Data Center Mechanical System Architect

You will design, optimize, and scale cooling technology infrastructure to ensure system reliability, sustainability, and efficiency for high-density AI and cloud compute workloads, driving cost targets and speed-to-market objectives.

Responsibilities

• Design system topology and detailed schematics from heat rejection plant to rack-level cooling for air-cooling and liquid cooling applications
• Develop cooling solutions aligned with control philosophy to ensure continuous operation of diverse cooling technologies
• Plan capacity with thermal buffer or fast response to accommodate dynamic power demands from AI workloads
• Select and rightsize cooling technology equipment to meet peak demand while ensuring modularity and scalability
• Configure and sequence operations to optimize Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE)
• Perform computational fluid dynamics and hydraulic calculations to comply with environmental standards and heat transfer fluid service level agreements
• Standardize build-to-suit design templates to shorten design cycles and achieve cost targets
• Future-proof cooling technology designs to adapt to evolving workload demands
• Manage concurrent and fast-track projects, applying innovative design solutions and driving outcomes with internal and external partners

Required competencies and certifications

• Proven design experience across regional metropolitan areas
• Mechanical Professional Engineer (ACMV) with practicing certificate preferred
• Minimum 15 years in Data Centre Detail Design, including over 5 years in principal engineer or MEP manager roles
• Expertise in mechanical studies including air flow modeling, heat load calculation, hydraulic calculation, computational fluid dynamic modeling for hot air re-entrainment, temperature rise simulation, boundary noise simulation, and wind influence on hot air exhaust
• Experience designing and selecting equipment for make-up water tanks, thermal storage tanks, centralized diesel storage and delivery systems, goods lifts, and fireman lifts
• Familiarity with cooling methods such as direct and indirect evaporative cooling, closed circuit heat exchange, dry coolers, magnetic bearing chillers, cold plate liquid cooling, and immersion cooling
• Experience with chiller plant operation systems, sequence of operation, and PLC flow chart development
• Experience in energy modeling for Green Mark Data Centres
• Experience working in hyperscale data centers
• Proficiency in AutoCAD for design and drafting
• Willingness to travel based on project requirements

Preferred competencies and qualifications

• LEED professional credentials

Other Information

Interested candidates may send their CV to MAC (Reg No. R1221300) at anc1@anchorsearchgroup.com quoting the job title in the Subject line. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.