Facilities AI Lead - Automating Critical Data Center Ops

Fleet Data Centers; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-covered medical

401K program

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Fleet Data Centers in Seattle seeks a Principal – Facilities AI to define the strategy, use cases, and roadmap for applying AI, ML, and automation to mission-critical facilities operations.

This role collaborates with Operations, Facilities Engineering, Data, and Product teams to translate operational problems into practical digital solutions that improve safety, reliability, and labor productivity while ensuring governance and scalability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience spanning mission-critical facilities or related engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience applying automation, analytics, or machine learning to real operational workflows.
• Strong understanding of data center operations, telemetry, or industrial monitoring.
• Ability to translate ambiguous operational problems into practical product, data, or automation requirements.
• Strong governance, safety, and operational credibility in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement Fleet’s facilities AI strategy across use cases like alarm rationalization and predictive maintenance.
• Identify high-value operational pain points and build business cases, requirements and adoption plans.
• Partner with site operations, facilities engineering, critical systems, and data teams to ensure realistic models and trusted data.
• Establish governance for model quality, explainability, and change management in operational environments.
• Drive pilot design, validation criteria, and scale-up decisions based on measurable performance.
• Create clear technical and operational documentation for long-term adoption and support.

Skills

Mission-critical facilities

Industrial automation

Advanced analytics

Data systems

Engineering disciplines

Job description

Fleet Data Centers in Seattle seeks a Principal – Facilities AI to define the strategy, use cases, and roadmap for applying AI, ML, and automation to mission-critical facilities operations.

This role collaborates with Operations, Facilities Engineering, Data, and Product teams to translate operational problems into practical digital solutions that improve safety, reliability, and labor productivity while ensuring governance and scalability.