Team Red Dog · 21 hours ago
Mechanical Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$7,300/mo - $8,000/mo
5+ years expTeam Red Dog is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support a global technology leader through a critical Alarm Management Program focused on improving the quality, reliability, and usability of mechanical system alarms across mission-critical datacenter environments. The role involves designing and improving mechanical systems, analyzing alarm trends, and collaborating with various teams to enhance operational safety and reliability.
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Responsibilities
Design, evaluate, test, and improve mechanical and thermal systems with a focus on alarm performance and operational usability
Review Alarm Flood IcMs and recurring alarm trends to identify root causes and improvement opportunities
Analyze engineering drawings, P&IDs, and control sequences to identify nuisance alarm drivers
Ensure alarms represent true abnormal conditions and avoid normal transient operating states
Perform alarm rationalization, setpoint and limit reviews, delay and deadband tuning, and suppression strategies
Simulate and validate alarm behavior during normal, abnormal, and transition operating states
Partner with mechanical, electrical, controls, operations, and vendor teams to reduce alarm volume and alarm floods
Support incident remediation by identifying contributing mechanical and control system factors
Evaluate whether site-level alarm improvements are candidates for broader global deployment
Qualification
Required
Alarm management experience (2–3 years), including alarm rationalization, alarm flood analysis, and standing alarm reduction efforts within industrial or mission-critical environments
Mechanical engineering expertise (5–7 years) applied to cooling plants, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, generators, and ventilation systems, with focus on alarm behavior and system operability
Alarm tuning and optimization skills, including alarm setpoints, delays, deadbands, suppression/shelving, and state-based alarming aligned with recognized alarm management standards
Cross-functional collaboration skills, working effectively with operations, controls, instrumentation, vendors, and engineering teams to implement sustainable alarm improvements
Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related field
5–7 years of professional mechanical engineering experience
Direct participation in a formal Alarm Management Program
Experience in datacenters, power generation, Oil & Gas, nuclear, chemical, or manufacturing environments
Ability to perform detailed engineering calculations related to flow, pressure, temperature, heat transfer, and equipment sizing
Working knowledge of BAS platforms, instrumentation, sensors, and control loops influencing alarm behavior
Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining alarm behavior and recommending improvements
Benefits
Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, and life)
Employer-matched 401K plan
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Profit sharing
Company
Team Red Dog
Team Red Dog provides custom recruiting services in the areas of software IT/cloud, analytics, business management, and marketing.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Marleen Eitzen Shanks
CEO/Founder
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