Commissioning & Field Engineer, Controls

Fluidstack; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 161,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack in San Francisco seeks an experienced Commissioning Engineer to lead building controls testing for mission-critical facilities and large-scale data centers.

You will commission BMS and EPMS controls, verify sequences, run alarm validation, and automate tests to speed deployments; bonus: Niagara, Ignition, PLC programming and EPMS integration.

Qualifications

• Commission building controls on mission-critical projects through integrated systems testing.
• Complete thousands of point-to-point checks and keep the tracker accurate.
• Critically read control sequences and identify programmer gaps.
• Automate repetitive test work rather than performing it manually.
• Bonus: experience with Niagara, Ignition, major BMS platforms, PLCs and EPMS integration.

Responsibilities

• Commission BMS and EPMS controls for data centers: point-to-point through full sequence validation and integrated testing.
• Verify every sequence of operations against design and prove failure modes behave as written.
• Run alarm rationalization and graphics validation so operators inherit a reliable system.
• Automate test execution and reporting to accelerate commissioning at each site.

Skills

Building controls commissioning

Point-to-point testing

Control sequence analysis

Test automation

BMS/EPMS platforms

Tools

Niagara

Ignition

PLC programming

EPMS integration

Job description

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

• 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 Commissioning Team

Examples of key problems the team is working on

• Stand up the commissioning program for 10s to 100s of GWs of capacity this decade.
• Run commissioning and QA-QC for first-of-a-kind modular data centers.
• Automate Level 4 and Level 5 commissioning.

Role Scope

• Commission BMS and EPMS controls for data centers: point-to-point through full sequence validation and integrated testing.
• Verify every sequence of operations against design, and prove failure modes behave as written, not as hoped.
• Run alarm rationalization and graphics validation so operators inherit a system they can trust on day one.
• Automate test execution and reporting so Level 4 and Level 5 commissioning gets faster every site.

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.
• You've commissioned building controls on mission critical projects through integrated systems testing.
• You've done point-to-point on thousands of points and kept the tracker honest.
• You read control sequences critically and find the case the programmer missed.
• You script or automate repetitive test work rather than grinding it manually.
• Bonus: Niagara, Ignition, or major BMS platforms. EPMS integration. PLC programming. Data center liquid cooling controls.

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.

Compensation Range: $161K - $197K