Staff Engineer, Data Center

At LinkedIn our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture connection clarity and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days as determined by the business needs of the team.

This role will be based in Mountain View CA Hillsboro OR Richardson TX Plano TX or Manassas VA.

The Data Center Engineering (DCE) team designs builds and maintains the physical facilities and infrastructure that support critical IT systems applications and data. Data Center Engineers ensure the stability reliability safety and security of data center operations to meet stringent uptime and performance targets. They lead the design construction commissioning and lifecycle maintenance of physical infrastructure drive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations implement corrective actions and collaborate with colocation providers while enforcing safety codes industry standards and best practices.

Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) Engineers within the DCE team apply deep electrical and mechanical engineering expertise to design construct and maintain data center facilities ensuring optimal efficiency and resilience across power and cooling systems.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead technical evaluation of data center engineering documents expansions and data hall fit-outs including review of electrical one-line diagrams mechanical system designs and infrastructure layouts. Partner with DC providers to measure and enforce lease SLAs assess power and cooling capacity and ensure compliance with LinkedIns redundancy resiliency and availability standards.
• Develop and maintain system-level resiliency and redundancy models that define load distribution failover sequences and power/cooling interdependencies to ensure infrastructure designs meet LinkedIns Tier-level and NX performance criteria.
• Support design and construction of new data centers expansions and retrofits. ensuring that electrical and mechanical systems meet design intent testing protocols commissioning standards and overall project delivery timelines.
• Contribute to LinkedIns liquid-cooling deployment strategy assessing various direct-to-chip cooling technologies comparing performance tradeoffs and operational impacts and providing data-driven recommendations to leadership for scalable implementation. Create appropriate metrics and tools to support monitoring and maintenance. 
• Perform and review advanced electrical and mechanical calculations and analysis including load flow short-circuit coordination arc-flash and thermal modeling to validate system performance and capacity under normal and failure conditions.
• Lead data center design standardization efforts including development maintenance and continuous improvement of the global Basis of Design (BOD) documentation. Define and update owners requirements design drawings technical specifications bill of materials and performance benchmarks to ensure consistency across regions and providers. 
• Lead and oversee commissioning and Integrated Systems Testing (IST) of new data center spaces retrofits and upgrades verifying end-to-end system performance against design specifications and operational requirements.
• Evaluate qualify and approve new electrical and mechanical systems equipment and components including vendor qualification and product testing to ensure standardization performance and long-term reliability across the global data center fleet.
• Develop and manage a comprehensive preventive and corrective maintenance program in collaboration with data center providers facility operators and internal operations teams. 
• Lead technical investigations and root cause analyses (RCA) for electrical and mechanical incidents driving corrective actions design improvements and global best practices. 
• Maintain and govern as-built documentation and technical records ensuring drawings submittals test reports and configuration data are accurate version-controlled and accessible to engineering capacity planning and operations teams. 
• Review and assess maintenance notifications Methods of Procedure (MOP) and change events for operational impact risk classification and compliance with resiliency standards and maintenance protocols. 
• Collaborate cross-functionally with capacity planning hardware engineering and network operations teams to forecast infrastructure growth plan scalable expansion and optimize power utilization and energy efficiency.
• Provide mentorship and advanced technical training to engineering and operations teams including troubleshooting electrical and mechanical systems diagnosing issues such as phase imbalance protection coordination thermal irregularities and liquid-to-chip cooling system failures.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Mechanical Industrial or Process Engineering
• 5 years of experience in defining designing and operating data center critical infrastructure.
• 3 years in direct data center construction experience.
• Experience creating and/or executing large-scale critical infrastructure maintenance and reliability programs.
• Ability to create clear consistent and understandable technical documentation to be leveraged by partner teams.
• Professional certifications such as Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) Professional Engineer (PE) Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Project Management Professional (PMP)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering Materials Engineering Reliability Engineering Electrical Engineering or related field AND 2 years technical project management program management mission-critical electrical infrastructure.
• 12 years in direct data center construction experience at a data center provider or constructor.
• Experience in management engineering or operations of hyperscale datacenter critical environments.
• Proficient in AutoCad and/or Revit as well as implementation or maintenance of DCIM applications.
• Ability to manage prioritize and successfully execute multiple concurrent mission-critical projects and communicate effectively to drive standards and consensus across multiple levels of the organization.

Suggested Skills:

• Data Center Design & Construction Administration
• Basis of Design (BOD) Development & Standardization
• Electrical Power Distribution Design and Analysis
• Mechanical & Thermal Systems Engineering (HVAC CFD Liquid-to-Chip Cooling)
• Vendor Qualification & Management
• Data Center Facilities Management
• AutoCAD / Revit / BIM Tools

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The pay range for this role is $133000 to $216000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information visit Information :

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