[Hiring] Structural & Architectural Design Engineer @OnHires

Role Description

The Structural & Architectural Design Engineer is responsible for the structural and architectural design of the company's data center facilities. The role covers:

• Building envelope, internal layout, structural load-bearing design, and life-safety/lighting considerations.
• Ensuring the facility supports high-density AI GPU compute with liquid cooling.
• Meeting local building codes, facility resilience standards, and operational/security requirements for a data center environment.

Responsibilities

• Design building envelope elements: exterior walls, façade, roofing systems, and thermal/moisture insulation appropriate for a data center environment.
• Design internal partitioning and space planning: white space vs. gray space separation, security zoning, fire compartmentalization, corridors, and access control layout.
• Perform structural load calculations for raised floors, POD racking areas, and rooftop-mounted mechanical equipment (coolers, pump skids).
• Calculate floor loading capacity for IT racks including high-density liquid-cooled racks and CDU placement zones.
• Design tunnel works and technological infrastructure pathways (cable trays, piping routes).
• Develop lighting design for white space, gray space, office areas, and exterior/security lighting, per data center operational standards.
• Coordinate structural and architectural drawings with the MEP team (equipment loads, ceiling heights, clearances for cooling piping and electrical distribution).
• Review architectural/structural sections of design-build packages, flag risks, inconsistencies, and value engineering opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with local building codes, fire safety regulations, and facility resilience requirements.
• Coordinate with local authorities on permitting matters related to structural and architectural design.
• Support space planning for future data center scalability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of structural and/or architectural design experience, including industrial, warehouse, or critical infrastructure facilities.
• Experience designing load-intensive facilities (raised floors, heavy stationary equipment, high-load structural calculations) — data center experience is a plus but not required; equivalent experience from industrial, warehouse, or manufacturing facilities is fully acceptable.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and/or Revit, plus at least one structural calculation package (Tekla Structures, Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis, IDEA StatiCa, or Dlubal RFEM).
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design (structural/architectural/MEP interfaces).
• English proficiency sufficient for international project documentation.

Nice to Have

• Working knowledge of local building codes and permitting processes.
• Experience with Tier III/IV data center design standards.
• Familiarity with modular/POD-based data center construction.
• Experience designing for high-density liquid-cooled IT environments.
• Polish language skills.
• Experience on greenfield/brownfield construction-phase projects.