Data Center Operations Engineer

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Data Center Operations Engineer

Reposted 3 Hours Ago
Sunnyvale CA USA
Hybrid
170K-230K Annually
Mid level
Automotive • Big Data • Information Technology • Robotics • Software • Transportation • Manufacturing
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The Role
The AV Site Engineer is responsible for designing developing and maintaining infrastructure for General Motors' AV projects collaborating with teams and supporting hardware systems.
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General Motors' AV Infrastructure Site Engineering team is seeking an Data Center Operations Engineer to help us build operate and scale our data center and lab footprint.
Data Center Operations Engineer at General Motors bring niche knowledge and experience not only in the traditional data center domain but developing industry leading data collection infrastructure as well as custom liquid cooling solutions for General Motors's AV development.
What you'll be doing:
  • Responsible for design and developing solutions to physical builds of General Motors' AV infrastructure.

  • Ownership of any "on the ground' maintenance required of GM's infrastructure across multiple partner teams nationwide.

  • Collaborating and scaling liquid cooled server fleet across GM's data centers.

  • Support integration of Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) Systems through issue identification triage configuration & code debugging and root cause analysis.

  • Monitoring and responding to environmental alarms (power cooling and leak detection).

  • Work with cross-functional teams to drive hardware and software changes by balancing short-term improvements and long term solutions to resolve issues. Issues are varied including network configuration issues to AV sensor connectivity issues car module connectivity etc.

  • Running hardware diagnostics and replacing failing parts in a timely manner.

  • Participate in on-call rotation for mission critical services.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • Bachelors Degree in related field or relevant work experience
  • Experience working in Data Center Operations for 4+ years or related field

  • CompTIA Server Plus CompTIA Network+ or CCNA certification or Equivalent work experience

  • Considerable background in infrastructure build: structured cabling MDF/IDF/MPOE buildout as well as power and cooling

  • Understanding of electrical and cooling systems with respect to data center environment

  • In-depth knowledge of data center environments servers and infrastructure

  • Experience installing monitoring and maintaining data center equipment

  • Hands-on experience working with and debugging complex hardware systems

  • Outstanding ability to work as part of a team provide support and resolve errors

  • Ability to keep up with advancements in data center infrastructure and technologies

  • Proficiency in detailing work processes

  • Willingness to work off hours as needed to support maintenance and incidents

  • Mentoring colleagues and maturing the program

  • Ability to communicate effectively with customers and internal staff and effectively work in team environment

  • We appreciate outstanding interpersonal skills!

  • Able to participate in on-call rotation

  • Ability to stand and crawl duck kneel lift and move up to 50 pounds over short distances

  • Ability to climb ladders

  • Travel within metro area as needed

  • Occasional travel outside of the metro area for build and operations (15%)

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
  • 3+ years of experience working in automotive robotics consumer electronics or aerospace industries.

  • Prior experience with vendor management

  • Hands-on experience with liquid cooled servers

  • Experience developing or working on an end-to-end robotics system.

  • Experience in interfaces between the vehicle platform actuators vehicle software and communication network.

  • Solid understanding of modern data center infrastructure management (DCIM) - Sunbird Nautobot or other related products

  • Effective leadership skills to drive standardization and efficiency across the team

  • Experience in Hardware in Loop environment - continuous bench testing

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the Sunnyvale office three times per week at minimum.
Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York Colorado California or Washington.
  • The salary range for this role: is $170000 to $230000. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
  • Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance job level and individual performance.
  • Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical dental vision Health Savings Account Flexible Spending Accounts retirement savings plan sickness and accident benefits life insurance paid vacation & holidays tuition assistance programs employee assistance program GM vehicle discounts and more.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g. H1-B OPT STEM OPT CPT TN J-1 etc.)
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.
The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role.
This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words our deeds and our culture. Every day we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
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General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex race color national origin citizenship status religion age disability pregnancy or maternity status sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran or protected veteran or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required where applicable to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more visit How we Hire.
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