Mechanical Validation Engineer

Mechanical Validation Engineer

Abilene, TX (Relocation Assistance Offered)

Onsite 5 Days/Week

6-Month Contract-to-Hire

Must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder

We're seeking a Mechanical Validation Engineer to support large-scale, mission-critical data center deployments. This is a hands-on validation and commissioning role focused on ensuring cooling infrastructure, mechanical systems, testing evidence, and turnover documentation are fully validated and operationally ready before handoff.

Top Must-Haves

✅ Mechanical commissioning, validation, or critical facilities experience

✅ Deep knowledge of HVAC/cooling infrastructure, including chillers, pumps, cooling towers, CRAH/CRAC units, hydronic systems, and airflow management

✅ Experience reviewing commissioning documentation, functional testing results, turnover packages, and readiness evidence

✅ Ability to identify operational risks, readiness gaps, and drive issue resolution across cross-functional teams

Preferred Backgrounds

• Data Center (strongly preferred)

• Nuclear Facilities (commercial or DoD)

• Mission Critical Infrastructure

• Critical Manufacturing Facilities

• Industrial Facilities with complex mechanical systems

What You'll Be Doing

• Validate mechanical readiness for new facility deployments, expansions, and infrastructure upgrades

• Review commissioning records, functional performance testing, integrated systems testing, balancing reports, and turnover packages

• Verify readiness of critical cooling and mechanical infrastructure

• Partner with commissioning teams, construction, engineering, controls/BMS, and operations teams to resolve validation findings

• Support integrated systems testing, failure-mode testing, thermal validation activities, and operational readiness reviews

• Ensure documentation, operational procedures, training requirements, and handoff materials are complete and accurate

Ideal Experience

• 5+ years of mechanical validation, commissioning, facilities engineering, critical facilities, or mission-critical infrastructure experience

• Experience in data centers, nuclear facilities, utilities, manufacturing, healthcare, aviation, or other high-availability environments

• Familiarity with BMS, commissioning platforms, CMMS, DCIM, Jira, ServiceNow, Smartsheet, or similar tools

If you have a background in data center commissioning/validation or nuclear mechanical systems and enjoy ensuring infrastructure is fully operational and ready for handoff, I'd love to connect.