Senior TPM, Mechanical Operations – Global Data Centers

Google LLC; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Technical Program Manager for Mechanical Operations Engineering to guide complex, multi-disciplinary projects within Google’s global data-center fleet. You’ll coordinate with engineering, design, and operations teams to plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate with executives.

You will diagnose mechanical/thermal escalations and lead projects to optimize cooling infrastructure and lifecycle reliability at scale across the worldwide data-center

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in technical program management focusing on critical infrastructure, heavy industry, or hyperscale data centers.

Responsibilities

• Act as the ultimate operational authority and escalation point for complex mechanical failures, thermal anomalies, hydraulic issues, and system-level cooling bottlenecks.
• Scope, prioritize, and drive multi-million dollar mechanical upgrades, remediation, or retrofit projects across the global fleet, taking ownership from concept to field operationalization.
• Lead specialized mechanical remediation and continuous improvement programs to eradicate bottlenecks, ensuring field telemetry, maintenance pain points, and post-mortem learnings inform upstream iterations.
• Provide critical mechanical engineering judgment to proxy senior leadership in technical disputes regarding operational feasibility, redundancy, fluid dynamics, and risk acceptance.
• Foster seamless integration between local SMEs, (regional plant engineers, construction/deployment engineering, and system/design engineering) to drive Design for operations principles.

Skills

Technical program mgmt

Mechanical engineering principles

Critical infrastructure

Thermal systems

Cross-functional leadership

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Google LLC is seeking a Technical Program Manager for Mechanical Operations Engineering to guide complex, multi-disciplinary projects within Google’s global data-center fleet. You’ll coordinate with engineering, design, and operations teams to plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate with executives.

You will diagnose mechanical/thermal escalations and lead projects to optimize cooling infrastructure and lifecycle reliability at scale across the worldwide data-center