Lead Principal Mechanical Engineer - Power Generation - Data Center Infrastructure (on-site Nashville, TN)

Oracle; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation seeks a Mechanical Engineer - Power Generation to lead the engineering, delivery, commissioning, and operational readiness of power-generation infrastructure for Oracle data centers in Nashville, TN. The role emphasizes gas turbines, generators, fuel and cooling systems, and emissions equipment to ensure uptime and resilience.

The engineer will work cross-functionally from concept through handoff to operations, ensuring systems are safe, reliable, and scalable to meet

Qualifications

• Experience applying power-generation concepts to data center environments.
• Ability to drive projects from concept through commissioning and handoff.
• Strong knowledge of gas turbines, generators, and fuel/cooling systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive engineering, delivery, commissioning, and operational readiness of mission-critical power-generation for data centers.
• Collaborate across functions from concept to handoff to operations.
• Ensure power systems are safe, reliable, maintainable, and scalable to meet availability and resilience requirements.

Skills

Gas turbines

Reciprocating generators

Diesel & natural-gas generation

Fuel systems

Cooling systems

Emissions equipment

Balance-of-plant

Data center operations

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

This position will be full-time on-site at Oracle's offices located in Nashville, TN. Relocation assistance may be available in accordance with Oracle’s relocation policies. Candidates should expect a minimum of 25% travel, with additional travel as business needs require.

The Mechanical Engineer - Power Generation drives the engineering, delivery, commissioning, and operational readiness of mission-critical power-generation infrastructure for data center operations. The role requires extensive technical expertise in gas turbines, reciprocating generators, diesel and natural-gas generation, fuel systems, cooling systems, emissions equipment, and balance-of-plant mechanical systems.

Working cross-functionally from concept through delivery and operations handoff, this engineer ensures power-generation systems are safe, reliable, maintainable, scalable, and capable of meeting data center availability and resilience requirements.