In response to Oracle’s continued growth and increased concurrent data center design and delivery programs, Oracle is recruiting a Principal Data Center Mechanical Engineer to provide technical leadership across mission critical data center projects.
This role serves as a principal mechanical design lead and owner-side technical authority responsible for ensuring that Oracle’s data center infrastructure is designed, evaluated, and delivered in alignment with Oracle’s performance, reliability, redundancy, scalability, and operational requirements. The role interfaces directly with Oracle’s internal stakeholders, colocation and data center partners, design consultants, equipment manufacturers, and cross-functional engineering teams.
The Principal Data Center Mechanical Engineer will support projects across site selection, technical due diligence, new construction, phased expansions, retrofits, upgrades, and high-density compute deployments. The position requires deep mechanical engineering expertise, strong mission critical facility experience, and the ability to translate Oracle’s IT equipment cooling needs into clear, enforceable building infrastructure requirements.
This role will have particular focus on mechanical infrastructure strategy, liquid cooling, owner’s performance requirements, design standards, design reviews, equipment qualification, and cross-discipline coordination with electrical, controls, architecture, structural, construction, hardware, networking, operations, and commissioning teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead mechanical engineering design and technical direction for assigned data center projects, including new construction, colocation developments, phased expansions, retrofits, upgrades, and acquisition conversions. Provide owner-side engineering leadership to ensure projects meet Oracle’s technical, operational, reliability, redundancy, maintainability, and performance requirements.
- Support site selection and technical due diligence for prospective data center sites. Evaluate mechanical infrastructure risk, reliability, redundancy, resiliency, capacity, expandability, operational constraints, and alignment with Oracle’s performance and deployment requirements. Provide clear technical recommendations to support site selection, contracting, and project execution decisions.
- Develop and maintain owner’s performance requirements, mechanical basis of design criteria, specifications, design standards, and technical guidelines for data center mechanical systems. Translate Oracle’s business, operational, and IT equipment requirements into clear infrastructure requirements for design partners, colocation providers, consultants, contractors, and equipment manufacturers.
- Provide technical leadership for high-density compute and liquid cooling deployments, including direct-to-chip liquid cooling, technology cooling systems, cooling distribution units, heat rejection systems, water quality considerations, controls integration, deployment strategies, and scalable design approaches. Work with internal hardware and platform teams to understand ITE cooling requirements and translate those requirements into building infrastructure design criteria.
- Lead cross-functional coordination with electrical, controls, architecture, structural, plumbing, fire protection, hardware, networking, construction, commissioning, operations, procurement, and external design teams. Identify technical dependencies, resolve design conflicts, evaluate tradeoffs, and drive alignment across disciplines.
- Perform detailed design reviews for data centers being designed or built for Oracle. Review drawings, specifications, sequence of operations, CFD studies, equipment selections, calculations, controls narratives, commissioning documentation, and other technical deliverables to verify alignment with Oracle standards, design intent, operational expectations, and project-specific requirements.
- Work directly with colocation providers, consultants, contractors, and engineering partners to ensure mechanical systems are properly designed, specified, installed, commissioned, and capable of supporting robust data center operation. Provide technical direction and feedback throughout design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
- Lead mechanical equipment qualification and technical evaluation efforts for major data center systems and components. Work directly with equipment manufacturers to pre-qualify products for use on Oracle projects, including development of technical specifications, performance requirements, test scripts, factory witness testing protocols, review of submittals, evaluation of test results, and final technical feedback or sign-off.
- Identify and resolve complex mechanical and cross-functional engineering issues requiring independent judgment, technical depth, and strong initiative. Evaluate alternatives, assess risk, develop recommendations, and drive decisions that improve reliability, scalability, maintainability, speed to market, and execution quality.
- Contribute to the development of Oracle’s mechanical design standards, policies, procedures, and lessons-learned processes. Incorporate findings from design reviews, audits, operational feedback, commissioning activities, vendor engagement, and field experience into improved standards and repeatable workflows.
- Develop technical whitepapers, design guidance, technical narratives, presentations, and training materials for internal stakeholders and external partners. Provide clear explanations of design intent, system operation, infrastructure requirements, and operational considerations for teams such as operations, construction, procurement, and regional delivery teams.
- Mentor junior engineers and support the technical development of the broader team. Share subject matter expertise, review work products, provide guidance on technical decision-making, and contribute to training programs for newer team members.
- Provide expert input to contracts, scopes of work, change orders, technical exhibits, procurement documents, cost forecasts, and other project documentation where mechanical infrastructure requirements, risks, or performance criteria must be clearly defined.
- Represent Oracle in technical meetings, design summits, vendor workshops, factory witness testing, commissioning reviews, and engineering forums. Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders and provide senior-level technical leadership in support of Oracle’s data center delivery objectives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
- Professional Engineering license preferred.
- Extensive experience in mechanical engineering design, construction, commissioning, or owner-side technical leadership for mission critical facilities, data centers, or similarly complex infrastructure.
- Strong working knowledge of data center mechanical systems, including chilled water systems, evaporative cooling, airside cooling, liquid cooling, heat rejection, pumping systems, controls, redundancy strategies, maintainability, commissioning, and operational risk.
- Experience with high-density compute environments and liquid cooling technologies preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to review and interpret mechanical drawings, specifications, controls sequences, CFD analyses, calculations, commissioning documentation, and equipment submittals.
- Experience developing technical standards, basis of design documents, owner’s requirements, specifications, whitepapers, or design guidance.
- Ability to coordinate across multiple engineering disciplines and stakeholder groups, including hardware, electrical, controls, architecture, structural, construction, operations, procurement, and external design partners.
- Strong technical writing, communication, and leadership skills.
- Ability to evaluate complex technical issues, make risk-based recommendations, and drive alignment across internal and external teams.
Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $126,200 to $264,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
- Short term disability and long term disability
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
- Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - IC5