Mechanical Data Center Design Engineer

TEKsystems; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Data Center Infrastructure Design Engineer in Charlotte, NC to design, optimize, and expand mission‑critical data center infrastructure including electrical distribution, mechanical cooling, and liquid cooling systems.

The role focuses on long‑term capacity planning and resiliency, reviewing designs, and supporting modernization projects. This is a hybrid, contract position based out of Charlotte, NC, with onsite work required three days a week.

Qualifications

• Experience designing data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
• Proven capacity planning for power, cooling, and space.
• Ability to review drawings and support commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize mission‑critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure supporting data center operations.
• Develop long‑term power, cooling, and space capacity plans to support future growth and infrastructure demand.
• Support data center expansion, upgrade, retrofit, and modernization initiatives.
• Evaluate and improve infrastructure resiliency, redundancy, and operational efficiency.
• Design and support liquid cooling solutions and associated piping and cooling infrastructure within data center environments.
• Review engineering drawings, design packages, one‑line diagrams, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Perform infrastructure analysis to identify risks, constraints, and opportunities for optimization.
• Support commissioning, integrated systems testing, and infrastructure validation efforts.
• Conduct root cause analysis of critical infrastructure issues and develop corrective engineering solutions.
• Partner with facilities engineering, construction teams, utilities, vendors, commissioning teams, and critical systems stakeholders throughout project lifecycles.
• Utilize operational data, telemetry, and engineering metrics to improve infrastructure performance, reliability, and efficiency.

Skills

Data center

Data center migration

Infrastructure

HVAC

Job description

NO C2C. W2 ONLY. MUST WORK ONSITE 3 DAYS A WEEK IN CHARLOTTE, NC.

TEKsystems is currently looking for a Data Center Infrastructure Design Engineer to support the design, optimization, expansion, and long-term capacity planning of mission‑critical data center environments. This role focuses on the physical infrastructure that powers and cools the data center, including electrical distribution systems, mechanical cooling systems, capacity planning, resiliency engineering, liquid cooling initiatives, and infrastructure modernization projects. The ideal candidate will have experience designing and optimizing critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure, developing long-term capacity strategies, reviewing engineering designs, and supporting next‑generation data center deployments. This is not an IT operations role. We are seeking engineers who design and plan the infrastructure behind the data center, not engineers whose primary responsibility is supporting servers, storage, networking, or cloud platforms.

• Design and optimize mission‑critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure supporting data center operations.
• Develop long‑term power, cooling, and space capacity plans to support future growth and infrastructure demand.
• Support data center expansion, upgrade, retrofit, and modernization initiatives.
• Evaluate and improve infrastructure resiliency, redundancy, and operational efficiency.
• Design and support liquid cooling solutions and associated piping and cooling infrastructure within data center environments.
• Review engineering drawings, design packages, one‑line diagrams, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Perform infrastructure analysis to identify risks, constraints, and opportunities for optimization.
• Support commissioning, integrated systems testing, and infrastructure validation efforts.
• Conduct root cause analysis of critical infrastructure issues and develop corrective engineering solutions.
• Partner with facilities engineering, construction teams, utilities, vendors, commissioning teams, and critical systems stakeholders throughout project lifecycles.
• Utilize operational data, telemetry, and engineering metrics to improve infrastructure performance, reliability, and efficiency.

Top Skills Details

Data center, Data center migration, Infrastructure, HVAC

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Ideal experience:

• Data Center Design Engineer
• Data Center Infrastructure Engineer
• Mission Critical Engineer
• Critical Facilities Design Engineer
• Electrical Design Engineer
• Mechanical Design Engineer
• Data Center Capacity Planning Engineer
• Infrastructure Planning Engineer
• Data Center Consulting Engineer

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Charlotte, NC.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60.53 - $60.53/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job‑related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long‑term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Charlotte,NC.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 28, 2026.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.