Engineering Generalist - R&D

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 R&D Team

Fluidstack's R&D organization designs the next generations of our data center product: modular builds, new cooling and power architectures, and the lab-to-field pipeline that turns prototypes into deployable capacity. The team spans mechanical, electrical, controls, and compute engineering, working with manufacturing and supply chain to move designs from first article to repeatable production at gigawatt scale.

Examples of key problems the team is working on

• Running several first-of-a-kind power and cooling pilots at once without letting any of them stall.

• Keeping every engineering team pointed at the same priorities as the product and the company change quickly.

• Getting the data in front of leadership fast enough to make technical bets with confidence.

Role Scope

• Be the right hand to the Head of Development Engineering. Work side by side with the head of R&D, take their highest-priority problems off their plate, and drive each one to a decision or a delivered result.

• Drive initiatives across the organization. Own cross-team efforts from first scoping to done, and do whatever the work needs, from analysis and vendor calls to schedules and follow-up, so the team moves fast.

• Coordinate across every engineering team. Work directly with each engineering team and its leader to line up projects, pilots, and R&D efforts so priorities, owners, and dates stay clear.

• Shape technical direction. Build the first-order analysis leadership needs to set the company's technical direction, and carry decisions back into the teams that execute them.

• Run the operating rhythm. Own the R&D leadership cadence: agendas, decisions, action items, and status reports that name what is slipping and what it takes to recover.

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.

• 3-7 years of experience in engineering, technical program management, consulting, or operations, ideally around hardware, energy, or infrastructure.

• An engineering or technical degree, or equivalent hands-on technical depth.

• You want a steep learning curve and broad exposure to how an R&D organization is run, and you are ready to work hard to get it.

• You are comfortable in an engineering conversation and build your own first-pass models and analysis.

• You write clearly and keep senior people informed without being chased.

• You take on any task the team needs, learn new domains fast, and are open about what you do not know yet.

• Low ego and self-directed: you manage your own work, manage upward, and keep things moving without being asked.

• Bonus: Experience at a startup or on a first-of-a-kind project. Exposure to power, cooling, or data center systems.

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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