Staff Mechanical Engineer
Lambda Labs · San Francisco Office (Fremont St) · San Jose Office (First St) · Bellevue Office
Infrastructureremotestaff$314k–$465k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own mechanical design standards for large-scale AI data centers.
- Design central plants, heat-rejection and direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems.
- Drive cooling failure investigations back into future facility designs.
What they offer
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
- 401k plan with 2% company match (USA)
- Flexible paid time off plan
Ideal candidate
Mission-driven mechanical engineer who thrives on large-scale, mission-critical design and cross-functional ownership, passionate about efficient cooling for AI infrastructure and turning operational lessons into better systems.
Requirements
- Experience designing mechanical systems for data centers, mission-critical facilities, central plants, or large industrial environments
- Understanding of hydronic systems, heat transfer, chilled-water systems, heat rejection, pumping, filtration and water treatment
- Ability to develop and review P&IDs, mechanical layouts, equipment schedules, specifications and engineering calculations
- Understanding of mechanical redundancy, failure domains, maintainability and operational requirements
- Ability to evaluate system performance across changing weather conditions and compute loads
- Understanding of applicable mechanical, plumbing, energy and safety codes and standards
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent practical experience
- remote policy
- 4 days onsite, work from home on Tuesdays
Lab profile
About Lambda Labs
The Superintelligence Cloud delivering GPU compute infrastructure for AI researchers and enterprises.
What they build
- GPU cloud infrastructure
- On-demand GPU instances
- Managed Kubernetes for AI workloads
Known for
- AI cloud infrastructure at scale
- HPC platform and hardware engineering
- Data center operations and networking
Key facts
- Serves tens of thousands of customers
- Offices in San Francisco, San Jose and Bellevue
- Data center in Quebec City, Canada
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