Principal Mechanical Engineer

With a strong reputation for technical excellence and long-term client relationships, this organization offers the opportunity to work alongside industry experts, influence major infrastructure projects, and help solve some of today's most challenging engineering problems. Information collected and processed as part of your Jobot candidate profile, and any job applications, resumes, or other information you choose to submit is subject to Jobot's Privacy Policy, as well as the Jobot California Worker Privacy Notice and Jobot Notice Regarding Automated Employment Decision Tools which are available at jobot.com/legal.

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Salary: $200,000 - $300,000 per year

A bit about us:

We are a growing engineering and project delivery firm known for executing complex, high-impact projects across industrial, energy, manufacturing, and mission-critical markets. With a strong reputation for technical excellence and long-term client relationships, this organization offers the opportunity to work alongside industry experts, influence major infrastructure projects, and help solve some of today's most challenging engineering problems.

Why join us?

• Stable, well-established organization with a strong backlog of projects
• Known for taking on technically challenging and highly visible work
• Collaborative culture where senior engineers have a voice and can influence standards and best practices
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge infrastructure, critical facility, and advanced technology projects
• Strong investment in employee development and technical growth
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams on large-scale projects from concept through commissioning
• Entrepreneurial environment where technical leaders help shape the future direction of the business

Job Details

In this highly visible role, you'll serve as the go-to technical expert for advanced mechanical systems, helping drive innovation in cooling technologies, sustainable design, and operational resilience. You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, mentor engineers, and play a key role in expanding a rapidly growing market sector.

What You'll Do

• Lead the design and technical direction of advanced cooling and HVAC systems supporting mission-critical environments.
• Develop engineering standards, best practices, and scalable design approaches used across major projects.
• Drive innovative solutions involving chilled water systems, air-cooled technologies, liquid cooling applications, and emerging thermal management strategies.
• Partner with electrical, controls, and construction teams to deliver fully integrated infrastructure solutions.
• Optimize system performance, energy efficiency, and resiliency through thoughtful engineering and design.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, presenting technical solutions and helping guide project strategy.
• Evaluate equipment vendors and emerging technologies to ensure best-in-class solutions.
• Lead design reviews, commissioning strategies, constructability assessments, and technical quality initiatives.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to the growth of a world-class technical team.
• Support business development efforts and help expand a fast-growing practice serving critical infrastructure markets.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration preferred.
• Extensive experience designing complex mechanical systems within mission-critical, industrial, utility, energy, advanced manufacturing, or similar environments.
• Strong understanding of cooling systems, HVAC infrastructure, redundancy strategies, and reliability-focused design.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering efforts and managing technically challenging projects.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, project teams, contractors, and executive stakeholders.
• Background working within EPC, design-build, consulting engineering, or integrated project delivery environments.

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