Data Center Facility Manager, L3 @ Fluidstack

Apply4itjobs; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous PTO policy

Retirement plan / 401(k)

Job summary

Fluidstack in Houston is seeking a data center operations engineer with a strong infrastructure background to design, deploy, and maintain power, cooling, and electrical systems at scale, ensuring reliability, security, and cost efficiency while meeting evolving AI workload demands.

You will manage escalations, coordinate with vendors and internal teams, drive site readiness, and implement improvements across hyperscale facilities to support fast-paced AI workloads and global operations.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of standard power and cooling calculations (e.g., TIA-942, ASHRAE)
• Experience with Power Redundancy in design (2N or N+1)
• Understand Cooling Redundancy and Concurrent Maintainability (N+1/N+2)
• Supervision of construction for Data Hall build-out including IT services coordination, power and cooling planning
• Influence testing and commissioning (L1 to L5) to validate design intent and resolve issues
• Electrical and/or mechanical engineering experience (generators, chillers, cooling towers, AHUs, UPS, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Support DC Operations as SME and handle escalations in data center infrastructure
• Audit and coordinate with colo-cation partners or service providers on maintenance effectiveness
• Manage change management for high-risk maintenance activities in data centers
• Serve as first responder onsite for incidents with SME support
• Provide onsite services and maintain positive relations with customers, partners, vendors and internal teams

Skills

Power & cooling concepts

Redundancy design (2N/N+1)

Data center commissioning (L1-L5)

Electrical engineering basics

Mechanical engineering basics

Education

Diploma or Professional Certification in Electrical Engineering

Diploma or Professional Certification in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

GPU servers (H100, B200)

Job description

At Fluidstack, we’re building the infrastructure for abundant intelligence. We partner with top AI labs, governments, and enterprises – including Mistral, Poolside, Black Forest Labs, Meta, and more – to unlock compute at the speed of light.

We’re working with urgency to make AGI a reality. As such, our team is highly motivated and committed to delivering world‑class infrastructure. We treat our customers’ outcomes as our own, taking pride in the systems we build and the trust we earn. If you’re motivated by purpose, obsessed with excellence, and ready to work very hard to accelerate the future of intelligence, join us in building what’s next.

About the Team

The Data Center Operation team supports the company’s fast growth by deploying and operating hyperscale datacenters. The team takes full onsite responsibility for each site and manages the end to end lifecycle of hardware fleet, providing various infrastructure solutions and services ensuring that they are scalable and are reliable.

About the Role

The team is looking for candidates with strong technical infrastructure backgrounds, passionate about engineering excellence, and providing effective and sustainable solutions with an eye to the future. You understand the challenges associated with deploying infrastructure at scale and have experience in designing systems and platforms that set the global standard for performance, availability, security, and cost. The work you do will influence processes globally.

Responsibilities

Support the DC Operations teams as a Subject Matter Expert and handle escalations in the area of data center critical infrastructure and other facilities within the white space.

Understand and manage design limitations and risks of the datacenter, and regularly audit, review, and collaborate with our colo-cation partners or service providers on their maintenance program and effectiveness.

Manage and drive the change management process for high‑risk maintenance activities in our data centers.

Manage incident as the first responder onsite while getting support from SMEs of datacenter engineering and infrastructure domains.

Provide onsite services to support many other initiatives and continually maintain positive and collaborative working relations with customers, partner teams, vendors, and internal stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge of standard power and cooling calculations necessary to determine capacity requirements (i.e., TIA-942, ASHRAE).

Experience with Power Redundancy and its implementation in design (i.e., 2N or N+1 Distributed Redundant).

Understand Cooling Redundancy and how Concurrent Maintainability is implemented in design (i.e., N+1 or N+2).

Experience in the following areas:

Supervision of the construction team to complete Data Hall build‑out experience, including IT services Coordination, Power and Cooling Planning.

Influence the testing and commissioning team to perform L1 to L5 commissioning tests to validate the system design intent and resolve technical problems.

Electrical and/or mechanical engineering experience such as generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, UPS, electrical sub‑distribution systems, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

Direct experiences working with GPU servers, H100, B200, GB200 etc.

Diploma or Professional Certification in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant discipline.

A high level of agility with the ability to prioritize work and stay organized in a complex, fast‑paced environment with high ambiguity.

Vendors, projects, or program engagement experience.

Strong verbal and written communication skills with attention to clarity and detail.

Salary & Benefits

Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).

Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.

Health, dental, and vision insurance.

Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.

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.