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Senior Design Engineer, Mechanical
Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?
AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.
Having opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning…
Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.
A Snapshot
As a Senior Design Engineer - Mechanical based in either our North Sydney or Melbourne HQ you will report to a Senior Design Manager and work closely with various teams and leadership in Australia, making your mark in a number of ways:
- Lead the design, review, and optimisation of mechanical systems for hyperscale data centres, ensuring best-in-class energy efficiency, resilience and reliability.
- Drive the implementation of innovative critical cooling systems to support high-density deployments and sustainability targets.
- Mentor and develop junior engineers, fostering technical excellence and knowledge sharing across the team.
Your Day to Day
- Lead the development and review of mechanical designs for mission critical cooling systems and HVAC, ensuring compliance with project requirements and industry standards.
- Oversee the development of layouts, system schematics and equipment selections.
- Produce design calculations for critical cooling systems
- Interface with key customers and liaise on all key aspects of design.
- Lead and support CFD studies: define scope, review model inputs and assumptions, interrogate and interpret CFD results, and ensure findings are incorporated into design decisions.
- Identify and address risks related to airflow, temperature, and cooling performance.
- Actively coordinate design development process with other disciplines and stakeholders.
- Prepare basis of design, technical documentation and reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Support project team from inception to delivery of multi-MW hyperscale solutions
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or higher (required).
- Minimum 8 years’ experience in mechanical engineering, with at least 5 years in data centre or mission-critical environments.
- Demonstrated experience in HVAC and mission critical cooling system design for data centres or similar facilities.
- Understanding of critical electrical systems and infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of CFD principles, including the ability to define study scope, review model setup, and critically interrogate and interpret CFD results for both internal and external airflow scenarios.
- Familiarity with relevant industry codes and standards.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, demonstrated by successful project outcomes.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience in construction and commissioning is favourable but not essential.
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