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Data Center Design Engineer

Digital Realty
Digital Realty Salary
Seattle, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/29/2025
Data Center Design Engineer Seattle, WA, United States and 1 more (Hybrid) Job Info Job Identification 6376 Job Category Product & Engineering Job Schedule Full time Job Shift Day Job Description Position Title: Design Engineer Location: Seattle, WA or Phoenix, AZ Your role Join the world’s leading data center experts and design solutions for some of the most innovative customers on the planet. As a Data Center Design Engineer, you will create detailed engineering packages addressing space, power, cooling, and connectivity requirements during the pre-sales and post sales process. You will act as a subject matter expert for assigned campuses or buildings, ensuring technical accuracy, consistency, and seamless transitions from sales to implementation. This role combines customer-facing engagement, technical design expertise, and collaboration with Solutions Engineers, Portfolio Management, Operations, and Design & Construction teams to deliver optimized solutions that align with customer needs and company standards. What you’ll do • Partner with Solutions Engineers to understand customer business/technical needs. • Design and deliver optimized whitespace, power, cooling, and connectivity solutions. • Create engineering packages: drawings, floor plans, technical documentation, and proposals. • Conduct site surveys, due diligence, and indicative CFD analyses. • Supporting RFPs and technical due diligence in collaboration with Solutions Engineers. • Collaborate with sales, portfolio, and operations teams during all stages of the sales cycle. • Provide technical expertise during customer tours and solution presentations. • Act as the local Subject Matter Expert for assigned campuses: whitespace design, inventory, connectivity, pathways and capacity management. • Perform Service Order reviews, cost validations requirements. • Support post-sales teams with accurate handover packages, Technical Service Reviews, and order materials. • Support forecasting, pipeline, and market analysis. What you’ll need Education & Experience: o Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience in lieu of degree). o 3–5 years in a B2B sales engineering/design environment (data centers, telecom, networking, high-tech facilities). Technical Expertise: o Proven design skills in high-density data centers (power, cooling, space optimization, airflow). o Familiarity with AI and High Density HPC requirements (GPUs, specialized processors). o Familiarity in liquid cooling technologies and relevant best practices. o Strong understanding of Data Center power distribution and UPS system standards. o Strong understanding of network architecture, fiber optics, and connectivity solutions. o Knowledge of data center security (physical & cyber). o Proficiency with CAD/Visio/AutoCAD, CFD modeling preferred. o Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat. Soft Skills: o Excellent internal and customer-facing communication and presentation skills. o Ability to translate complex technical requirements into clear, actionable solutions. o Strong project management, critical thinking, and documentation skills. o Adaptability to fast-paced, ever changing global environments. o Commitment to customer service and cross-functional collaboration. A bit about us Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents. To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter. A bit about our team Our Technology & Innovation team strives to innovate alongside our customers and empower their businesses to thrive. We work closely with our customers to develop insights-based, data-driven technical solutions and differentiated value propositions on PlatformDIGITAL® across the world. Operating in almost 50 cities globally means we understand how rapidly the world is evolving, so we’ve built a best-in-class development model to qualify, package; and enable cloud to core to edge hybrid IT solutions. Our deep technical heritage, combined with our global footprint, means the Technology Innovation team can create and deploy services and solutions that are at the heart of the digital economy. What we can offer you Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us. Health and Safety Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress. Our Compensation Philosophy Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values. Our published pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and geographical location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including but not limited to job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. Moreover, an employee’s total compensation package varies by role and may include salary, cash bonus or commissions, and equity awards not quantified below. Compensation range: $120,000 - $130,000 annually. This compensation range represents the Company’s good faith belief as to what it will pay as a base salary/hourly rate for this position at the time of this posting. Benefits: For this role, Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401k match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, and more. NOTES: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled. All applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or other status protected by law or Company policy. Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited resumes to any employee of Digital Realty and its subsidiaries. Digital Realty is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited referrals.

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