Senior AI Data Center Design Lead (White Space)

Jacobs; Robstown (TX); On-site; USD 166,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Stock purchase program

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Caregiver leave

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Design Manager – AI Data Center White Space Design to provide technical leadership for planning, design, construction, commissioning, and deployment of large-scale, high-density data center environments. Initially based in South Carolina, the position demands coordinating electrical, mechanical, structural, IT, and operations teams to deliver scalable solutions.

You will establish design criteria, reference architectures, and standards for white space.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of engineering/design experience in mission-critical facilities
• Demonstrated leading hyperscale, AI-focused data center white space design
• Direct experience with high-density rack deployment and GPU/HPC compute environments
• Strong ability to translate requirements into facility design criteria and standards

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical authority for AI data center white space design
• Develop basis of design, design criteria, reference architectures, and standards
• Lead data hall layouts, rack deployment strategies, and capacity planning
• Provide direction for power distribution, cooling, and network infrastructure
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across electrical, mechanical, structural, IT and operations
• Engage with clients, OEMs, contractors, and facility operators to governance
• Champion modular, repeatable deployment strategies across hyperscale programs

Skills

Hyperscale design

GPU/HPC compute

Stakeholder leadership

Technical governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/related field

Tools

BIM

DCIM

EPMS

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Design Manager – AI Data Center White Space Design to provide technical leadership for planning, design, construction, commissioning, and deployment of large-scale, high-density data center environments. Initially based in South Carolina, the position demands coordinating electrical, mechanical, structural, IT, and operations teams to deliver scalable solutions.

You will establish design criteria, reference architectures, and standards for white space.