Resident Controls Engineer, Modular R&D
Phoenix, AZ - USA
Job Summary
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 weve ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who dont share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.
Were 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!
Extreme ownership. Full autonomy. Own things end to end often taking on scope outside your core role without being asked to get things done.
Velocity. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.
First principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking no egos the best idea wins.
Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.
The Modular team builds first-of-a-kind modular data centers on a production line turning what is normally a construction project into a manufactured product.
Examples of key problems the team is working on:
Engineer modular data center units that can be built tested and shipped from a factory line instead of assembled on site
Prove out controls sensors and I/O on every unit before it leaves the floor so commissioning in the field starts from a known-good baseline
Close the loop between the manufacturing line and the design team so wiring logic and BOM issues found at a station get engineered out of the next revision
Compress the time from first article to repeatable production without losing configuration control
Engineer and check out the controls of the modular product on the line PLCs BMS integration sensors and I/O owning every point from panel to termination
Live on the Phoenix manufacturing line: walk the floor daily catch wiring and I/O issues at the station where they happen and disposition them on the spot
Run point-to-point checkout loop checks and first-article functional tests in person as units come down the line with results documented well enough to stand behind at handoff
Own real-time controls support for the factory: answer controls RFIs same-day from the floor and engineer fixes into the next revision not a punch list
Close the loop to design: feed what the line learns back into wiring diagrams logic and the BOM so the same defect never ships twice
The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people so if you dont fit this role exactly tell us where you would.
Youve engineered or commissioned controls systems hands-on: PLC BMS or industrial automation from integrators BMS contractors or data center commissioning firms
Youve done point-to-point checkout and loop checks on real panels at volume not just reviewed them on paper
Youve worked on a shop floor or production line and dispositioning a nonconformance in the moment is familiar work not an escalation
Youve supported production launches or startups of systems you helped build and stayed until they ran
You iterate fast without losing configuration control: when the drawing the wiring and the logic disagree you can isolate which one is wrong and keep the line moving while it gets fixed
You write the logic then stand at the cabinet proving every point
Bonus: PLC programming (Rockwell Siemens) data center BMS platforms panel and wiring diagram standards or instrumentation depth
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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Required Experience:
IC