Lead Reliability Engineer - Mechanical
RemoteUnited States or Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Conduct deep-dive thermodynamic, fluid-dynamic, and metallurgical forensics for critical fleet incidents, translating findings into binding engineering mandates to eliminate enterprise SLA risk. Review construction drawings and equipment specifications to issue Engineering Change Orders to Platform Delivery based on failure data. Perform rigorous, programmatic audits of active Data Center sites to ensure strict compliance with runbooks and maintenance standards. Lead technical validation of new cooling technologies within the Advanced Cooling Lab and integrate failure data into the High-Fidelity System Simulator. Communicate complex mechanical vulnerabilities and strategic reliability initiatives to senior leadership and cross-departmental executives.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of advanced mechanical industry experience
- advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering
- 6+ years of experience
- experience focused on hyperscale data center infrastructure
- experience with complex hydronic loops
- experience with massive-scale chiller plants
- Expert-level knowledge of critical system design
- Expert-level knowledge of operations
- Expert-level knowledge of repair
- Expert-level knowledge of maintenance
- Expert-level knowledge of troubleshooting
- Deep understanding of data center cooling technologies
- Deep understanding of chiller plants and equipment
- Deep understanding of thermodynamics
- Proven ability to analyze critical infrastructure sequence of operations
- Proven ability to analyze design parameters
- Proven ability to analyze alarms
- Proven ability to analyze performance trends
- Proven ability to identify systemic architectural flaws
- Expertise to create standards and programs required to ensure best in breed data center operations
- Expertise to transition local site knowledge into fleet-wide engineering policy
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