Facility Operation Lead

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.


We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!

About the Team

The Data Center Operation team supports the company's fast growth by deploying and operating hyperscale datacenters. The team takes full onsite responsibility for each site and manages the end to end lifecycle of hardware fleet, providing various infrastructure solutions and services ensuring that they are scalable and are reliable.

About the Role

The team is looking for candidates with strong technical infrastructure backgrounds, passionate about engineering excellence, and providing effective and sustainable solutions with an eye to the future. You understand the challenges associated with deploying infrastructure at scale and have experience in designing systems and platforms that set the global standard for performance, availability, security, and cost. The work you do will influence processes globally.

Responsibilities

• Support the DC Operations teams as a Subject Matter Expert and handle escalations in the area of data center critical infrastructure and other facilities within the white space.
• Understand and manage design limitations and risks of the datacenter, and regularly audit, review, and collaborate with our colo-cation partners or service providers on their maintenance program and effectiveness.
• Manage and drive the change management process for high-risk maintenance activities in our data centers.
• Manage incident as the first responder onsite while getting support from SMEs of datacenter engineering and infrastructure domains.
• Provide onsite services to support many other initiatives and continually maintain positive and collaborative working relations with customers, partner teams, vendors, and internal stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of standard power and cooling calculations necessary to determine capacity requirements (i.e., TIA-942, ASHRAE).
• Experience with Power Redundancy and its implementation in design (i.e., 2N or N+1 Distributed Redundant).
• Understand Cooling Redundancy and how Concurrent Maintainability is implemented in design (i.e., N+1 or N+2).
• Experience in the following areas:
  
  • Supervision of the construction team to complete Data Hall build-out experience, including IT services Coordination, Power and Cooling Planning.
  • Influence the testing and commissioning team to perform L1 to L5 commissioning tests to validate the system design intent and resolve technical problems.
• Electrical and/or mechanical engineering experience such as generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, UPS, electrical sub-distribution systems, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experiences working with GPU servers, H100, B200, GB200 etc.
• Diploma or Professional Certification in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant discipline.
• A high level of agility with the ability to prioritize work and stay organized in a complex, fast-paced environment with high ambiguity.
• Vendors, projects, or program engagement experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with attention to clarity and detail.

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
• Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.

The base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $150,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

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