Facilities Mechanical and Controls Engineer - Data Center

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · California, Santa Clara, United States +1

This role is for a Facilities Mechanical and Controls Engineer focused on ensuring the reliability, performance, and safety of mechanical, HVAC, and control systems within data centers and critical facilities. Responsibilities include system design, analysis, troubleshooting, project development, and overseeing maintenance operations. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and 3+ years of experience with mechanical and control systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Ensure the availability, reliability, and maintenance of mechanical and HVAC systems (e.g., oil-free air systems, HVAC systems, chilled water plants, boilers) critical to supporting data centers, labs, and facility operations.
  2. Support daily efforts to achieve safety, reliability, and environmental compliance objectives for all facilities' mechanical systems.
  3. Design and analyze mechanical systems and equipment, troubleshoot systemic issues, and provide evaluation, recommendations, and solutions to resolve complex problems.
  4. Develop engineering scopes of work for mechanical projects, conduct feasibility studies, and review and evaluate the design of mechanical systems.
  5. Oversee industrial instrumentation and automation systems used for maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration, and programming of analytical instrumentation.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related discipline
  • 3+ years of field experience with mechanical systems - such as HVAC, fans, boilers, chillers, pumps, piping, valves, etc. and control systems (instrumentation, PLCs, etc.)

Nice to have

  • 3+ years’ experience supporting data centers and/or advanced laboratories.
  • Prior experience transitioning from hands-on roles to system ownership and oversight of vendor-driven maintenance and operations
  • Proven track record of mentoring and leading technical teams within critical environments or large-scale facilities
  • Proven ability to identify, analyze, and resolve immediate and systemic issues with technical equipment
  • Experience utilizing troubleshooting techniques and interpreting PandIDs (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams)