Principal, Mechanical SME

The role

The Mechanical Systems Expert supports design review and commissioning for a data center build. This person ensures cooling systems are operable and maintainable at turnover.

What you will do

• Review mechanical and cooling designs through an operations lens
• File review comments that change designs
• Walk mechanical installations at key milestones
• Witness Level 3-5 commissioning of mechanical systems
• Drive operational issues into the Cx log and verify closure
• Verify mechanical turnover packages
• Validate training equips operators to run the plant
• Support early operations stabilization post-turnover
• Feed operational lessons into Hut 8 mechanical design standards

Required qualifications

• 8+ years in critical facilities mechanical operations, commissioning, or chief-engineer-track roles
• Deep hands-on knowledge of chilled water plants, hydronic systems, and data center cooling topologies - air-cooled, water-cooled, and liquid/direct-to-chip
• Level 1-5 commissioning fluency from the witness/operations side, including integrated systems testing
• Sharp eye for maintainability in design reviews
• Turnover documentation rigor
• Comfortable embedded with a construction team while holding the operations line
• Water treatment and cleanliness protocol experience for critical hydronic systems

Nice to have

• CFC/EPA certifications
• trade licensure
• engineering degree

About the company

Hut 8 builds infrastructure for AI and aims to be the defining physical infrastructure company of its generation.