Mechanical Engineer

• Review and approve Methods of Procedure (MOPs) for critical live mechanical work
• Ensure technical accuracy, proper sequencing, redundancy protection, risk mitigation, and abort/back-out provisions
• Serve as a mechanical escalation point for operations during maintenance, non-routine work, and incident response
• Act as the mechanical subject matter expert for critical cooling infrastructure
• Provide operational guidance and support to data center operations teams
• Identify PUE and WUE optimization opportunities
• Guide site teams on mechanical and controls improvements using Sequence of Operation knowledge and industry best practices
• Develop and standardize operating procedures, engineering standards, and end-of-life asset management strategies
• Develop business cases for energy-efficiency and sellable-capacity projects
• Perform engineering evaluations, lifecycle cost analyses, and internal rate-of-return assessments
• Provide technical leadership through design review, construction, commissioning, and operational handover
• Partner with site operations and construction teams to validate system functionality and design intent
• Verify operational readiness before system acceptance
• Coach teams and share knowledge to advance operational excellence
• Support root-cause investigations and incident response

Senior Mechanical Engineer – Technical Engineering Services

• Provide expert consultation and develop network designs for wireless, wireline, and broadband infrastructure
• Develop and manage detailed network designs and architecture
• Ensure scalability, efficiency, and specifications for network migrations
• Deploy network solutions and integrate new components
• Provide initial support and resolve system failures
• Implement circuit provisioning standards
• Monitor and optimize network performance
• Assess client networks and make improvement recommendations
• Troubleshoot network issues
• Maintain detailed records and ensure compliance with standards
• Author process documentation, methods, procedures, and engineering documents
• Coordinate with stakeholders and vendors
• Manage projects from conception to completion
• Prepare cost/benefit estimates
• Oversee presentations, negotiations, and installations
• Lead significant design projects and ensure compliance
• Operate autonomously with frequent senior leadership interaction

Senior Network Design Engineer

• Design the mechanical architecture for advanced liquid level sensing systems, including guided wave radar probes, capacitive sensing structures, and ultrasonic sensor housings
• Develop sensor designs capable of surviving years of operation in extreme duty cycles
• Design systems to withstand severe vibration and mechanical shock, extreme temperatures (–40°C to +125°C+), fluid exposure and chemical attack, dust, contamination, and pressure variations
• Focus on structural integrity, sealing and environmental protection, electronics packaging, probe and waveguide design, and durable, corrosion-resistant material selection
• Perform failure analysis and root cause investigations
• Solve vibration-induced fatigue, thermal expansion mismatch, fluid interaction, and ruggedized electronics packaging reliability problems
• Design and perform FEA analysis for rapid failure analysis
• Own mechanical design from concept through production
• Lead prototype development, testing, and design iteration
• Balance performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost in design decisions
• Work within automotive-grade development systems including APQP, DFMEA / PFMEA, and design verification and validation testing
• Support processes aligned with IATF 16949 quality systems

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

• Create and revise 2D CAD drawings, including floor plans, wiring diagrams, device layouts, control schematics, and riser diagrams
• Translate engineer and designer markups into clean, accurate drawings
• Update and organize CAD files, layers, title blocks, and drawing standards
• Prepare as-built drawings from field markups and installation changes
• Assist with project submittal packages, control diagrams, and detail sheets
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, project managers, and field technicians to align drawings with design intent and field conditions
• Incorporate mechanical, electrical, and architectural backgrounds to place devices and equipment correctly
• Participate in internal drawing reviews for accuracy and project compliance
• Communicate inconsistencies or missing information in sketches and specifications
• Ensure drawings comply with company standards, templates, and file-naming conventions
• Maintain version control and document revisions throughout the project lifecycle
• Check drawings for dimensional accuracy, clarity, and constructability

Design Engineer

• Provide engineering expertise and support for mechanical equipment, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
• Conceptualize innovative mechanical design solutions, considering safety, efficiency, and industry standards.
• Perform stress analysis on mechanical components and systems to ensure their integrity and durability.
• Produce detailed design layouts and drawings, adhering to engineering standards and best practices.
• Conduct tolerance studies and review design documentation to maintain high-quality standards.
• Research and specify purchased component parts, ensuring compatibility and cost-effectiveness.
• Design and implement test plans for components and systems, validating their performance and functionality.
• Generate comprehensive engineering reports, documenting design processes, analyses, and outcomes.
• Stay updated with the latest hardware and software technologies to enhance our equipment offerings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to participate in the initial equipment conceptualization, development, and specification.

