Principal Mechanical Engineer

Oracle Corporation Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure seeks a Senior Data Centre Design Mechanical Engineer to join its Malaysia data centre design team. You will lead mechanical services design for data centre projects, ensuring reliability, safety, and operational excellence across OCI's cloud infrastructure.

Collaborate with colocation providers, developers, and internal teams; mentor junior engineers; drive design governance, commissioning, and technical assurance across APAC projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• 10+ years of mechanical design experience for large-scale data centres or mission-critical infrastructure.
• Ability to independently resolve complex engineering problems with limited supervision.
• Experience working with colocation providers, developers, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of safety practices and engineering standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical services design and engineering workstreams for data centre projects.
• Develop and enforce OCI mechanical design standards and governance.
• Serve as SME for cooling, ventilation, water systems, and redundancy strategies.
• Collaborate with external partners and internal teams to ensure proper installation and commissioning.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to training materials.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated data centre solutions.
• Participate in design reviews, commissioning, and readiness assessments.

Skills

Ten years of experience

Independent problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentor others

Strong written/verbal communication

Ability to manage APAC priorities

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure continues to expand global data centre capacity at significant scale across key markets. We are seeking a Senior Data Centre Design Mechanical Engineer to join OCI’s growing data centre design organization. This role is part of the team responsible for defining, maintaining, and improving OCI’s mechanical design standards for colocation providers, developers, and delivery partners. The team serves as a centre of excellence for data centre design, supporting the compute, network, and storage infrastructure that enables OCI’s secure, resilient, and high-performance cloud services for some of the world’s largest enterprises. The successful candidate will be an experienced mechanical engineering subject matter expert with strong data centre design experience, the ability to work independently on complex technical issues, and the capability to influence internal teams, external partners, and delivery outcomes across multiple projects.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Data Centre Design Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Design Ownership and Technical Leadership
  Lead mechanical services design and engineering workstreams for data centre projects and strategic design initiatives. Provide technical direction to ensure designs meet OCI requirements for reliability, scalability, safety, maintainability, and operational excellence.
• Design Standards and Engineering Governance
  Contribute to the creation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of OCI mechanical services design standards, specifications, policies, and procedures. Review project documentation, design submissions, commissioning plans, and technical deliverables to ensure alignment with approved standards.
• Subject Matter Expertise
  Serve as a mechanical engineering subject matter expert for data centre infrastructure systems, including cooling, ventilation, water systems, plant configuration, redundancy strategies, controls interfaces, and operational resilience. Apply expert knowledge to resolve complex and non-routine engineering issues.
• Partner and Colocation Provider Engagement
  Work closely with colocation providers, developers, consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders to ensure mechanical systems are properly designed, specified, installed, commissioned, and capable of supporting OCI’s cloud infrastructure requirements.
• Complex Problem Solving
  Independently analyse and resolve complex technical, design, and cross-functional issues. Develop recommendations for system-level improvements, risk mitigation, and design enhancements that reduce operational exposure and improve long-term performance.
• Project and Program Execution
  Drive mechanical engineering deliverables across assigned projects or initiatives. Coordinate with internal and external project teams, track technical risks, support design reviews, and ensure engineering decisions are made with appropriate urgency, quality, and business context.
• Commissioning and Technical Assurance
  Participate in design summits, technical workshops, commissioning reviews, site reviews, and readiness assessments. Validate that mechanical systems and associated infrastructure meet OCI’s design intent, performance expectations, and safety requirements.
• Contract and Commercial Support
  Provide technical input to contract documents, scopes of work, change orders, cost forecasts, technical clarifications, and other project documentation. Support effective contract administration by ensuring mechanical requirements are clearly defined and technically sound.
• Safety and Operational Standards
  Applies strong understanding of data center safety, maintainability, and operational requirements in mechanical design reviews and project delivery. Ensures mechanical systems are designed to support safe access, isolation, inspection, commissioning, maintenance, repair, replacement, and emergency response. Reviews partner and contractor proposals for alignment with Oracle safety expectations, site procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing
  Mentor junior engineers and newer team members by sharing technical knowledge, reviewing work, and contributing to training materials. Support team capability growth through vendor engagement, industry participation, lessons learned, and internal technical guidance.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  Collaborate with electrical, controls, network, compute, operations, procurement, commercial, and construction teams to ensure integrated data centre solutions. Communicate clearly through technical writing, standards development, presentations, and stakeholder engagement.
• Industry Engagement and Continuous Improvement
  Maintain strong awareness of industry trends, vendor capabilities, emerging technologies, and best practices in data centre mechanical design. Lead or contribute to internal and external technical seminars, design reviews, and engineering forums.

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Required Experience and Skills

The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years+ experience in mechanical engineering design for large-scale data centres or mission-critical infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of mechanical systems supporting high-availability environments.
• Demonstrated ability to independently resolve complex engineering problems with limited supervision.
• Experience working with colocation providers, developers, consultants, contractors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Ability to review and influence mechanical design documents, specifications, commissioning plans, contracts, and technical standards.
• Strong knowledge of safety practices, engineering procedures, and relevant industry standards.
• Proven ability to mentor others and raise technical capability across a team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and cross-functional stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities across APAC projects in a fast-paced environment.

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