Senior Vice President (SVP) - HVAC Design & Build, Hyperscale Data Centers

Job Roles and Responsibilities

• Personally design and engineer HVAC and cooling systems for hyperscale data centers.
• Produce and review mechanical drawings, HVAC layouts, cooling distribution plans, piping diagrams, airflow models, and equipment schedules.
• Develop cooling standards and scalable deployment templates for AI and GPU environments.
• Design chilled water systems, CRAH/CRAC systems, liquid cooling systems, CDU deployments, rear-door heat exchangers, and direct-to-chip cooling systems.
• Perform thermal analysis, airflow planning, and cooling load calculations.
• Optimize cooling efficiency, redundancy, scalability, and uptime.
• Lead full in-house HVAC design-build execution for hyperscale projects.
• Coordinate with contractors, vendors, commissioning agents, and field teams.
• Support construction execution, startup, equipment installation, and commissioning activities.
• Resolve field engineering and mechanical installation issues in real time.
• Establish HVAC engineering standards, QA/QC procedures, and deployment methodologies.
• Support rapid deployment schedules for hyperscale infrastructure projects.
• Serve as the senior technical authority for all HVAC and cooling infrastructure decisions.

Qualifications and Certifications

• 15+ years of hands-on HVAC and mechanical engineering experience in mission-critical or hyperscale environments.
• Proven experience designing and building cooling systems for large-scale data centers.
• Ability to independently create mechanical drawings, HVAC layouts, cooling specifications, construction packages, and equipment schedules.
• Deep expertise in chilled water systems, data center cooling infrastructure, mechanical system design, and thermal management.
• Strong understanding of hyperscale infrastructure, redundant mechanical systems, liquid cooling technologies, and commissioning procedures.
• Experience supporting AI or GPU high-density cooling environments.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit/BIM, CFD airflow modeling, and thermal load analysis preferred.
• Experience with direct-to-chip cooling systems, CDU deployment, and modular cooling systems preferred.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off