Electrical / Mechanical Engineer

Peraton; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

HSA / Health Savings Account

Disability Insurance

EAP

Parental Leave

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Job summary

Peraton in Austin, TX seeks a data center facilities engineer to design and manage electrical, mechanical, and cooling infrastructure supporting mission-critical workloads.

You will produce load calculations, coordinate with CFD and DCIM teams, and ensure compliance with ITIL, NIST, and industry standards; a Bachelor's in engineering and a 5+ year background in data centers are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering; 5+ years data center or mission-critical facility engineering experience.
• Education substitutions: Master's ~2 years, PhD ~5 years; Associate +2 years accepted.

Responsibilities

• Design and evaluate data center electrical, power, cooling, and mechanical infrastructure supporting capacity, availability, and resiliency requirements.
• Produce and review one-lines, load calculations, short-circuit / coordination / arc-flash inputs, mechanical schematics, and cooling plant layouts.
• Support Assessment & Recommendation Reports across VA facilities.
• Coordinate with CFD and DCIM engineers to align electrical/mechanical decisions with thermal and telemetry realities.

Skills

AutoCAD

MS Visio

ETAP / SKM

Revit MEP

BMS/DCIM telemetry

ITIL v4

SAFe Agile/Scrum

NIST 800-53 / RMF

ISO 27001

TIA-942

ASHRAE 9.9

VA CRISP

NFPA 70/70E

OSHA safety

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PE (Electrical)

Job description

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

Peraton supports the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission to deliver timely, reliable care and benefits to America's Veterans by engineering, operating, and modernizing a nationwide data center portfolio. Our team runs enterprise and regional data centers, telecommunications spaces, and secure network connections that host the systems Veterans depend on - from claims processing and pharmacy fulfillment to appointment scheduling and benefits delivery. We provide full-lifecycle data center and cloud engineering, 24x7x365 operations and monitoring, DCIM platform administration, analytics, and facility infrastructure reporting. If you want your engineering, operations, or analytics work to matter to someone, this is where it does.

Position Duties & Responsibilities

• Design and evaluate data center electrical, power, cooling, and mechanical infrastructure supporting capacity, availability, and resiliency requirements.
• Produce and review one-lines, load calculations, short-circuit / coordination / arc-flash inputs, mechanical schematics, and cooling plant layouts.
• Support Assessment & Recommendation Reports across VA facilities.
• Coordinate with CFD and DCIM engineers to align electrical/mechanical decisions with thermal and telemetry realities.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Currently possess or be able to obtain VA Public Trust - High Risk (BI High) / Tier 4 background investigation.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering; 5+ years of data center or mission-critical facility engineering experience.
• Education substitutions (per Peraton Career & Compensation Framework): Master's degree substitutes ~2 years of required experience; Ph.D. substitutes ~5 years of required experience. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, 4 additional years of relevant experience is acceptable (Associate's degree + 2 additional years also accepted for equivalent professional levels).

Desired Skills, Tools & Certifications

• Tools: AutoCAD, MS Visio, ETAP or SKM PowerTools (short-circuit / coordination / arc-flash), Revit MEP, and BMS/DCIM telemetry (Nlyte).
• Processes: ITIL v4 service management, SAFe Agile / Scrum for iterative delivery, NIST 800-53 / RMF, ISO 27001, TIA-942, ASHRAE TC 9.9, VA CRISP alignment, NFPA 70/70E, and OSHA safety practices.; NFPA 70/70E; TIA-942.
• Certifications (desirable): PE (Electrical), NFPA CESCP, EPI CDCP/CDCS, BICSI RCDD. / PE (Mechanical), EPI CDCP/CDCS, ASHRAE Datacom certificate, LEED AP., ITIL v4 Foundation (Practitioner/Managing Professional a plus), SAFe Practitioner or SAFe DevOps.

Work location:

Austin, TX

Details

Target Salary Range: $80,000 - $128,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

EEO:

Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.