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About the Role

SB Energy is seeking a manager with deep industry and OEM experience to lead the mechanical and thermal procurement engineering team for owner-furnished, contractor-installed (OFCI) cooling equipment supporting AI data centers. You will own the cooling product roadmap, procurement technical requirements, basis of design, and equipment acceptance decisions for high-density computing. Working directly with clients, OEMs, and vendors, you will deliver highly reliable cooling at the best total cost of ownership (TCO).

Responsibilities

Own cooling equipment specifications, Basis of Design (BOD), configurations, and thermal/hydraulic interfaces.
Translate client requirements and Engineering/EOR design intent into procurement requirements.
Own cooling-package performance and integral controls, coordinating power-feed interfaces with Electrical.
Own the cooling product roadmap: thermal capacity and efficiency requirements, technology evaluation, pilots, standard product families, refresh cycles, and obsolescence.
Align with clients’ computing roadmaps and vendor capabilities to improve reliability and TCO.
Own cooling equipment fungibility criteria and technical equivalence decisions across OEMs, generations, and projects.
Validate duty points, footprints, fluid chemistry, materials, connections, controls, and service requirements.
Define limits on interchangeability and required adaptations.
Enable multi-sourcing through vendor-neutral specifications and technical approval of alternate cooling products.
Supply product assessments to Supplier Engineering, which owns OEM/factory qualifications.
Challenge vendor selections, performance curves, calculations, and exclusions with clients and Engineering.
Validate ambient and part-load performance, redundancy, maintainability, failure response, and compatibility.
Own product acceptance and deviation decisions within delegated authority.
Own cooling equipment TCO comparisons covering acquisition, installation, energy, water, fluids, maintenance, spares, replacement, and downtime exposure.
Use client operating needs and vendor evidence to recommend the most reliable, cost-effective solution.
Define equipment-specific Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Factory Witness Testing (FWT), and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) criteria, including thermal, hydraulic, leak, and controls performance.
Own cooling technical acceptance under Supplier Engineering’s common test framework.
Own cooling impact assessments for client/design changes and engineering dispositions for equipment defects.
Resolve thermal and mechanical issues through manufacturing and commissioning, providing decisions to TPM and technical input to Quality-led corrective actions.
Use operating results and field lessons to improve the cooling roadmap.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline with substantial thermal systems specialization required.
12+ years of progressively responsible experience in mechanical equipment engineering, thermal systems, procurement engineering, or OEM engineering, including substantial responsibility for mission-critical cooling equipment serving data centers.
Demonstrated mechanical and thermal subject matter expertise and success in building and leading engineering teams.
Experience hiring and developing category specialists, delegating decisions, managing performance, and ensuring adequate coverage across complex cooling portfolios.
Extensive experience within cooling equipment OEM or directly leading technical engagements with OEM engineering and manufacturing teams.
Proven ownership of equipment selection, supplier design reviews, performance testing, and difficult commissioning or operating issues.
Deep understanding of thermodynamics, heat transfer, hydronics, heat rejection, redundancy, controls, and maintainability.
Strong practical experience with high-density cooling and liquid-cooling interfaces, including fluid quality, materials compatibility, and leak management.
Ability to interpret equipment drawings, piping and instrumentation diagrams, performance maps, control sequences, and test evidence, and apply relevant mechanical, pressure-system, environmental, and equipment standards.
Strong commercial acumen, including total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis, technical bid evaluation, value engineering, and assessment of energy, water, service, and schedule of tradeoffs.
Ability to turn technical findings into clear business decisions.
A record of developing cooling product roadmaps, qualifying new technologies, and enabling fungibility and multi-sourcing.
Ability to prove technical equivalence and make independent decisions with incomplete information and competing deadlines.
Credibility with client technical leaders, OEMs, vendors, and internal partners.
Clear executive communication and constructive resolution of technical and commercial tradeoffs.
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally to factories, test facilities, client locations, and project sites.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering
Thermal Systems
Procurement Engineering
OEM Engineering
Mission-Critical Cooling Equipment
Data Centers
Thermodynamics
Heat Transfer
Hydronics
Heat Rejection
Redundancy
Controls
Maintainability
High-Density Cooling
Liquid Cooling
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Analysis
Technical Bid Evaluation
Value Engineering

Location

Redwood City
Denver
San Diego
Austin
Remote may be considered on case-by-case basis

Work Type

Full-time employees
Hybrid Office Setup

Experience Level

12+ years of progressively responsible experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline with substantial thermal systems specialization
Master’s degree or Professional Engineer (PE) license is an advantage

Salary/Compensations

$140,000 - $170,000

Benefits

100% Company-Paid Medical, Dental & Vision (for employees and dependents)
401(k) with Company Match
Generous Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays
12 Weeks Parental Leave
Life, AD&D & Long-Term Disability Coverage
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Medical, Dependent Care, Transit & Parking (with company contributions)
Mental, Physical & Social Wellness Support (with company contributions)
Flexible Work Arrangements
Monthly Reimbursement for Phone, Internet & Data
Optional Legal & Pet Insurance Plans
Device Purchase Support

About the Company

SB Energy is a leading infrastructure company backed by SoftBank Group and Ares Infrastructure, pairing cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution.
Our mission is to deliver reliable and secure data center and power infrastructure to strengthen America's future.
Founded in 2019, SB Energy is a SoftBank Group company headquartered in Redwood City, California.
SB Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates some of the largest and most technically advanced energy and data center infrastructure projects in the United States.
Since its founding, the company has rapidly grown into a top-tier integrated platform with more than 3 gigawatts (GW) in operation and a multi-GW pipeline of energy and data center infrastructure nationwide.
SB Energy also leverages a strong culture of innovation to identify and integrate new technologies into its projects, including its AI-based digital platform, delivering energy infrastructure that is local, reliable, and matched to load.
We are building the energy and infrastructure future—today.
Come join us in accelerating the energy and infrastructure transition!
At SB Energy, the success of our projects is driven by a desire to see our projects benefit as many people as possible.
We work to serve local communities through volunteering, fundraising, and much more.
We’re proud to support access and opportunity in engineering and clean energy through impactful mentorship programs and workforce training.
When you join SB Energy, you can become a part of these efforts, collaborating with team members who share a vision of building a better future now!

Equal Opportunity

SB Energy is built on a foundation of collaboration and inclusion.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.