre-Sales Design Engineer

Mana Education; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Mana Resourcing is supporting a UK client seeking a Pre-Sales Design Engineer for AI data centres and high-density compute environments. You will translate customer requirements into robust designs and costed proposals, working closely with a key account to balance technical detail with commercial considerations.

The role requires strong experience in data centre infrastructure, expertise in high-density cooling, and the ability to produce precise, pricing-backed proposals.

Qualifications

• Relevant engineering experience within data centre infrastructure, AI or high-density computing environments.
• Strong understanding of high-density compute cooling and direct liquid-cooling systems.
• Experience producing detailed, costed technical proposals.
• Ability to explain technical designs clearly to customers and colleagues.
• Strong attention to detail when preparing calculations, specifications and estimates.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery meetings to establish customer requirements, specifications and project constraints.
• Develop data centre infrastructure designs, including layouts, cooling architecture and plant arrangements.
• Prepare and validate engineering calculations covering heat loads, design temperatures, temperature differences, flow rates and pipe sizes.
• Incorporate physical security requirements, including CCTV, and address TEMPEST requirements.
• Produce detailed cost estimates and pricing schedules covering quantities, supplier quotations, labour, design, factory fit-out, transport, cranage, site installation, testing and commissioning.
• Develop clear proposals that explain the recommended technical solution and associated costs.

Skills

Data centre design

AI infrastructure knowledge

Costed proposals

Customer communication

Job description

Mana Resourcing is supporting a UK client seeking a Pre-Sales Design Engineer for AI data centres and high-density compute environments. You will translate customer requirements into robust designs and costed proposals, working closely with a key account to balance technical detail with commercial considerations.

The role requires strong experience in data centre infrastructure, expertise in high-density cooling, and the ability to produce precise, pricing-backed proposals.