PRINCIPAL, TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING

The Company NorthMark Compute & Cloud (NMC²) is backed by dedicated leadership and investment, with a clear mission as it operates at the bleeding edge of technology. Its goal is to scale and enhance the high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud infrastructure that supports its clients' research, production, and delivery, enabling breakthroughs that shape the industries of tomorrow. Its engineers build critical infrastructure to eliminate friction in scientific research, simulations, analysis, and decision-making, accelerating discovery and driving faster innovation.

Chief Engineer – HPC Centers: We are seeking an exceptional and visionary Chief Engineer to lead the design, deployment, operation, and optimization of next-generation High Performance Computing (HPC) Centers — mission‑critical facilities engineered for complex AI/ML workloads at hyperscale. This role is central to realizing our vision of a world‑class AI/ML infrastructure platform. You will be responsible for overseeing the end‑to‑end lifecycle of group HPC Centers, from design, construction, commissioning, operation, through improvement.

Responsibilities Define the development roadmap for our HPC Center business, aligning with long‑term HPC and AI/ML platform growth objectives.

Deliver on aggressive development timeline as well as ongoing compute performance, operational efficiency, financial, and resiliency outcomes.

Identify development opportunities to enhance financial outcomes and drive business case development.

Play visible, hands‑on role as program leader on data center developments.

Implement disciplined engineering and design baseline control and change management processes.

Develop KPIs to drive high probability outcomes and learning curve improvements on future design‑build iterations and ongoing operations.

Keep a pulse on engineering and technological breakthroughs that can be applied to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, reliability, and/or performance of our HPC infrastructure.

Interface with external stakeholders such as EPCM contractors, OEM vendors, delivery partners, and third‑party SMEs.

Drive comprehensive policy and procedure documentation and enforce rigorous QA/QC processes.

Ensure full compliance with safety, environmental, and industry regulatory requirements.

Requirements Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or similar.

10+ years of experience in mission‑critical data center development and/or operations in a senior leadership capacity.

Bonus Understanding of AI problem sets and their flow down of requirements to compute and supporting power and cooling.

Company‑Paid Benefits: 100% Employer‑Paid Medical in our High Deductible Health Plan, Dental and Vision benefits for employees and their families, 16 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Program, Life insurance, Short‑Term Disability and Long‑Term Disability.

Optional Employee‑Paid Benefits: Medical insurance in our PPO plan and a variety of other benefits such as Health Savings Accounts (with Company Contribution!), Flexible Spending Accounts, Supplemental Life Insurance, Wellhub and more.

Time Off: 25 days of Paid Time Off plus 12 company holidays.

The Company’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, mental or physical disability, or genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.