Head of Mechanical Engineering - AI Factory Systems

Volta; United States; À distance; USD 180 000 - 280 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary

Equity in Volta

Retirement contributions

Health, wellbeing and insurance

Résumé du poste

Volta is seeking a Director, Mechanical Engineering to be the authoritative lead for mechanical design across our AI factory portfolio worldwide. You will own standards, drive reference designs, and build the team to scale as Volta expands.

You will balance performance, energy efficiency, and cost while mentoring engineers and collaborating with electrical, controls, and structural colleagues to deliver safe, reliable facilities for next-generation compute.

Qualifications

• Degree in mechanical or building services engineering (chartered/PE preferred).
• Significant data centre or mission critical mechanical engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in data centre cooling (chilled water, heat rejection, air side design).
• Experience creating and deploying mechanical design standards for hyperscale data centres.
• Hands-on design and delivery for high-density, liquid-cooled AI/HPC environments.
• Familiarity with ASHRAE and NFPA standards.
• Strong commercial judgment and ability to communicate trade-offs clearly.
• Collaborative style, able to mentor engineers and work with cross-disciplinary teams.

Responsabilités

• Act as mechanical SME and design authority for all AI factories (EMEA/AMER) from concept to handover.
• Develop and maintain mechanical design standards, specifications and basis of design documents.
• Provide mechanical input to Reference Design balancing performance, energy, cost and speed.
• Own liquid cooling architecture and align with rack/GPU requirements.
• Support live projects from concept through design, construction and commissioning.
• Lead mechanical design reviews and maintain design authority.
• Collaborate with electrical, controls and structural teams for optimized overall design.
• Mentor engineers and build out the mechanical team as the pipeline grows.
• Report status, risk and decisions to Senior Director, Infrastructure Engineering.

Connaissances

Mechanical leadership

Data centre cooling

Communication

Collaborative work style

Commercial judgment

Mentoring engineers

Formation

Mechanical or building services engineering degree

Description du poste

Volta is seeking a Director, Mechanical Engineering to be the authoritative lead for mechanical design across our AI factory portfolio worldwide. You will own standards, drive reference designs, and build the team to scale as Volta expands.

You will balance performance, energy efficiency, and cost while mentoring engineers and collaborating with electrical, controls, and structural colleagues to deliver safe, reliable facilities for next-generation compute.