Senior Mechanical Engineer

Remanie AI; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Daily meals

Flex PTO

Job summary

Remanie.ai is seeking a senior mechanical leader to own permitting and mechanical standards for reference designs in Palo Alto. You will guide customers through preconstruction, entitlements, and environmental and building permits, coordinating with external firms and AHJs.

This is a technical leadership role—not drafting. You’ll direct outside engineers, set the standards, and work with our software team to bake permitting know-how into the product. On-site work with contractors is essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in mechanical engineering, preconstruction, or construction management on large industrial or data-centre projects.
• Hands-on permitting experience for high-load facilities and data-centre environments.
• On-site field time with GCs and trades, understanding upstream impact on build.

Responsibilities

• Guide customers through preconstruction and permitting from due diligence to building and environmental permits.
• Own the permitting roadmap: requirements, submission, timelines, and blockers.
• Coordinate with AHJs, utilities, and contractors, directing external firms and expediters.
• Own mechanical and cooling standards for reference designs (air, liquid cooling, chillers, water use).
• Lead constructability and design reviews with external engineers before permit submission.
• Translate experience into checklists, schedules, and software-ready rules for configurations and BOMs.
• Visit sites for kickoffs, inspections, and resolving discrepancies between drawings and field reality.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Preconstruction

Permitting coordination

Design reviews

Field experience

AHJ coordination

Customer communication

Collaboration with software

PE license (mechanical)

Job description

Hiring manager: James Trebesch, Head of Strategic Engineering

Location: Palo Alto, California office (on-site), full-time

The role

Remanie.ai is building software that turns AI data-center requirements into a standardized configuration, a bill of materials, and a solution customers can buy. We then coordinate delivery through outside engineering firms, equipment vendors, and contractors. Data centers are where we're starting, with robotics and advanced industry on the roadmap too.

We're looking for someone who has actually gotten big mechanical-heavy projects through the front end: design reviews, permits, utility and AHJ coordination, and all the paperwork that decides whether a site breaks ground on time. You'll own mechanical and cooling standards for our reference designs, and you'll be the person who walks customers through preconstruction and permitting so it feels predictable instead of painful.

This is a technical leadership role, not a drafting seat. External firms produce the detailed drawings and permit sets. You'll direct them, set the standard, and work with our software team to bake permitting and mechanical know-how into the product.

What you'll do

• Guide customers through preconstruction and permitting, from site due diligence and entitlements through building, mechanical, and environmental permits.
• Own the permitting roadmap for each project: what's needed, who submits it, how long it takes, and what's likely to slow it down.
• Coordinate with AHJs, utilities, and air and water agencies, and direct the outside firms and expediters who prepare submittals.
• Own mechanical and cooling standards for our reference designs, including air and liquid cooling, chillers, heat rejection, and water use.
• Run constructability and design reviews with external engineers and contractors before anything goes out for permit.
• Turn your permitting and mechanical experience into checklists, schedules, and rules our software can use to generate configurations, BOMs, and project plans.
• Get out to sites when it matters: kickoffs, inspections, and the moments where field reality and the drawings don't match.

What we're looking for

• 8+ years in mechanical engineering, preconstruction, or construction management on large industrial, mission-critical, or energy projects.
• Hands‑on experience taking projects through permitting, ideally data centers or other high-load, water- and cooling-intensive facilities.
• Real field time: you've been on site, worked with GCs and trades, and know how decisions upstream show up in the build.
• A working grasp of HVAC and cooling systems, building and mechanical codes, and how AHJs actually review them.
• Comfort directing consultants, expediters, and contractors, and holding them to a standard.
• Clear communication with customers who aren't permitting experts and just want to know what happens next.
• Interest in working closely with software engineers. Coding isn't required.

Nice to have

• PE license (mechanical preferred). Preferred, not required.
• Experience on the owner, developer, or EPC side of data‑center or hyperscale builds.
• Background with liquid cooling, water rights, air permits, or generator and fuel permitting.
• Experience building standard processes, templates, or playbooks that other teams reuse.

Compensation and benefits

Base salary, depending on level:

Both come with significant equity. We also offer medical, dental and vision coverage, flexible PTO, daily meals, and whatever AI tools you need.