Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Analytics

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with mechanical infrastructure systems and researching merging technologies.
• Experience with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), energy modeling software, hydraulic analysis, thermal digital twins, Google Product Suite.
• Experience with design, commissioning, and testing of cooling/heating/power generation systems.
• Experience leveraging test data to validate and optimize mechanical systems.

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering or a Professional Engineering (PE) license.
• Experience with thermal analysis and data center cooling systems.
• Experience in innovating and developing advanced thermal system models in mission critical applications.
• Experience creating data center thermal digital twins.
• Proficiency in Python, ATK Fathom, Modelica or equivalent.

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. With a team of great minds, you take on complex topics such as how we use power or how to run state‑of‑the‑art, environmentally‑friendly facilities.

You are 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).

The Thermal Systems Engineering team stands at the forefront of accelerating innovation that powers Google’s global infrastructure. As a Mechanical Research Engineer on the Data Center Technology Systems (DCTS), a multidisciplinary group of engineers and architects dedicated to designing next‑generation data centers, you will play a key role in developing, analyzing, and optimizing the mechanical cooling infrastructure. You will use various analytical tools to reveal important data points in the design process for efficient mechanical systems.

You will be an excellent communicator, able to articulate complex ideas concisely across all digital mediums and provide recommendations to cross‑functional engineers and architects to enhance our data centers’ mechanical systems and accelerate construction.

US: $171,000 - $248,000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits.

• Develop chip‑to‑chiller steady‑state and transient models to optimize performance and predict complex failure modes through system‑level energy and failure analyses.
• Investigate and innovate next‑generation mechanical systems and emerging cooling technologies using thermodynamic principles to align with the strategic company objectives.
• Create system‑level concepts and schematic designs while guiding technology engagement through cross‑functional collaboration with Engineering and Operations teams.
• Perform evaluations factoring in Capital Expenditure (Capex), utility consumption to vet proposals from internal innovators, research institutes, and external suppliers.
• Author technical documentation and white papers to present research findings to leadership, ensuring infrastructure is optimized for the evolving demands of the machine learning fleet.

Google is proud to be an equal‑opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law.

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