Principal Structural Engineer ensuring structural integrity for data center infrastructure at Jabil. Leading design evaluations, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior engineers.
Responsibilities
Evaluate structural solutions through the lens of technical risk, cost efficiency, and schedule - ensuring designs are robust, buildable, and aligned to delivery timelines
Lead gravity, wind, seismic, and vibration analysis for modules, frames, racks, and support structures per IBC, ASCE 7, AISC, ACI, and applicable local codes
Analyze and provide structural recommendations for MDCs, equipment skids, enclosures, and factory-built assemblies
Validate structural solutions for HAC systems across overhead, rack-integrated, and floor-supported configurations
Develop seismic bracing and restraint strategies for MEP systems, cable trays, pipe racks, and modular assemblies
Engineer foundations, steel frames, and anchorage solutions for chillers, generators, UPS systems, pumps, heat exchangers, and fluid distribution equipment
Define structural strategies for thermal loads, vibration-sensitive equipment, and deflection-managed assemblies
Develop and maintain DFMEA documentation to identify structural risks and drive mitigation across product families
Optimize recurring product families for weight, manufacturability, cost, and platform scalability
Support structural design and coordination for manufacturing and production facilities, including floor loading, equipment pads, overhead crane rails, mezzanines, dock infrastructure, and material handling systems
Evaluate structural implications of factory layout changes, new production equipment installations, and capacity expansions
Ensure production floor structural systems are compatible with the weight, dynamic loading, and footprint of the data center products being manufactured
Collaborate with facility planning and operations teams to define structural requirements for new or modified production spaces
Support factory layout and integration efforts, including load paths, transportation loads, and installation constraints
Collaborate with manufacturing teams to ensure structural designs meet DFMA requirements; develop standard design templates and modularization strategies to enable repeatability across programs
Define structural requirements for transportation, lifting, and placing equipment and skids; validate shipping and logistics requirements including OTR dimensional and load limitations
Ensure structural designs align with factory automation, material-handling capabilities, and assembly workflows
Collaborate with the BIM/Revit team to ensure structural models are integrated, clash-free, and current within the master coordination model
Participate in multi-discipline model coordination reviews, resolving structural clearances, anchorage zones, and maintenance envelopes across MEP disciplines
Review and contribute to coordination drawings, ensuring structural elements are accurately represented and conflict-free
Maintain structural model quality and LOD standards in adherence with the project BIM Execution Plan (BEP)
Collaborate with fabrication shops and factory teams to ensure structural designs are buildable, manufacturable, and installation-ready
Review shop drawings, fabrication details, welds, connections, and material specifications for MDCs, HAC systems, and equipment support structures
Verify lifting, rigging, transportation, and shipping load cases, including temporary bracing for modules and skids
Support factory builds, FATs, and field installations; resolve RFIs, NCRs, and production deviations, feeding lessons learned back into design standards
Produce and review calculations, drawings, specifications, and stamped engineering packages; manage coordination with third-party engineering partners and AHJ approvals where required
Ensure compliance with applicable codes, seismic standards, customer requirements, and product certification pathways (UL, OSHPD/OSP, etc.) where applicable
Contribute to internal design standards, platform templates, best practices, and lessons-learned documentation
Mentor junior engineers, lead design reviews, and serve as a technical escalation point for complex structural issues across the team
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Structural Engineering or Civil Engineering (structural emphasis) required
8+ years of progressive structural engineering experience, including leadership of complex structural systems in high-availability industrial or mission-critical facilities
Experience with modular construction, prefabricated data center infrastructure, or factory-built assemblies strongly preferred
Familiarity with hyperscale or colocation data center programs and platform-based delivery models is a significant plus
Proficiency with structural analysis software — SAP2000, ETABS, STAAD, RISA, RAM, or similar
Working knowledge of IBC, ASCE 7, AISC, ACI, and applicable seismic and non-structural anchorage standards
Ability to produce and interpret stamped engineering calculations, shop drawings, and fabrication details across steel, concrete, and connection design
Familiarity with fatigue, vibration, and dynamic loading analysis in environments with rotating or sensitive equipment
Experience with CAD, PDM, and PLM tools — SolidWorks, Revit, Windchill, Teamcenter, or equivalent
Familiarity with BIM coordination workflows, clash detection tools (e.g., Navisworks), and LOD standards is a plus
Practical understanding of data center infrastructure — MDCs, HAC systems, chillers, generators, UPS, PDUs, SFN/cooling piping — and the structural loading, clearance, and anchorage demands they impose
Familiarity with ASHRAE, SMACNA, and seismic bracing standards as they apply to MEP systems in mission-critical environments
Understanding of modular and prefabricated construction approaches, factory build sequences, and OTR shipping constraints for large equipment and skids
Awareness of international codes and standards for global deployment programs is a plus
Ability to present and defend technical positions clearly to engineering, manufacturing, and customer stakeholders — written and verbal
Comfortable leading design reviews, driving cross-discipline conflict resolution, and making sound engineering decisions under schedule pressure
Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to team-wide standards and knowledge-sharing
Ability to travel both domestically and internationally up to 30%
Benefits
medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment
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