Senior Mechanical Engineer - Critical Infra & Thermal Systems

riot-platforms-careers; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Riot Platforms is seeking a Mechanical Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join the Central Operations team onsite in Rockdale, TX. You will be the technical authority for design review, deployment, commissioning, and lifecycle maintenance of mechanical systems powering our high-density compute environments.

You will own heat rejection, cooling towers, pumps, piping, and control logic, ensuring maximum uptime, safety, and efficiency. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in mechanical systems for critical infrastructure, heavy industrial, power generation, or data centers.
• Experience with hyperscale or enterprise data center mechanical plant, including liquid cooling.
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering; professional certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead campus mechanical systems strategy across heat rejection, cooling, and air-moving equipment.
• Validate system-level heat balance, pressure drop, and heat exchanger performance against design intent.
• Review drawings, submittals, and vendor selections to identify issues before field work.
• Support rack deployments with mechanical and project management input from planning to turnover.
• Own piping integrity, valve selection, hydraulic modeling, and expansion design.
• Define control sequences and alarm thresholds; collaborate with Automation teams on PLC/BMS setpoints.
• Lead commissioning for mechanical systems including testing and thermal validation.
• Perform RCA for incidents; drive CI roadmap and predictive maintenance (vibration, thermography).
• Develop preventive maintenance, spare parts strategies, and water treatment programs.
• Create SOPs/MOPs/EOPs and train site technicians on safe operation of mechanical systems.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Heat transfer fundamentals

Thermodynamics

Fluid dynamics

Fatigue and vibration analysis

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

PE, CEM, CXA or equivalent Certifications

Tools

P&IDs

PLC/BMS controls

CMMS maintenance programs

Job description

Riot Platforms is seeking a Mechanical Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join the Central Operations team onsite in Rockdale, TX. You will be the technical authority for design review, deployment, commissioning, and lifecycle maintenance of mechanical systems powering our high-density compute environments.

You will own heat rejection, cooling towers, pumps, piping, and control logic, ensuring maximum uptime, safety, and efficiency. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.