Senior Mechanical Engineer – Mud Pump

• Support clients’ compliance programs and corrosion field requirements
• Develop new asset integrity programs adapted to changing environments
• Collaborate with project engineers, project managers, and designers as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Deliver high-quality engineering solutions
• Participate in occasional project visits and in-person meetings in Dallas, TX

Design Engineer – Integrity

• Develop design concepts from a clean sheet and size vehicle structures based on flight loads
• Collaborate with peers from different vehicle systems to balance mass, cost, and capability
• Create detailed designs and generate CAD models in NX for components, assemblies, and vehicle integration
• Build finite element models and analyze structures to verify vehicle requirements
• Apply first-order hand calculations and empirical formulas to assess and iterate designs
• Build development articles to test individual joints and design elements for strength
• Perform structural testing on subassemblies and full airframe sections
• Partner with build engineers and technicians to improve designs
• Support factory assembly of hardware and observe designs through production and flight

Principal Mechanical Engineer – Starship

• Serve as IREN's internal subject matter expert in mechanical and HVAC engineering
• Provide technical guidance on air-side cooling, cooling distribution, fluid systems, thermal management, CFD, and mechanical plant design for next-generation and industrialized data centers
• Develop and maintain cooling system layouts, equipment schedules, fluid schematics, CFD analyses, thermal performance models, and design basis documents
• Evaluate emerging mechanical and HVAC technologies, equipment, and methodologies
• Recommend improvements to thermal performance, system efficiency, and deployability
• Partner with NGDC and IMDC project engineers to translate Innovation standards and concepts into executable designs
• Review and technically approve mechanical designs, calculations, and specifications
• Support modular and prefabricated mechanical assemblies through design, factory acceptance testing, and field commissioning
• Coordinate mechanical and HVAC designs with electrical, structural, controls, and construction teams
• Participate in design reviews, interface meetings, and technical workshops
• Identify and escalate cross-discipline interface issues to the VP, Mechanical Innovation
• Support engineering, construction, and commissioning teams with RFIs, design clarifications, submittals, and field technical support
• Support commissioning, functional testing, thermal performance validation, troubleshooting, and as-commissioned documentation
• Capture field learnings to improve mechanical engineering standards and reduce future rework
• Develop and maintain standards, design criteria, equipment specifications, and calculation templates aligned with ASHRAE, SMACNA, ASME, NFPA, and IREN requirements
• Produce complete technical documentation of design intent, thermal assumptions, and interface requirements

Principal Engineer, Mechanical Innovation

• Own structural design and analysis for data center-centric power and cooling systems, including frames, enclosures, skids and mounting structures
• Perform and review structural calculations for static, dynamic, seismic, transport, wind, snow, installation and live load cases
• Ensure structural designs meet applicable codes, standards and jurisdictional requirements for global deployment
• Lead seismic qualification efforts, including floor response spectra evaluation and anchorage requirements
• Evaluate floor loading limits, elevated installations and site-specific structural constraints
• Ensure designs safely support heavy components such as large bus structures and transformers under operating and fault conditions
• Assess interactions with forklifts, cranes and rigging operations during manufacturing, transport and installation
• Ensure structural intent is accurately reflected in CAD models, drawings and released documentation
• Review and guide structural CAD layouts, weldments, fastener strategies and anchoring details
• Partner with mechanical and CAD teams to align analytical assumptions with physical design implementation
• Verify manufacturing drawings communicate load paths, interfaces and installation requirements
• Act as technical authority for regulatory, AHJ and customer structural signoff requirements
• Prepare, review and certify structural documentation for compliance and customer acceptance
• Respond to structural inquiries, findings and deviations from customers, inspectors and third-party reviewers
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality and supply chain teams to identify and mitigate structural risks
• Support prototype builds, qualification testing and production ramp-up through structural guidance and issue resolution
• Proactively identify structural risks that could lead to redesigns, production delays or field retrofits

Principal Structural Design Engineer – Data Center Infrastructure

• Develop and maintain a scalable design system authored in Stencil and distributed as framework-agnostic Web Components
• Extend the system to React and Angular consumers through framework wrappers and integration support
• Write semantic, accessible HTML aligned with WCAG and WAI-ARIA best practices
• Implement keyboard navigation, focus management, and screen reader support
• Ensure consistent behavior across browsers, devices, and assistive technologies
• Build modular, maintainable CSS for large-scale applications
• Build flexible, reusable, performant, accessible, and self-documenting components
• Translate Figma designs into production-ready code in collaboration with designers
• Contribute to design system documentation, coding standards, and best practices
• Integrate components into CI/CD pipelines and support unit, visual regression, and accessibility testing
• Explore and integrate AI capabilities into design system workflows
• Support component generation, design token mapping, and automated documentation
• Publish components, tokens, and usage guidelines in machine-readable formats with Storybook as the foundation

Mechanical Engineer jobs in Texas