Senior Data Center Mechanical Engineer - Equity & Ops

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta seeks a Staff Mechanical Engineer for Data Center Operations Engineering to lead complex projects and drive reliability across our hyperscale fleet. You will work with design, construction, field ops, vendors, and R&D to ensure efficient thermal energy and fluid distribution in our data centers.

As a technical leader, you will mentor engineers, review designs and commissioning plans, and push for operational excellence. Expect 10–30% travel to sites for studies and on-site support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of professional data center engineering experience.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving mechanical system issues.
• Strong communication with peers, partners, and leadership.
• Project management experience balancing competing demands.

Responsibilities

• Lead technically complex mechanical engineering projects for facilities infrastructure operations.
• Escalation point for complex mechanical system issues in data centers.
• Troubleshoot and engineer enhancements for designs and processes.
• Analyze mechanical system utilization across the fleet.
• Generate measurements and reports from BMS and monitoring systems.

Skills

Data center engineering

Project management

Technical communication

Mathematical analysis

Thermodynamics & psychrometrics

HVAC fundamentals

Fluid dynamics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

Building Management System (BMS)

Energy & hydraulic simulation tools

Psychrometric analysis software

Job description

Meta seeks a Staff Mechanical Engineer for Data Center Operations Engineering to lead complex projects and drive reliability across our hyperscale fleet. You will work with design, construction, field ops, vendors, and R&D to ensure efficient thermal energy and fluid distribution in our data centers.

As a technical leader, you will mentor engineers, review designs and commissioning plans, and push for operational excellence. Expect 10–30% travel to sites for studies and on-site support.