Mechanical Lead, R&D
FluidStack — Austin, Texas, United States · In-Person · Mid
Role description
Role Overview
Lead mechanical engineering for R&D, owning the mechanical reference designs, setting the technical bar, and growing the team. The role involves leading mechanical design for data centers, power plants, or heavy industrial systems, releasing mechanical packages that get built at scale, and balancing innovation against the schedule that ships.
What You Will Do
Check calculations personally, enforce standards, review vendor packages, and qualify major mechanical equipment with vendors.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The company is looking for exceptional people who care deeply about the problem space of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI. The ideal candidate has led mechanical design for data centers, power plants, or heavy industrial systems, and has released mechanical packages that got built at scale.
Requirements
- Led mechanical design for data centers, power plants, or heavy industrial systems
- Released mechanical packages that got built at scale
- Check calculations personally and catch what juniors miss
- Qualified major mechanical equipment with vendors
- Balance innovation against the schedule that ships
Benefits
- Pay equity
- Transparency