Controls Engineer, Robotics

Fluidstack; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 164,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI by designing, acquiring power and operating data centers with hardware and software teams. We move fast to deploy frontier compute and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve at scale.

We hire people who care deeply about robotics and safety. You will engineer controls for robotic systems in production, implement functional safety, integrate robot fleets with external systems, and commission sites to meet availability

Qualifications

• Experience engineering controls for robotic or automated systems in production.
• Implemented functional safety around robots: risk assessments and safety PLCs.
• Integrated robot fleets with external systems.
• On-site commissioning and debugging across mechanical, electrical, and software.

Responsibilities

• Engineer controls for robotics in the data center: motion, safety, and integration with facility systems.
• Own the robot control stack integration: fleet management, task dispatch, and telemetry into the platform.
• Design the safety architecture: zones, interlocks, and functional safety for robots working among people and plant.
• Commission robotic systems at sites and hold them to availability targets.

Skills

Robotics controls

Functional safety

Fleet integration

Robot safety standards

ROS

AMR platforms

Data center robotics

Tools

ROS

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.

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.

Role Scope

• Engineer controls for robotics in the data center: motion, safety, and integration with facility systems.
• Own the robot control stack integration: fleet management, task dispatch, and telemetry into the platform.
• Design the safety architecture: zones, interlocks, and functional safety for robots working among people and plant.
• Commission robotic systems at sites and hold them to availability targets.

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 engineered controls for robotic or automated systems in production.
• You've implemented functional safety around robots: risk assessments and safety PLCs.
• You've integrated robot fleets with external systems.
• You commission on-site and debug across mechanical, electrical, and software.
• You hold availability numbers, not demos.
• Bonus: ROS or fleet managers. AMR platforms. Robot safety standards (ISO 10218, ISO 3691-4). Data center environments.

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.

You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email [e-mail] with your resume/CV, the role you've applied for, and the date you submitted your application-- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.

Compensation Range: $164K - $264K