Principal Advisor, Liquid Cooling & MEP Systems

World Wide Technology, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

World Wide Technology (WWT) is seeking a Principal Advisor for Liquid Cooling & MEP Systems to review architectures, size cooling for AI-density deployments, and assess vendor deliverables. This role works with the Principal MEP Advisor and delivery partners to ensure sound solutions for AI factory engagements.

Travel up to 50% internationally, requiring collaboration with OEMs and partners. Requires deep liquid-cooling experience and ability to communicate risks to executives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in mechanical/MEP engineering with liquid cooling deployment.
• Hands-on direct-to-chip and rear-door liquid cooling experience.
• Experience sizing cooling systems for high-density data centers.
• Ability to read and red-line liquid-cooling schematics.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Review liquid-cooling architecture across client designs.
• Size and validate facility water and heat-rejection strategy.
• Evaluate partner and OEM CDU deliverables for soundness.
• Collaborate with MEP Advisor and delivery partners.
• Stay current with NVIDIA rack-scale platforms and CFD tools.

Skills

Liquid cooling experience

CDU/Direct-liquid cooling

Schematic review & redlining

Rack-scale data center skills

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

CFD modeling

NVIDIA platforms knowledge

PUE/WUE awareness

Job description

Eligible Work Locations

Remote - Nationwide , United States

Why WWT?

World Wide Technology (WWT) strives to make a new world happen. WWT's work benefits clients and partners as much as it does its people and community across the globe.

Founded in 1990, WWT brings together strategy, deep technical expertise and world-class partnerships to help public and private sector organizations design, build and scale intelligent AI, digital, cybersecurity, cloud and infrastructure solutions. Through its Advanced Technology Center (ATC)—a collaborative ecosystem featuring state-of-the-art hardware and software—WWT enables clients and partners to conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology and then deploy solutions at scale using its global integration and distributions capabilities.

With more than 14,000 team members and over 60 locations globally, WWT's culture—grounded in core values and leadership philosophies—has been recognized by Fortune® and Great Place to Work for its commitment to innovation, trust and creating a great place to work for all. WWT provides products and services to large enterprise, global service provider and public sector clients in up to 130 countries across six continents. Softchoice, a World Wide Technology company, supports commercial and SMB markets in the U.S. and Canada.

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!

What is the Facilities, Infrastructure & Technology (FIT) practice and why join?

Within WWT's Technical Delivery & Engineering organization, FIT is our newest advisory capability, built at the intersection of the physical and digital data center. As AI factories push facilities beyond traditional limits — liquid-cooled racks exceeding 100kW, gigawatt-scale campuses, compressed construction timelines — our clients need advisors fluent in both the building and the architecture it must serve. This role is the practice's second technical seat on the design and assurance side, working alongside the Principal MEP Advisor & Design Authority, and focused specifically on the scarcest skill in the market: liquid cooling.

Position Overview

The Principal Advisor, Liquid Cooling & MEP Systems brings deep, hands-on technical expertise in direct-to-chip and rear-door liquid cooling — CDUs, coolant distribution, manifolds, and controls integration — to WWT's AI Factory engagements. This is a technical advisory role, not a self-perform or engineer-of-record role: you review and advise on liquid-cooling architecture, evaluate partner and OEM deliverables for soundness, and size cooling systems against real AI-density heat loads, working in close partnership with the Principal MEP Advisor and the practice's delivery partners. This role is accountable for:

• Reviewing and advising on liquid-cooling architecture — CDUs, coolant distribution, manifolds, and controls — across client and partner MEP designs, flagging risks and gaps before they reach the field.
• Sizing and validating facility water and heat-rejection strategy against rack-level heat load for AI-density deployments.
• Evaluating partner and OEM liquid-cooling deliverables — CDU commissioning, coolant chemistry, flow balancing, leak detection — for technical soundness.

You will work directly alongside the Principal MEP Advisor & Design Authority, extending the practice's technical bench on the one skill set every AI Factory build depends on and the fewest people in the market can credibly deliver.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide deep technical expertise on direct-to-chip and rear-door liquid cooling systems across client and partner MEP designs.
• Advise on PUE/WUE efficiency targets at AI density and how those targets are proven during commissioning.
• Maintain currency with NVIDIA rack-scale platforms (GB200/GB300/NVL72-class) and the liquid-cooling OEM ecosystem.
• Contribute to survey standards, deliverable templates, and training materials specific to liquid cooling as the practice scales.
• Qualify and provide technical oversight of liquid-cooling trade partners and CDU manufacturers.

Qualifications and Requirements

If your experience doesn't match every preferred qualification below but you know this work, we encourage you to apply.

Required

• A minimum of 7 years' progressive experience in mechanical/MEP engineering, with direct hands-on liquid cooling deployment experience.
• Direct, hands-on experience with direct-to-chip and rear-door liquid cooling systems at data center scale — CDUs, coolant distribution, manifolds.
• Experience sizing and validating cooling systems for high-density (60–150 kW/rack and beyond) environments.
• The ability to read, review, and red-line liquid-cooling schematics and designs and be right — not just conversant.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred

• NVIDIA AI Factory / rack-scale platform experience (GB200, GB300, NVL72-class).
• Experience with CFD thermal modeling, power-system studies, and staged capacity analysis.
• DCD Cooling Professional (Uptime Institute), NVIDIA NCA-AIIO, or manufacturer CDU / direct-liquid-cooling training.
• Experience qualifying and overseeing liquid-cooling trade partners and CDU manufacturers.

Leadership & Interpersonal

• Strong systems-level thinking: connects rack-level heat load to the full facility thermal chain.
• Ability to communicate technical risk clearly to both engineering partners and executive stakeholders.
• Collaborative working style with the Principal MEP Advisor, delivery partners, and OEMs.

Travel: Up to 50%, including international.

Candidates who thrive in this role typically demonstrate the following beyond baseline qualifications:

• Scarce-Skill Specialists — Genuinely deep in liquid cooling, not adjacent HVAC experience stretched to fit.
• Systems Thinkers — Reason from rack-level heat load all the way to facility heat rejection, not just component specs.
• Risk Spotters — Can look at a cooling schematic and see what's wrong before it becomes a change order.
• Collaborative Partners — Comfortable working second-chair to the Principal MEP Advisor while owning a technical domain outright.

Certain states and localities require employers to post a reasonable estimate of salary range. A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position is $150,000.00 to $225,000.00 annually. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including shift, location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs. The range for this position in other geographic locations may differ. Certain positions may also be eligible for variable incentive compensation, such as bonuses or commissions, that is not included in the base pay.

The well-being of WWT employees is essential. When it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Health (Medical & Prescription), Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers (MO & IL), Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive Pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Medical Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement, Day of Caring
• Additional Perks: Family Planning Benefits, Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Voluntary Supplemental Accident/Illness/Hospital, Voluntary ID Theft, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

Note: This is not an all-encompassing list and should not be used as a complete description of the plan's benefits. For more information, see our US benefits website at wwt.com/us-benefits.

We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for all!

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