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Posted 12 June, 2026
Google

Data Center Engineer, Modular Structures

Google
Seattle WA USA Full Time
In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Structural Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (PE).
  • 3 years of experience auditing, interpreting, validating structural calculations, site plans, and geotechnical reports.
  • 3 years of experience with engineering code interpretation, and structural analysis software (e.g., STAAD.Pro, SAP2000, RISA, ABAQUS, etc.).
  • 3 years of experience in structural design for industrial projects and designing modular and prefabricated structures.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in structural engineering, manufacturing engineering, or similar.
  • Experience working as an owner’s engineer or lead design engineer in mission-critical facilities such as data centers, oil and gas, or similar heavy industrial sectors.
  • Experience integrating traditional building structural engineering with manufacturing operations, focusing on modular structures or pre-fabricated assemblies (enclosures for Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) equipment)
  • Experience in detailing gaskets, hinges, weather sealing, and working within strict manufacturing tolerances.
  • Knowledge of international building codes (e.g. IBC, Eurocode) alongside local municipal regulations to ensure design compliance.

About the job

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.

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 are 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.

In this role, you will drive the development and implementation of modular and pre-fabricated structures for hyper-scale data centers. You will lead the review and validation of modular designs, auditing program drawings, calculations, and interface coordination. Beyond project-level oversight, you will take ownership of product template designs, drive improvements to modular and prefabricated standards. You will have cross-disciplinary expertise to seamlessly coordinate with Geotechnical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Architectural, Systems, and Telecom teams, ensuring all designs are continuously optimized for cost, schedule, and reliability.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $121000 - $175000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary technical lead for structural scopes, thoroughly evaluating and approving drawings, calculations, and models for accuracy, constructability, and alignment with project requirements, with an emphasis on modular construction and manufacturing feasibility.
  • Drive interdisciplinary coordination with civil, mechanical, electrical, systems, and other discipline teams to ensure modular and prefabrication requirements seamlessly integrated into the overarching structural plans.
  • Partner with manufacturing teams, vendors, and consultants to bridge the gap between traditional building structural engineering and precision manufacturing processes, ensuring modular components are built to strict quality standards.
  • Develop, maintain, and implement internal owner design guidelines, performance specifications, and standardization strategies across multiple data center development initiatives, incorporating design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA) principles.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.