Data Center Mechanical Engineer

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In the posting’s own words

As a Senior Data Center Mechanical Engineer based in Sydney, you’ll lead the design direction and technical oversight of building mechanical systems — cooling, chilled-water distribution, liquid cooling, plumbing, and fire protection — across our rapidly expanding Asia Pacific (APAC) portfolio. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on driving and reviewing mechanical design from concept through detailed design and construction documentation produced by external engineering firms and development partners, ensuring every facility meets Anthropic’s standards for reliability, efficiency, and scalability. You’ll own the mechanical design direction from Basis of Design through construction and commissioning, serving as the primary technical interface between Anthropic’s internal teams and our external engineering and development partners.

What it asks for · 8

• Have 10+ years of experience designing building mechanical systems for data centers or mission-critical facilities, across the project lifecycle from concept design through construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Have deep familiarity with Australian mechanical, hydraulic, and fire codes and standards — including the National Construction Code (NCC, incl. Section J energy efficiency), AS/NZS 1668.1 and AS 1668.2 (ventilation and fire/smoke control), AS/NZS 3500 (plumbing and drainage), AS 2118 (automatic fire sprinkler systems), AS/NZS 3666 (air-handling and water systems), and AS/NZS 5149 (refrigerating systems), alongside ASHRAE guidance (incl. TC 9.9).
• Have strong knowledge of chilled-water systems, air-cooled cooling plants, liquid cooling (direct-to-chip and CDUs), and redundant piping configurations.
• Have hands-on experience with prefabricated and modular mechanical infrastructure — modular cooling skids, prefabricated piping assemblies, and design for offsite manufacture.
• Have experience driving and reviewing mechanical design work produced by external engineering consultants, and are proficient reading and marking up construction drawings, P&IDs, and single-line diagrams.
• Hold a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering; RPEQ or CPEng registration (or eligibility) is valued but not required.
• Communicate clearly and can drive technical decisions across internal teams and external partners, and are results-oriented with a bias toward practical solutions.
• Are able to travel up to ~30% to data center sites across the region.

Also a plus

• 15+ years of experience designing building mechanical systems for data centers or mission-critical facilities.
• Direct project experience delivering data centers in multiple APAC markets (e.g., Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Korea).
• Experience with thermal-hydraulic modeling software (AFT Fathom, Cadence 6SigmaET, ANSYS, or similar), CFD modeling, and energy analysis.
• Familiarity with controls/BAS systems and sequences of operation for cooling plants.
• Experience preparing SOWs, facility audits, and TCO analyses.
• A track record building modular prefabricated products in mechanical or electrical areas of the data center, and driving designs toward offsite manufacturing.
• Proficiency with Revit MEP or AutoCAD MEP.

Degree language

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering; RPEQ or CPEng registration (or eligibility) is valued but not required.

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• design41×
• mechanical40×
• systems23×
• cooling21×
• data17×
• construction16×
• experience15×
• modular15×
• external11×
• prefabricated11×
• drive10×
• partners10×
• data center9×
• mechanical design9×
• piping9×
• as/nzs8×

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