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ByteDance

Builds content apps, business software and AI

Data Center Mechanical Engineer

Building Services EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSão Paulo, State of São Paulo, BrazilNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a relevant discipline.
  • Knowledge of power and cooling designs and calculations to determine capacity requirements.
  • Understanding of power and cooling redundancy and its implementation in design, including 2N, N+1 Distributed Redundant, UTI, TIA-942, and ASHRAE standards.
  • Experience with cooling redundancy and implementing concurrent maintainability in design, including N+1 or N+2.
  • Experience leading or influencing engineering design and architect teams through data center conceptual, 30%, 60%, 90%, and detailed design processes.
  • Experience practicing data center tiering standards, such as TIA-942 Rated 3 or Uptime Tier 3, in a detailed design process.
  • Experience leading or influencing a construction team in data hall fit-outs, including information technology services coordination and power and cooling planning.
  • Experience leading or influencing a testing and commissioning team to perform L1 to L5 commissioning tests, validate design intent, and resolve technical problems.
  • Valid passport and ability to obtain necessary travel visas.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in and review data center site selection and contractual evaluations, design solutions, and project execution through construction to final site acceptance.
  • Participate in and review data center mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design and other necessary disciplines for new data center builds and data hall fit-outs.
  • Create data hall layout plans and perform test fits to validate server capacity plans and failover calculations.
  • Participate in testing and commissioning discussions to determine the tests required to verify design elements.
  • Support the data center engineering facilities management team in becoming a subject matter expert and understanding how to overcome design limitations and risks.
  • Conduct periodic audits or assessments to evaluate the effectiveness and practicality of designs in use at data centers.
  • Explain data center infrastructure design to visitors as an ambassador for the organization.
  • Identify ways to collaborate and advance mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design to meet future business needs.
  • Maintain collaborative working relationships with partner teams, vendors, teammates, and internal customers.
  • Travel internationally up to six times per year, including to China, the Americas, and South Asia.

Desired Qualifications

  • Four or more years of experience in data center engineering.
  • Mechanical and/or electrical engineering experience with equipment such as generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, uninterruptible power supplies, and electrical sub-distribution systems.
  • Experience with liquid cooling for information technology systems.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with attention to clarity and detail.

About the Company

ByteDance

Builds content apps, business software and AI

ByteDance builds content and creation apps for consumers, alongside collaboration software and AI services for businesses. Its video platforms connect viewers with creators, while CapCut gives people tools to edit and publish videos. The group also develops Lark for workplace communication and shared documents, and its Seed research teams build language, image, video, and speech models used in consumer apps and sold through BytePlus cloud services. It earns money from advertising, commerce services, paid software subscriptions, and usage of its enterprise technology. ByteDance was founded in 2012 and has its operational headquarters in Beijing, China.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Private
Total funding
$35.1B
Headquarters
Haidian, China
Founded
2012

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