Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer, Power Generation and Gas Transmission Infrastructure

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).

As a Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer, you will serve as the principal technical authority and chief architect for utility-scale power generation assets and associated midstream gas transmission infrastructure. This role is strictly focused on deep-domain technical mastery, engineering execution, and design governance. You will own the mechanical design, thermal cycle efficiency, stress analysis, and fluid dynamics for complex systems—including Combined Cycle Power Plants (CCPP), utility-scale Combined Heat and Power (CHP) configurations, and high-pressure natural gas pipeline transmission systems feeding generation assets.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Own the thermodynamic design and configuration of Combined Cycle Power Plants and heavy CHP installations.
• Direct the mechanical layout, material selection, and advanced stress analysis (via CAESAR II) for high-energy piping systems, including main steam, hot/cold reheat, and boiler feedwater networks.
• Serve as the final technical reviewer for massive utility systems, including large-scale chilled water plants (up to 85,000+ tons), open/closed-loop cooling towers, deaerators, and fuel conditioning skids.
• Engineer the mechanical and fuel-delivery systems required for plant isolation, dead-bus closing, and black start recovery, ensuring prime movers handle rapid load steps and thermal shock during grid restoration.
• Optimize heat rates, mass-energy balances, and transient performance of heavy-duty gas turbines, steam turbines, and Heat Recovery Steam Generators.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of deep technical design experience within power generation utilities, industrial facilities, or midstream gas transmission infrastructure.
• 12 years of engineering experience with aeroderivative and gas turbines (e.g., GE 7HA/9HA, LM6000), multi-stage steam turbines, and Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs).
• 12 years of experience designing natural gas pipelines.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Thermal/Fluid Sciences.
• Registered Professional Engineer (PE).
• Experience in Data Center Management and Data Centers.
• Knowledge of Power and Power Amplifiers.
• Ability to utilize on-site Power Generation Design and Commissioning.

Note: Google's hybrid workplace includes remote and in-office roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

In-office locations: New York, NY, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Council Bluffs, IA, USA; Moncks Corner, SC 29461, USA; Reston, VA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Remote location(s): California, USA; New Jersey, USA; New York, USA.

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