Full-Time
Fire Protection Engineer
Updated on 9/3/2026
Hut 8
11-50 employees
Public company operating Bitcoin mining centers
No salary listed
Miami, FL, USA
Remote
Periodic travel to project sites for acceptance tests and insurer visits is typically 15–25%.
Bachelor's
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- At least 5 years of fire protection engineering experience in data centers, industrial facilities, or mission-critical facilities.
- A Professional Engineer license in Fire Protection Engineering is strongly preferred, or an FPE degree with a path to obtaining a PE license.
- Deep working knowledge of NFPA 13, NFPA 72, NFPA 75/76, NFPA 2001, NFPA 855, and FM Global data sheets as applied to data centers.
- Direct experience managing authority having jurisdiction plan review and acceptance testing through approval.
- Experience coordinating with insurers; FM Global experience is strongly preferred.
- Understanding of detection and suppression integration with building management systems, electrical shutdowns, and mechanical sequences.
- Familiarity with fire protection implications of liquid cooling and battery energy storage.
- Ability to cover multiple concurrent projects across jurisdictions.
- Review suppression designs, including pre-action, clean agent, water mist, and chemical or energy-storage-specific systems, for code compliance, FM Global data sheet conformance, and program standards.
- Review detection designs, including VESDA or aspirating detection, spot detection, and linear heat detection, for code compliance, FM Global data sheet conformance, and program standards.
- Verify system zoning and coverage against room-by-room hazards, including battery and energy-storage areas.
- Own fire protection permitting interfaces, including plan submittals, variance requests, and inspection support through acceptance testing.
- Build working relationships with fire marshals across jurisdictions and resolve interpretation issues before they affect project schedules.
- Drive FM Global engagement across the project portfolio, including plan reviews, data sheet compliance, jockey and fire pump requirements, water supply requirements, and field engineering visits.
- Negotiate practical resolutions when FM Global requirements conflict with design intent.
- Coordinate fire protection scope with mechanical, electrical, and controls disciplines, including fan shutdown and damper sequences, emergency power-off philosophy, suppression interlocks, and alarm integration into the building management and monitoring stack.
- Support acceptance testing of suppression and detection systems, integrated testing of interlocks and sequences, and closure of fire protection punch items through turnover.
- Maintain fire protection standards, specifications, and typical details across the project portfolio.
- Track evolving code and FM Global requirements for artificial-intelligence-era equipment densities and liquid cooling.
- Professional Engineer license in Fire Protection Engineering.
- Experience coordinating with FM Global.
Hut 8 is a large digital asset mining and data center operator in North America. It runs facilities that house Bitcoin mining hardware and other high-performance computing workloads, including services that self-mine, host third-party mining rigs, and manage infrastructure for clients using its own software. The company’s campuses are in New York, Nebraska, and Texas, and after merging with USBTC it became a publicly traded entity (HUT) on Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange, with a broader mix of revenue from economical mining, computing workloads, and hosted/managed services. What sets Hut 8 apart is its scale as a publicly listed miner, its diversified business model across self-mining, hosting, and managed infrastructure, and its partnerships with other big players (e.g., Celsius Network, Marathon Digital, Foundry USA). Its goal is to be a leading operator in the digital asset space by focusing on efficient, reliable mining operations and strong ESG practices.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Miami, Florida
Founded
2020
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 revenue reached $74.9 million, up sharply from $41.3 million.
- Beacon Point's second 352 MW lease on July 20, 2026 fully commercialized 1 GW.
- Initial data hall deliveries target Q2 2027 and Q3 2027, extending revenue visibility.
What critics are saying
- Q2 2026 net loss hit $177.1 million after digital-asset losses and financing costs.
- Beacon Point and River Bend depend on 2027 construction, exposing Hut 8 to delays.
- Failed Beacon Point leasing leaves Hut 8 with stranded power and $7.5 billion debt.
What makes Hut 8 unique
- Hut 8's power-first platform monetizes land, substations, and utility capacity, not just bitcoin.
- By August 2026, 100% of 949 MW contracted AI capacity is investment-grade backstopped.
- River Bend and Beacon Point raised $7.5 billion in non-recourse project financing.
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↑ 0%Sean Joseph Glennan, Chief Financial Officer of Hut 8 Corp., sold 6,445 shares at $78.76 per share on 24 August 2026, according to an SEC filing. The sale was worth approximately $508,000. The transaction was executed automatically under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan to cover tax liabilities from vesting restricted stock units, not a discretionary sale. Despite the sale, Glennan's direct holdings increased from 12,068 to 17,978 shares following the vesting event. The sale occurred as Hut 8's stock achieved a 240% return over the prior year. Shares closed at $79.56 on the transaction date, giving the company a market capitalisation of $9.0 billion. Hut 8 operates as an energy infrastructure platform serving energy-intensive computing operations, including cryptocurrency mining and data centres.
Hut 8 reported second quarter 2026 results, highlighting the completion of its first gigawatt-scale AI data centre campus at Beacon Point with a second 352 MW lease signed after quarter-end. The company secured $7.5 billion in investment-grade project financing across two offerings during the quarter. Hut 8 now has 949 MW of contracted IT capacity representing approximately $26.6 billion in expected aggregate base-term contract value and more than $1.75 billion in expected average annual net operating income. Facilities representing 1,330 MW are under construction at River Bend and Beacon Point, with initial data hall deliveries targeted for Q2 2027 and Q3 2027 respectively. The company reported revenue of $74.9 million for the quarter and a net loss of $177.1 million, compared to net income of $137.5 million in the prior-year period.
Hut 8 has secured $16.8 billion in contracted lease revenue across two hyperscale AI campuses, the company announced in its first quarter 2026 results. The energy infrastructure platform signed a 15-year, 352 MW lease at its Beacon Point AI data centre with a high-investment-grade tenant, representing $9.8 billion in contract value. The company closed a $3.25 billion offering of investment-grade senior secured notes to finance its River Bend AI data centre campus, marking the first single-sponsor data centre project to access the investment-grade construction bond market. Hut 8 also refinanced its Bitcoin-backed credit facility, reducing debt costs from 9% to 7%. First quarter revenue reached $71 million, compared to $21.8 million in the prior year. The company maintains an 8,375 MW development pipeline.
Hut 8 has commercialised the first phase of its Beacon Point AI data centre campus in Texas through a 15-year, $9.8 billion lease with a high-investment-grade tenant for 352 MW of IT capacity. The triple-net lease could reach $25.1 billion if all renewal options are exercised. The transaction brings Hut 8's total contracted AI data centre capacity to 597 MW with aggregate base-term contract value of approximately $16.8 billion. The facility will deliver a 352 MW AI factory designed to NVIDIA's DSX reference architecture, with initial data hall delivery expected in Q3 2027. Beacon Point has secured 1,000 MW of utility capacity, with initial energisation expected in Q1 2027. Hut 8 is developing the campus with partners including American Electric Power, Vertiv Holdings, and Jacobs.