Site Engineer

General Motors • Full-time • United States • 6d ago

General Motors’ AV Infrastructure Site Engineering team is seeking an AV Site Engineer to help us build, operate, and scale our data center and lab footprint.

AV Site Engineers 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.

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

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)  

Experience working in Data Center Operations for 5+ 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

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)  

Prior experience with vendor management

Hands-on experience with liquid cooled servers

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

RCDD Certification

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 $135,000 to 190,000. 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.