Mission-Critical Data Center Design Lead

Socket.dev; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Data Center Design Manager in the United States to lead the planning, design, engineering coordination, and commissioning of mission-critical data center projects.

This role serves as the primary technical liaison bridging design teams, construction management, commissioning teams, contractors, and client stakeholders to ensure timely, on-budget delivery of high-availability facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in mission-critical facilities, data centers, power distribution, MEP engineering, controls engineering, design management, or construction management.
• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States without visa sponsorship.
• Experience managing large-scale data center projects from design through commissioning.
• Strong knowledge of critical power systems, electrical distribution, HVAC and cooling, BAS/BMS, controls integration, commissioning and startup activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary design teams including electrical, mechanical, controls, architectural, structural, civil, and telecommunications disciplines.
• Manage design development from concept through construction documentation and turnover.
• Review and approve design packages, calculations, equipment selections, and technical specifications.
• Develop and review power distribution and control system designs for greenfield and retrofit data center projects.
• Establish control strategies, sequences of operation, integration requirements, and design standards.
• Collaborate with clients, end users, MEP engineers, architects, contractors, commissioning providers, and operations teams to ensure alignment with project objectives.
• Identify technical risks early and drive resolution through design and construction phases.
• Serve as the owner's technical representative throughout construction.
• Oversee construction activities to ensure compliance with design intent, contract documents, quality standards, and safety requirements.
• Manage RFIs, submittals, design clarifications, change orders, and field coordination activities.
• Monitor project schedules, budgets, procurement activities, and critical milestones.
• Conduct constructability reviews and coordinate issue resolution between design and construction teams.
• Lead project meetings and provide executive-level status reporting.
• Provide technical expertise for: medium and low-voltage electrical distribution, UPS, generators, switchgear, HVAC and cooling infrastructure, BAS, EPMS, SCADA, fire alarm and life safety systems.
• Ensure proper integration between building controls, security systems, fire alarm systems, and electrical monitoring platforms.
• Support system architecture development focused on reliability, scalability, efficiency, and operational resilience.
• Evaluate emerging technologies supporting AI, high-density computing, and next-gen data center infrastructure.
• Lead commissioning planning and execution activities.
• Oversee FAT, SAT, IST, and startup activities.
• Validate system functionality through testing and performance verification.
• Ensure successful system turnover to operations teams.
• Support development of O&M documentation, training materials, and operating procedures.
• Troubleshoot system faults, alarms, and operational issues.
• Drive performance optimization initiatives for power, cooling, and BAS.
• Review and implement control sequences, automation strategies, and energy-efficiency improvements.
• Support cybersecurity best practices related to OT.

Skills

Critical power systems

Electrical distribution

HVAC & cooling

Building Automation Systems

Controls integration

Commissioning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field

Tools

Schneider Electric

Siemens

Honeywell

Johnson Controls

Niagara Framework

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Data Center Design Manager in the United States to lead the planning, design, engineering coordination, and commissioning of mission-critical data center projects.

This role serves as the primary technical liaison bridging design teams, construction management, commissioning teams, contractors, and client stakeholders to ensure timely, on-budget delivery of high-availability facilities.