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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.
COMPENSATION
- Salary: $121000 - $175000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits
Responsibilities
Learn more about benefits at Google.
- 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.
INTRODUCTION
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.
COMPENSATION
- Salary: $121000 - $175000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits
Responsibilities
Learn more about benefits at Google.
- 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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Data Center Engineer
Document your specialized infrastructure credentials early
PERM requires proof that no qualified U.S. worker is available for your specific role. Vendor certifications in power systems, cooling architecture, or network infrastructure sharpen your job description and reduce substitution risk during DOL recruitment review.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Hyperscale operators, colocation providers, and large enterprise IT departments file PERM regularly for data center roles. Search the OFLC Wage Search to verify whether a prospective employer has certified positions matching your job code before applying.
Find green card sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Data Center Engineer jobs by employers with documented green card sponsorship history, so you're applying where the pathway already exists rather than negotiating it from scratch after an offer.
Align your job title to the correct SOC code
PERM filings reference Standard Occupational Classification codes, and mismatches between your duties and the filed SOC can trigger audits. Review the O*NET profile for Network and Computer Systems Administrators or Computer Hardware Engineers to confirm your role maps correctly before your employer files.
Negotiate PERM initiation timing during the offer stage
Employers can begin PERM while you're on H-1B visa or another valid status. Confirm during offer negotiation whether the company will start the prevailing wage determination with OFLC immediately, since the DOL processing backlog can add six to twelve months before I-140 filing.
Separate your EB-2 and EB-3 options strategically
If your degree is a bachelor's in a directly related engineering field, you qualify for EB-3 professional classification. A master's or equivalent work experience may support EB-2. USCIS evaluates each category independently, so your employer can file concurrent petitions to preserve both priority dates.
Green Card Data Center Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Data Center Engineer roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Both categories are available depending on your credentials. EB-3 covers professionals with a U.S. bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in a relevant engineering or IT field. EB-2 applies when the role requires an advanced degree or you can demonstrate a combination of advanced education and substantial specialized experience. Your employer selects the category when filing the PERM application with DOL.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for Data Center Engineers?
Green card sponsorship through EB-2 or EB-3 leads to permanent residency, not a temporary status with renewal cycles. There is no lottery at the PERM or I-140 stage, and EB-3 has no annual numerical cap on petitions filed. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM plus I-140 plus adjustment of status typically takes two to four years for most nationalities, compared to a faster H-1B approval for temporary work authorization.
Which employers typically sponsor green cards for Data Center Engineers?
Hyperscale cloud operators, colocation facility companies, large financial institutions, and federal government contractors have consistent PERM filing activity for data center roles. Employers who already run E-Verify and have dedicated HR or immigration counsel are structurally more prepared to sponsor. Use Migrate Mate to identify employers who have actively sponsored green cards for roles matching your job code.
What job duties strengthen a PERM filing for a Data Center Engineer role?
DOL evaluates whether the job description genuinely requires a degree in a specific technical field. Duties tied to power infrastructure design, high-density cooling systems, DCIM software administration, or structured cabling for hyperscale environments signal specialized requirements. Generic IT support duties without degree requirements make PERM filings more vulnerable to audit. Your job description should reflect your actual daily responsibilities, not a broad template.
Can I switch employers while my green card is in process as a Data Center Engineer?
You can change employers under AC21 portability once your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days and the new role is in the same or similar occupational classification. Data Center Engineer and related infrastructure roles generally share SOC codes that satisfy the portability standard, but you should confirm the new position qualifies before resigning from the sponsoring employer.