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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-timeSan Jose, CA, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a relevant discipline is required.
  • Knowledge of power and cooling designs and calculations to determine capacity requirements.
  • Understand power and cooling redundancy and its implementation in design, including 2N or N+1 Distributed Redundant, UTI, TIA-942, and ASHRAE standards.
  • Experience with cooling redundancy and how concurrent maintainability is implemented in design, including N+1 or N+2.
  • Experience leading or influencing engineering design and architect teams through the data center conceptual, 30%, 60%, 90%, and detailed design process.
  • Experience practicing data center tiering standards, including TIA-942 Rated 3 or Uptime Tier 3, in a detailed design process.
  • Experience leading or influencing a construction team to complete data hall fit-outs, including IT services coordination and power and cooling planning.
  • Experience leading or influencing a testing and commissioning team to perform L1 to L5 commissioning tests, validate system design intent, and resolve technical problems.
  • Mechanical and/or electrical engineering experience involving equipment such as generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, UPS, and electrical sub-distribution systems.
  • Experience with liquid cooling for IT systems.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with attention to clarity and detail.
  • A valid passport and ability to obtain necessary visas are required for international travel.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in and review data center site selection and contractual evaluations, design solutions, and support project execution through construction to final site acceptance.
  • Participate in and review data center MEP 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 required tests for verifying 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 and identify opportunities to collaborate and improve MEP design to meet future business needs.
  • Travel internationally up to six times per year, including to China, the Americas, and South Asia.

Desired Qualifications

  • Familiarity with data center mechanical system engineering designs, building industrial standards and codes, computational fluid dynamics modeling, power usage effectiveness calculations, systems commissioning, and systems availability analysis.
  • Experience with heat transfer and emergency power generation.
  • Four or more years of experience in data center engineering.

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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