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Data Center Facility Thermal Design Engineer

AMD· Engineering
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Hybrid (Austin, TX)$200kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

The Data Center Facility Design Engineer leads end-to-end design, construction consultation, and operational readiness of customer data center environments, focusing on resilient, efficient, and scalable infrastructure across power, cooling, networking, and facility systems. The role is hands-on and deeply technical, requiring expertise in electrical/mechanical systems, redundancy planning, commissioning, and physical network integration for high-availability data center deployments.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and optimize data center cooling systems, including CRAC/CRAH units, chillers, cooling towers, liquid cooling, and airflow management.
  • Evaluate and recommend thermal redundancy strategies and ensure compliance with equipment heat-load requirements.
  • Specify capacity management and cooling performance monitoring.
  • Coordinate with global suppliers and manufacturers to specify appropriate systems and components needed for data center facility design and operation.
  • Support data center construction projects, including design review, vendor selection, equipment installation, and commissioning.
  • Manage coordination between electrical, mechanical, and other contractors.
  • Ensure all work complies with regulatory, safety, and industry standards.
  • Write guidelines and specifications for rack installation, power provisioning, structured cabling, and equipment lifecycle management.
  • Work with partners and contractors to conduct facility walkthroughs and incident responses during and after rack/cluster deployments.
  • Maintain documentation including MOPs, SOPs, EOPs, and facility drawings.
  • Support field engineering and data center operations teams and liaise with sites to perform root‑cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
  • Write functional specifications, design‑verification plans, and functional test procedures.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives across facility design, commissioning, and operational workflows to enhance uptime, efficiency, and scalability.
  • Serve as a technical advisor to cross‑functional engineering teams, providing guidance on power architecture, cooling technologies, and physical network integration.
  • Evaluate and recommend global suppliers, equipment vendors, and contractors based on performance, reliability, and alignment with long‑term data center strategy.
  • Establish and refine facility design standards, deployment guidelines, and best practices for AI cluster builds and high‑density compute environments.
  • Review and validate engineering drawings, specifications, and commissioning documentation to ensure compliance with ASHRAE, Uptime Institute, and applicable electrical/mechanical codes.
  • Mentor field engineering and operations teams on troubleshooting methodologies, root‑cause analysis, and preventive maintenance strategies.
  • Influence roadmap decisions by providing data‑driven insights into facility capacity, thermal performance, and infrastructure lifecycle planning.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering field.
  • Advanced degrees (Master’s or higher) in relevant disciplines are beneficial for candidates involved in complex facility design or large‑scale infrastructure planning.

Skills

Required:Electrical engineering grounding in data centersMechanical engineering in cooling systemsProject construction and commissioningDocumentation and standardsCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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