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Engineering Design Program Manager - Data Center Engineering

ByteDance
Ashburn, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/7/2026
Responsibilities
The Global Data Center Engineering team serves the company global regions with focus on enabling business growth with new data center capacities, doing so with assurance of the data center engineering systems operating continuous stability. Our team is geographically based, with the focus of having local staff to service the local regions. We collaborate with other project teams to select sites, contract sites, designs and build out the new sites.

Responsibilities
We are looking for a self-motivated data center engineer expert to serve our Americas regional projects.
- The new hire will be responsible for providing subject matter expertise for the Americas regional data center projects and will report directly to the team global director of engineering.
- The new hire will participate and review with the project team in data center site selection and contractual evaluations, design solutions, and support project executions through construction to final site acceptance.
- The new hire will participate in regional data center operations support for incident reposes, root causes analysis.
- The new hire will participate in data center R&D research projects, with global team collaborations.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or relevant disciplines.
- Knowledge of power and cooling designs, and calculations to determine capacity requirements
- Understand Power and Cooling Redundancy and how it is implemented in design (i.e., 2N or N 1 Distributed Redundant, UTI, TIA-942, ASHRAE standards)
- Experience with Cooling Redundancy and how Concurrent Maintainability is implemented in design (i.e, N 1 or N 2).
- Mechanical and/or electrical engineering experience such as generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, UPS, electrical sub-distribution systems, etc.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with attention to clarity and detail.

Preferred Qualifications
- Professional Engineer or Chartered Engineer Certifications
- 4 years or more of experience in data center engineering
- Experience in the following areas:
- Lead or influence Engineering Design and Architect teams to complete Data Center Conceptual>30%>60%>90% Detailed Design Process.
- Practice Data Center Tiering Standards (i.e., TIA-942 Rated 3, or Uptime Tier 3) in a detailed design process.
- Lead or influence a construction team to complete Data Hall fit-out experience, including IT services Coordination, Power and Cooling Planning.
- Lead or influence a testing and commissioning team to perform L1 to L5 commissioning tests to validate the system design intent and resolve technical problems along the way.

About Us
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.​


Why Join ByteDance
Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.​
As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.​
Diversity & Inclusion​
ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.​


Reasonable Accommodation
ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request​

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