Fire Protection Engineer, R&D

Fluidstack; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack seeks a senior fire protection engineer to design and engineer protection systems for modular units and BTM plants. You will own hydraulic calculations, layouts, and end-to-end drawings ensuring safety and reliability in data-center-scale facilities.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, support permitting and commissioning with AHJs, and drive fabrication-friendly designs beyond code minimum. NFPA 13/72 knowledge and AutoSPRINK or HydraCAD expertise are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Designed fire protection systems for industrial or mission-critical facilities.
• Runs hydraulic calculations and stands behind them.
• Took designs through plan review and acceptance testing.
• Knowledgeable in NFPA 13 and NFPA 72.
• Designs for fabrication beyond the code minimum.

Responsibilities

• Engineer fire protection in modular units and BTM plants.
• Run hydraulics calculations and layouts end to end.
• Develop standardized, fabricatable designs.
• Support permitting and commissioning with AHJ questions.

Skills

Fire protection design

Hydraulic calculations

Plan review & testing

NFPA 13 & 72 knowledge

Fabrication-oriented design

Tools

AutoSPRINK

HydraCAD

NICET/PE track

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.

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 fire protection in the reference design: detection, suppression, and alarm systems for modular units and BTM plants.
• Run the calcs and layouts: hydraulics, coverage, and device placement owned end to end.
• Develop the details that repeat: standardized designs fabricated into modules instead of field-built.
• Support permitting and commissioning: AHJ questions answered, acceptance tests passed.

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 designed fire protection systems for industrial or mission-critical facilities.
• You run your own hydraulic calcs and stand behind them.
• You've taken designs through plan review and acceptance testing.
• You know NFPA 13 and 72 well and look up the rest fast.
• You design for fabrication, not just for the code minimum.
• Bonus: Clean agent and water mist systems. BESS protection (NFPA 855). AutoSPRINK or HydraCAD. NICET or PE track.

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: $208K - $263K