Chief Engineer - Power Generation

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!

How We Operate

• Be a barrel. Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role.

• Insane urgency. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.

• Reason from 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.

• Build something that actually matters. If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world.

The Power Generation Team

The Power Generation team designs, sources and builds the generation that runs Fluidstack's AI infrastructure.

Examples of key problems the team is working on

• Put solar, storage and gas in the ground at an install rate no one in the construction market has hit. We are building generation across multiple gigawatt sites at once, on a schedule traditional EPC delivery cannot meet.

• Secure supply at a scale and timeline the supply chain cannot meet, and reshore it ourselves. Cells, containers, transformers and turbines are all constrained, so we qualify new suppliers and stand up domestic capacity instead of waiting in line.

• Make solar, gas and storage combine into power steady enough to run AI workloads. A training run does not tolerate a dip, so the hybrid plant has to behave like firm generation even when the resource behind it does not.

• Clear balancing authority certification, firm load rights, permits and interconnection against long clocks and a shifting policy environment. These approvals sit on the critical path to every gigawatt, so we work them years ahead of the build.

Role Scope

• Own the production system. Own how Fluidstack builds generation, from module fabrication through field install and energization, as one standard set of work instructions repeated across concurrent gigawatt sites.

• Set takt and hold the line. Set takt time and line balance for module and skid manufacturing, then hold the line to it with standard work, andon escalation and first-pass yield targets rather than with expediting.

• Drive down install time and rework. Run kaizen events and value stream mapping with the crews doing the work, at the site, on the shift.

• Take quality to the source. Run process audits, error-proofing and joint improvement work on supplier floors, and fold every fix into the standard design through change control so the next site inherits it.

• Teach the method. Coach engineers, site leads and contractors through A3 problem solving so the system holds when you are not in the room.

What We're Looking For

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.

• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing or construction production systems built on the Toyota Production System, including takt time, standard work, and supplier development.

• You've run a production system built on the Toyota Production System or a direct derivative of it, and you learned it by doing the work under someone who had already done it.

• You've set takt time on a real line, balanced it against actual cycle times, and held it through a demand ramp that tempted everyone around you to abandon standard work.

• You've cut cycle time or defect rate on a process and you can name the before number, the after number, and what you changed to get there.

• You've stopped a line, or told a site to stop, when the standard was not being met, and you made that call stick with people who outranked you.

• You've developed a supplier on their own floor, changed how they build a part, and watched incoming quality move as a result.

• You've taught the method to people who did not want to learn it, and left behind engineers who now run their own A3s and kaizen events without you.

• You write clearly enough that a fabrication supervisor, a site superintendent and a CEO each get the decision they need out of the same document.

• You're comfortable with regular travel: expect 25% or more, depending on business needs.

• Most of our engineering team, stakeholders, and work are based in Austin, TX, and we value working in person. We have a strong preference for Austin and run a hybrid model, but we're open to other locations for the right role and candidate.

• Bonus: Practice inside a TPS-derived operating system at a large manufacturer. Modular and offsite construction, including volumetric modules, skidded MEP and prefabricated power blocks. Lean Six Sigma at black belt level. Manufacturing quality and execution systems (MES, SPC, APQP and PPAP). Professional Engineer licence.

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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