Staff Mechanical Engineer - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 22 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As Staff Mechanical Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for the mechanical infrastructure that supports Graphcore's machine learning and high-capacity computing environments. You will shape design standards, review critical systems, and coordinate with data center developers, consultants, and project partners.
What you'll do
- Own and maintain mechanical design standards, specifications, and owner requirements for data center projects. - Translate AI and high-performance computing rack requirements into cooling, airflow, hydronic, piping, and heat-rejection solutions. - Review mechanical system builds, computations, blueprints, technical requirements, equipment choices, and control sequences. - Coordinate mechanical interfaces with electrical systems, building controls, fire protection, IT infrastructure, and site operations. - Support site inspections, equipment submittal reviews, factory acceptance tests, commissioning, and operational-readiness activities. - Provide technical direction to external consultants, developers, equipment suppliers, and engineering partners.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in mechanical engineering or a related discipline. - Experience designing or reviewing mechanical systems for data centers, critical facilities, or comparable infrastructure. - Knowledge of HVAC systems and equipment, including chillers, pumps, air-handling equipment, ductwork, piping, hydronic systems, and sequences of operation. - Experience reviewing design calculations, drawings, specifications, equipment submittals, and control strategies. - Experience coordinating mechanical requirements with IT, infrastructure, facilities, and multidisciplinary engineering teams. - Experience supporting commissioning, inspections, acceptance testing, issue resolution, and operational handover.
Nice to have
- Experience with hyperscale data centers, colocation facilities, or Tier III or Tier IV environments. - Professional Engineer license or comparable international credential. - Experience with high-density AI or high-performance computing infrastructure. - Knowledge of direct liquid cooling, high-capacity chilled-water systems, building automation, or heat-rejection technologies.
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 51-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
1003
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$155k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Graphcore | All employers we track in this specialty (1003 roles · 104 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 11 | 1003 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 108 | 6298 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 48 d | 51 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $155k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 72 open roles · median 34 d
- KLA Corporation · 63 open roles · median 48 d
- Teradyne · 61 open roles · median 34 d
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- Applied Materials · 51 open roles · median 70 d
- AMD · 46 open roles · median 52 d
How we counted: 1003 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 104 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.