Director, Mechanical Engineering
stackinfra · Denver, CO Remote · United States · Remote
Pay: USD 197,600 – 221,300 a year
Posted Aug 19, 2026
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THE COMPANY:
STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.
STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.
Job Description
THE POSITION:
The Director, Mechanical Engineering will support innovation initiatives, support campus master planning, and provide support to the Vice President, Architecture for a multi-phase, campus-scale construction project ensuring that cost-effective and energy efficient data center facilities are developed to meet the current and future needs of the company. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Oversee the preparation and final approval of project contract documents produced by third party design consultants.
Ensure that project designs are completed on schedule and within budget.
Supply engineering expertise and guidance on projects, operations, and systems within the company’s existing facilities.
Develop and maintain equipment specifications for owner furnished and contractor installed (OFCI) equipment and systems.
Support the procurement of owner furnished and contractor installed equipment and systems through vendor submittal reviews, approvals and factory witness testing.
Maintain and updates the legacy basis of design documents.
Assist in development of new basis of designs for emerging business needs.
Identify, recommend, and implement new technologies and systems to maximize energy and cost efficiency of the company’s data centers.
Communicate and implement engineering and design policies, practices, standards, and security measures to ensure effective and consistent operations.
Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in engineering and design trends related to the organizations industry.
Perform other duties as assigned.
THE DETAILS:
Location: Denver, CO preferred; Alternate STACK data center locations considered
Travel: Some domestic travel required, estimated 25-33%
Must be eligible to work in the United States
Must pass comprehensive background screening
MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS
Professional Engineer (PE) Registration is Preferred (Mechanical)
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent work experience
Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the design of data centers and specification of HVAC equipment for mission critical facilities to be considered for Director level position.
Candidates with 5-7 years’ experience in design of data centers can apply but will be considered for a Manager level position.
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