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Data Center Mechanical Engineer, Liquid Cooling Systems

Austin, TX

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3 years of experience in thermal product architecture and design, covering passive to liquid-cooled AI products.
  • 3 years of experience in thermal management systems design, with liquid cooling.
  • 2 years of experience with silicon packaging architectures, design, and process-related interactions as well thermal and hydraulic analysis tools (e.g., CFD, FEA, Flow network modeling).
Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience in data center design and related cooling plant technologies (i.e., evap cooling, air and water cooled chillers).
  • Experience in experimental methods, metrology, and data analysis and product design principles, including DFMEA and DFM.
  • Experience with CAD (e.g., Solidworks).

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  • Experience with data center cooling systems, hydronic analysis, and chip-to-chiller architectures.

  • About the job

    Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

    With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).

    Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

    The US base salary range for this full-time position is $139,000-$207,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

    Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

    Responsibilities


    • Evaluate, design, and optimize liquid cooling components (e.g., cold plates, manifolds, heat exchangers, couplings).

    • Analyze designs for thermal efficiency and reliability, and model fluid flow, steady state, transient heat transfer, and pressure drop within cooling systems.
    • Optimize cooling designs for data center environments, ensuring system-level integration, and maintain data center cooling systems, hydronic analysis, Cooling distribution units (CDUs), and chip-to-chiller architectures.
    • Focus on design failure mode and effect analysis(DFMEA),Design for Manufacturing(DFM) performance, and reliability.
    • Design, execute, and analyze experimental setups to validate thermal models and cooling system performance.

    Client-provided location(s): Austin, TX, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Redmond, WA, USA
    Job ID: Google-144019789333832390
    Employment Type: Full Time

    Perks and Benefits

    • Health and Wellness

      • Health Insurance
      • Dental Insurance
      • Vision Insurance
      • Life Insurance
      • Short-Term Disability
      • Long-Term Disability
      • FSA
      • HSA
      • Fitness Subsidies
      • On-Site Gym
      • Mental Health Benefits
    • Parental Benefits

      • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
      • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
      • Fertility Benefits
      • Adoption Assistance Program
      • Family Support Resources
      • Adoption Leave
    • Work Flexibility

      • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Office Life and Perks

      • Commuter Benefits Program
      • Casual Dress
      • Pet-friendly Office
      • Snacks
      • Some Meals Provided
      • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Vacation and Time Off

      • Paid Vacation
      • Paid Holidays
      • Personal/Sick Days
      • Leave of Absence
      • Volunteer Time Off
    • Financial and Retirement

      • 401(K) With Company Matching
      • Company Equity
      • Performance Bonus
      • Financial Counseling
    • Professional Development

      • Tuition Reimbursement
      • Internship Program
    • Diversity and Inclusion

      • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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