Vice President, Mechanical Innovation

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and GPU clusters for AI training and inference. IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC.

The VP, Mechanical Innovation is the senior mechanical engineering leader in IREN's Innovation organization, leading a team of principal mechanical engineers who serve as the subject matter experts in mechanical engineering across the Innovation organization. This team provides deep technical authority across the Next-Generation Data Center Architecture program, the Industrialized Delivery & Modular Construction program, and the broader engineering, construction, and commissioning organizations.

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and GPU clusters for AI training and inference. IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC.

The VP, Mechanical Innovation is the senior mechanical engineering leader in IREN's Innovation organization, leading a team of principal mechanical engineers who serve as the subject matter experts in mechanical engineering across the Innovation organization. This team provides deep technical authority across the Next-Generation Data Center Architecture program, the Industrialized Delivery & Modular Construction program, and the broader engineering, construction, and commissioning organizations.

This role ensures that mechanical systems strategy — spanning cooling infrastructure, fluid systems, thermal management, and structural integration — is developed with a unified approach and applied consistently across every program that shapes how IREN designs, builds, and operates its data center infrastructure.

• 15+ years of progressive mechanical engineering experience with demonstrated expertise in cooling system design, thermal management, fluid systems, and standards development within data center, mission-critical, energy, or industrial infrastructure.
• Proven track record as a senior mechanical authority on complex, multidisciplinary programs — establishing technical standards, governing interface decisions across mechanical, electrical, and structural disciplines, and delivering high-performance mechanical systems at scale.
• Deep expertise in air-side and liquid cooling architectures, cooling distribution design, fluid system engineering, thermal modeling and CFD, and mechanical system commissioning — with working familiarity across applicable codes and standards (ASHRAE, SMACNA, ASME, NFPA).
• Experience working across the innovation-to-execution boundary — developing concepts in ambiguous, research-stage environments and translating them into rigorous standards adopted by construction-stage teams; strong cross-functional influence and executive communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering required;
  Master's degree or PE registration preferred. Hyperscale or owner-operator data center experience highly valued. Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required (estimated 20–35%).

• Define and own IREN's mechanical innovation roadmap — establishing the strategic direction for how cooling, fluid, thermal, and structural systems are architected and standardized across the next-generation portfolio, with a mandate to drive improvements in PUE, deployment speed, reliability, and cost per MW.
• Translate emerging developments in advanced air-side cooling architectures, liquid cooling distribution, high-density thermal management, and computational fluid dynamics into concrete design positions and engineering standards that shape IREN's long-term infrastructure strategy.
• Monitor the frontier of mechanical engineering innovation — including next-generation cooling topologies, modular mechanical plant designs, prefabricated fluid systems, and advanced structural integration — identifying opportunities that could materially improve IREN's…