Senior Operations Engineer, Mechanical, Third Party Data Centers
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 11, 2026. Google scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the job
The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and HVAC systems in the world. Facilities Technicians at Google data centers operate, monitor and support physical facilities conditions. Some of these duties will include heating and cooling of air and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution and control and monitoring systems. You regularly help inspect, maintain and repair various data center systems such as piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical system components).
As an advocate for best practices, you develop creative approaches to reducing operational costs while improving overall data center efficiency. You ensure that environmental and safety standards are consistently met, identifying problems and making repairs quickly. In emergency situations or abnormal conditions, you manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize the recovery time from failures.
As a Facilities Technician, you will operate, monitor, and support physical facilities conditions for our data centers.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.
We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.Germany: €112000 - €114000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Integrate operability and maintainability principles into all stages of the project life cycle, engaging proactively during the concept design phase to optimize operations and maintenance efficiency.
- Drive transition and operational handover of new infrastructure builds and site expansions into live operations. Serve as the primary PoC representing operations during all commissioning stages of new builds and expansions.
- Evaluate detailed engineering and architectural designs to ensure strict compliance with local codes, Google's internal operational requirements, and DfO guidelines.
- Ensure site is fully prepared for day-to-day operations by verifying that all critical spare parts are on hand and all equipment settings have been successfully verified and signed off prior to go-live.
- Identify and document the mitigation of operations-related risks during the design stage, ensure any unresolved items are properly transferred to the risk register and project memos.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Associate's degree or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 9 years of experience in data center operations, critical facilities management, or facility commissioning.
- Experience working with mechanical, electrical, or control systems infrastructure.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with Design for Operability (DfO) principles, or integrating operations and maintenance requirements into facility design and construction phases.
- Experience evaluating detailed engineering designs, blueprints, schematics, and Sequence of Operations (SOO) documents.
- Solid understanding of the operations and maintenance of mechanical, electrical systems in a data center environment.
- Proven ability to track complex project risks, manage commissioning documentation handovers, and drive technical issues to resolution.
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to act as a bridge between design, construction, and operations teams.