Lead Structural Engineer – Data Center Seismic Design

Fluidstack; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack in Austin, TX is seeking a senior structural engineer to lead multi-site data center design, review geotechnical reports, and guide external engineers through IFC milestones.

You will translate soil and seismic data into robust design actions, develop basis of design docs, and help scale next-gen cooling and distribution systems while controlling costs.

This role requires ownership, urgency, and ability to operate with minimal oversight in a frontier infrastructure company.

Qualifications

• Experience in structural engineering for large-scale buildings or infrastructure.
• Ability to read geotechnical reports and translate data into design actions.
• Coordinate with civil, geotech, and MEP teams; manage external engineers through IFC.
• Familiarity with foundations, structural steel, and building envelopes for large-format projects.
• Assess structural cost and constructability risks early in site development.
• Bonus: PE license or active pursuit; data center/industrial projects; seismic design.

Responsibilities

• Support the structural engineering workstream across multi-site development from site screening through design, permitting and construction completion.
• Perform due diligence for greenfield and conversion sites: foundation conditions, existing structures, geotechnical constraints.
• Review geotechnical reports and assign structural design actions related to soil bearing, settlement, and seismic classification.
• Develop and maintain structural basis of design, standard details, specs; coordinate with civil, geotech, and MEP teams.
• Manage external structural engineers through design milestones and IFC deliverables.
• Identify structural cost risks during site selection, including retrofit complexity for conversions.

Skills

Structural engineering

Geotechnical reports

IFC coordination

ETABS

RISA

RAM

Seismic design

Conversion retrofit

Tools

ETABS

RISA

RAM

Job description

Fluidstack in Austin, TX is seeking a senior structural engineer to lead multi-site data center design, review geotechnical reports, and guide external engineers through IFC milestones.

You will translate soil and seismic data into robust design actions, develop basis of design docs, and help scale next-gen cooling and distribution systems while controlling costs.

This role requires ownership, urgency, and ability to operate with minimal oversight in a frontier infrastructure company.