Global Lab Infrastructure Design Engineer, Microsoft Lab Services

Develop and maintain a repeatable global intake and design process that translates product-team hosting requirements into defined infrastructure criteria and design recommendations. Evaluate existing MLS facilities for power, cooling, networking, security, serviceability, operational readiness, and available capacity before recommending expansion or new construction. Support build-versus-modify decisions using operational data, documented assumptions, utilization targets, lifecycle considerations, and input from regional MLS Site Operations teams. Prepare design-intent packages for contractors that document performance requirements, equipment profiles, infrastructure dependencies, constraints, risks, acceptance criteria, and outstanding decisions. Partner with Global Workplace Services, architects, engineers, project managers, and contractors to incorporate MLS requirements into detailed design, pricing, construction, commissioning, and operational handoff. Use approved artificial intelligence, analytics, scripting, and automation tools to support intake analysis, capacity evaluation, design documentation, reusable standards, and workflow efficiency. Validate outputs using approved data sources and engineering review. Define operational acceptance criteria and support readiness reviews addressing safety, serviceability, documentation, monitoring, support ownership, and lifecycle requirements. Communicate technical tradeoffs, recommendations, risks, and decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Contribute to global laboratory standards, documented lessons learned, reusable design patterns, and process improvements across MLS. Embody our culture and values. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls 3+ years of experience evaluating power, cooling, physical space, equipment placement, structured cabling, or networking requirements for laboratories, datacenters, research environments, or other technology-intensive facilities. Ability to travel up to 25% for site assessments, design reviews, project coordination, commissioning, and operational handoffs. Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 6+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 8+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls OR equivalent experience. Experience supporting research and development laboratories, hardware engineering environments, high-density computing, artificial intelligence infrastructure, liquid-cooled equipment, quantum systems, or comparable technical environments. Experience assessing facility capacity and utilization using power telemetry, cooling limits, rack or bench availability, equipment characteristics, operational constraints, and projected demand. Experience working with architects, professional engineers, facilities teams, project managers, and contractors during design development, construction, commissioning, or operational handoff. Knowledge of electrical distribution, rack power, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, cooling dependencies, structured cabling, equipment placement, service clearances, and physical support requirements. Knowledge of networking requirements, including local and wide area networks, out-of-band management, keyboard-video-mouse systems, network racks, connectivity dependencies, security considerations, and deployment readiness. Experience using approved artificial intelligence, analytics, scripting, automation, or structured data to support technical analysis, capacity planning, documentation, and infrastructure decisions. Experience documenting assumptions, tradeoffs, risks, acceptance criteria, and validation requirements for technical decisions. Ability to communicate engineering tradeoffs in writing and verbally to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience translating business, product, or equipment requirements into infrastructure design criteria, technical specifications, scopes of work, design narratives, option analyses, or engineering recommendations. Experience coordinating technical work across stakeholder groups, including operations, facilities, networking, engineering, construction, customers, suppliers, and external design partners.