Senior AI Data Center White Space Lead

Jacobs; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 166,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Design Manager – AI Data Center White Space Design to provide technical leadership across planning, design, construction, commissioning, and deployment of large-scale, high-density data center environments. The role focuses on translating AI compute requirements into facility-level power, cooling, and space strategies.

Initially based in South Carolina, the candidate will drive white space design standards, coordinate across electrical, mechanical, and IT teams, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline is required.
• 15+ years in engineering/design for mission-critical or data center facilities.
• Proven experience leading hyperscale, HPC, high-density or AI-focused data center white space design.
• Direct experience with high-density rack deployment and GPU/HPC compute environments.
• Strong knowledge of high-density rack, compute architectures and power distribution.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior SME and technical authority for AI data center white space design.
• Establish Basis of Design, design criteria, and technical standards.
• Translate GPU/HPC requirements into facility power, cooling, and rack layouts.
• Lead data hall layouts, deployment strategies, and capacity planning.
• Direct white space electrical distribution and high-density power architectures.
• Lead cooling solutions including direct-to-chip cooling and CDUs.
• Guide integration of high-density network infrastructure and fiber paths.
• Develop capacity models linking MW to data hall requirements.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and communicate with clients and vendors.
• Ensure constructability, deployment, commissioning, and turnover readiness.

Skills

Hyperscale data center design

HPC / AI data center

High-density rack deployment

GPU/HPC compute environments

Rack power distribution

Direct-to-chip liquid cooling

Hybrid cooling

Fiber & network infrastructure

Capacity modeling

Structural loading

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Architecture/Construction Management

Tools

BIM

Digital twins

DCIM

BMS

EPMS

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Design Manager – AI Data Center White Space Design to provide technical leadership across planning, design, construction, commissioning, and deployment of large-scale, high-density data center environments. The role focuses on translating AI compute requirements into facility-level power, cooling, and space strategies.

Initially based in South Carolina, the candidate will drive white space design standards, coordinate across electrical, mechanical, and IT teams, and