Data Center Mechanical Engineer, Infrastructure Services

Data Center Mechanical Engineer, Infrastructure Services

Dallas - Fort Worth Metro Area, Texas, United States

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you'll do more than join something you'll add something. Are you able to bring reliable, efficient, flexible, cost-effective and sustainable data center mechanical designs and systems to life? We are seeking a Mechanical Engineer experienced in design, construction and operations of Critical Facilities to join our Data Center Engineering team of thinkers and doers, committed to delivering excellence for our next generation of data centers. This is a fast-moving, dynamic environment where flexibility, teamwork and resourcefulness are key attributes needed for success.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects through concept, schematic, design development, construction documents, construction administration, commissioning, and final close-out documents as technical lead for Mechanical Engineering team on new data center builds, refreshes, upgrades and renovations.
• Collaborating with multiple internal partners, customers and external project partners to drive delivery of data centers and infrastructure projects on time, within budget while meeting the highest quality, performance, reliability, and sustainability requirements.
• Hold architects, EoR, construction management, contractors, vendors and commissioning agents accountable on contract results and performance providing actionable feedback, directives and comments.
• Participate in factory tests, onsite testing, commissioning and other quality checks throughout the project.
• Proactively identifying, documenting, refining and incorporating lessons learned to improve operability, mitigate risks, and/or optimize project schedule, budget and build quality.
• Provide ongoing engineering support for smooth transition to production and operations teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or a related field or equivalent job-related experience
• 5+ years experience with large mechanical cooling systems
• Ability to travel

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Mission Critical facilities design, construction and/or operations
• 2+ years of operational experience as a mechanical engineer data center domain expert
• Model system performance, efficiency and reliability to prescribe improvement opportunities
• Experience with complex system upgrade projects or refreshes to operating facility and site
• Ability to Identify and resolve project issues, problems and deficiencies early and directly
• Pragmatic and intuitive system design skills to reduce operational complexity and risks
• Complex Level 5 integrated systems test (IST) and commissioning experience
• Building Automation Systems (BAS) sequence of operations (SOO) development and tuning
• Deep dive on system and component failure, root-cause analysis (RCA's) and life expectancy

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.