Data Center Infrastructure Mechanical Engineer

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

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Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Senior From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Data Center Infrastructure Mechanical Engineer San Francisco, California, United States About the Team OpenAI is building the infrastructure foundation for the next generation of AI. The Data Center Engineering team defines the strategy, reference architectures, technical requirements, and delivery standards for the large-scale data centers that support OpenAI research, products, and infrastructure partners. As a Data Center Infrastructure Mechanical Engineer, you will help design, validate, and scale the cooling and mechanical systems that make high-density AI compute possible. You will work across thermal architecture, equipment development, manufacturing validation, construction, commissioning, deployment, and operations, partnering with research, hardware engineering, data center engineering, supply chain, EHS, operations, and external delivery partners. About The Role We are seeking a senior mechanical infrastructure engineer to lead the development of reliable, efficient, safe, and scalable thermal architectures for high-density, liquid-cooled AI data centers. This role is ideal for someone who can translate evolving compute and rack-level thermal requirements into practical infrastructure designs, evaluate complex equipment and vendor solutions, and drive technical decisions across facilities, hardware, controls, telemetry, testing, commissioning, and operations. The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience with mission-critical mechanical systems at data center or comparable critical infrastructure scale, including chilled water plants, condenser water systems, cooling towers, dry coolers, pumps, heat exchangers, CDUs, manifolds, CRAHs, air handlers, filtration, water treatment, controls, liquid distribution, and high-density rack cooling interfaces. Key Responsibilities - Define mechanical and cooling infrastructure requirements and reference architectures for AI data center campuses, including heat rejection, chilled water, condenser water, liquid

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