Rack Design Engineer, Data Center - Memphis

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own mechanical, structural, and integration design of high-density AI compute racks and associated chassis, frames, busbars, manifolds, and cable/fiber raceways
• Integrate compute, networking, power distribution, and liquid cooling into a buildable, serviceable, high-yield rack architecture
• Design for the in-house manufacturing line: DFM/DFA, fixtures, work instructions, incoming inspection, first article, and production ramp
• Close thermal, structural, and power constraints with cooling, electrical, optical, and network counterparts at the cluster level (CDUs, cold plates, quick disconnects, PDUs/busbars, high-current distribution, tray and bend-radius limits)
• Drive vendor and in-house parts from concept to qualified production, including sheet metal, extrusions, busbar, manifolds, cable management, and rack accessories
• Stand on the floor during prototype and production builds: debug fit, leak, cable dress, airflow/liquid balance, and service time; fold issues into the next revision the same day
• Produce and maintain CAD, BOMs, drawings, and build documentation that a line can run at volume
• Support cluster deployment of the racks you design, including first-site bring-up and feedback into the next hardware generation
• Partner with network, optical, electrical, and firmware teams to deploy custom compute for inference and training across SpaceX programs

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or an engineering discipline
• 2+ years of professional experience designing electromechanical hardware that was built and shipped (internship and project experience counts toward this if the hardware was physically produced)

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Ownership of rack, chassis, or similarly dense electromechanical products through prototype and production
• Experience or background in ethernet switching, networking, interconnects, and high power distribution
• CAD fluency in SolidWorks, Creo, or NX, with released drawings a shop and a factory can build from
• AI / HPC / GPU rack design: NVIDIA HGX/GB-class, custom OCP, or equivalent high-power liquid-cooled compute
• Liquid cooling design: cold plates, manifolds, CDUs, quick disconnects, leak detection, and coolant compatibility
• High-power rack electrical integration: busbar, PDU, 48V, high-current 3-phase, grounding, and service safety
• Cable and fiber physical design inside the rack (MPO/OSFP dress, bend radius, service loops) in partnership with optical and network engineers
• Experience taking a rack from NPI onto an in-house manufacturing line (fixtures, cycle time, poka-yoke, rework loops)
• Thermal and structural analysis (CFD, FEA) used to make a design decision
• Time at a high-velocity hardware organization: AI/GPU cloud, custom compute, or an OEM/ODM team that owned the product end to end
• Comfort in a factory or datacenter build environment, including first articles, yield, and hardware debug on the floor

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed to support design releases, line bring-up, and cluster deployments
• Must be willing to travel to manufacturing and datacenter sites
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs. unassisted and work around active factory and datacenter hardware