Data Center Mechanical Engineer: Cooling & Piping Specialist

Fluidstack; California; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking engineers to design mechanical and HVAC systems for data centers, handling cooling distribution, piping, and heat rejection for modular units. You will own hydraulics, heat transfer, and equipment sizing end to end.

Responsibilities include vendor package development, prototype support, and validation against test data. Bonus: liquid cooling, direct-to-chip cooling, and Revit/plant CAD experience plus ASHRAE depth in datacom.

Qualifications

• Designed mechanical or HVAC systems for data centers or industrial plants.
• Hydraulic and thermal calculations are your own.
• Specified and integrated major cooling equipment.
• Validated designs against commissioning or test data.
• Draw clean P&IDs and mean them.
• Bonus: Liquid cooling, direct-to-chip cooling, Revit or plant CAD, ASHRAE datacom depth, field commissioning exposure.

Responsibilities

• Engineer the mechanical systems in the reference design: cooling distribution, piping, and heat rejection for modular units.
• Run the calcs: hydraulics, heat transfer, and equipment sizing owned end to end.
• Develop vendor packages: CDUs, pumps, and dry coolers specified, evaluated, and integrated.
• Support prototypes and first builds: test data reconciled against design.

Skills

Mechanical design

HVAC systems

Data centers

P&IDs

Heat transfer calculations

Tools

Revit

Plant CAD

CAD

Job description

Fluidstack is seeking engineers to design mechanical and HVAC systems for data centers, handling cooling distribution, piping, and heat rejection for modular units. You will own hydraulics, heat transfer, and equipment sizing end to end.

Responsibilities include vendor package development, prototype support, and validation against test data. Bonus: liquid cooling, direct-to-chip cooling, and Revit/plant CAD experience plus ASHRAE depth in datacom.