AI Data Center Design Lead – White Space

Jacobs; Fort Walton Beach (FL); On-site; USD 166,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase discount

Unlimited PPTO

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Design Manager – AI Data Center White Space Design to provide technical leadership for planning, design, construction, commissioning, and deployment of large-scale, high-density data center environments. Based initially in South Carolina, the role will drive standards and architectures across hyperscale programs.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in mission-critical facilities, with hands-on experience in GPU/HPC compute, high-density racks, and advanced cooling and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of relevant engineering/design experience, with significant experience in mission-critical or data center facilities.
• Demonstrated experience leading hyperscale, HPC, high-density, or AI-focused data center white space design.
• Direct experience with high-density rack deployment and GPU/HPC compute environments.
• Strong working knowledge of high-density rack and compute architectures.
• Busway, PDU, RPP, and rack-level power distribution.
• Direct-to-chip liquid cooling and CDUs.
• Air/liquid hybrid cooling and thermal management.
• High-density fiber and network infrastructure.
• Capacity modeling and utilization
• Rack structural loading and equipment deployment
• Experience delivering projects through concept, detailed design, construction, commissioning, turnover, and operational readiness
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and communicate complex technical issues with clients and senior stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior SME and technical authority for AI and high-density data center white space design.
• Establish and govern white space Basis of Design, design criteria, reference architectures, and technical standards.
• Translate GPU/HPC requirements into facility requirements for power, cooling, and rack configuration.
• Lead data hall layouts, rack deployment strategies, and capacity utilization planning.
• Provide technical direction for white space electrical distribution and high-density power architectures.
• Lead development of air-cooled, liquid-cooled, and hybrid cooling solutions, including CDUs and manifolds.
• Guide integration of high-density AI network infrastructure and high-speed pathways.
• Develop and validate capacity models linking facility MW to data hall needs.

Skills

Hyperscale data center

AI data center design

Multidisciplinary leadership

Capacity modeling

GPU/HPC compute environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Architecture/Construction Management

Tools

BIM

DCIM

BMS

EPMS

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Design Manager – AI Data Center White Space Design to provide technical leadership for planning, design, construction, commissioning, and deployment of large-scale, high-density data center environments. Based initially in South Carolina, the role will drive standards and architectures across hyperscale programs.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in mission-critical facilities, with hands-on experience in GPU/HPC compute, high-density racks, and advanced cooling and