ByteDance
Data Center Mechanical Engineer
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 4 years or more in data center engineering (preferred).
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or relevant disciplines.
- Visa sponsorship
- International travel up to 6 times per year, including China, the Americas, and South Asia; candidates must have a valid passport and be able to obtain the necessary visas.
About the job
Supports Americas data center projects by reviewing mechanical and MEP designs, validating capacity and redundancy plans, and guiding projects through construction, commissioning, and site acceptance.
What you'll do
- Review site selection, contracts, designs, and project execution through construction and final acceptance.
- Review MEP designs, create data hall layouts and test fits, and validate server capacity and failover calculations.
- Participate in commissioning discussions and audits, advise facilities teams, and explain infrastructure designs to visitors.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant disciplines.
- Knowledge of power and cooling design, capacity calculations, power and cooling redundancy, and concurrent maintainability.
- Experience leading or influencing data center design, fit-outs, and L1 to L5 commissioning; mechanical and/or electrical systems experience.
- Liquid cooling for IT systems; strong verbal and written communication skills with attention to clarity and detail.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with data centre mechanical system designs, industrial standards and codes, CFD modeling, PUE calculations, commissioning, and systems availability analysis.
- Heat transfer and emergency power generation experience.
Tools
CFD modeling, PUE, TIA-942, ASHRAE, UTI, UPS
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