Commissioning & Field Engineer, Mechanical

Fluidstack; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 161,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced professional to commission mechanical systems for gigawatt-scale data centers. You will integrate cooling plants, CDUs, liquid loops, and airside systems from Level 2 through Level 5, writing test scripts that prove capacity and redundancy and executing them end-to-end.

You will read P&IDs and controls drawings fluently, troubleshoot live systems with vendors present, and feed findings back to the design team to accelerate future site

Qualifications

• Experience commissioning mechanical plant on mission-critical facilities through integrated systems testing.
• Written test procedures from sequences of operation and identified sequence errors.
• Fluent in reading P&IDs and controls drawings.
• Able to troubleshoot live systems with vendors present under deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Commission mechanical systems for gigawatt-scale data centers: chilled water plants, CDUs, liquid loops, and airside systems from Level 2 through Level 5.
• Write and execute test scripts that prove capacity, redundancy, and failure response beyond basic operation verification.
• Run functional and integrated systems tests with controls and electrical to ensure the building operates as a single integrated system.
• Feed test findings back into standard design to speed up future site commissioning.

Skills

Integrated systems testing

Test procedure writing

P&IDs reading

Troubleshooting live systems

Job description

Role Scope

• Commission mechanical systems for gigawatt-scale data centers: chilled water plants, CDUs, liquid loops, and airside systems from Level 2 through Level 5.
• Write and execute test scripts that prove capacity, redundancy, and failure response, not just that equipment turns on.
• Run functional and integrated systems tests with controls and electrical so the building performs as one system.
• Feed test findings back into the standard design so the next site commissions faster.

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 have commissioned mechanical plant on mission critical facilities through integrated systems testing.
• You have written test procedures from sequences of operation, and found where the sequence was wrong.
• You read P&IDs and controls drawings fluently.
• You troubleshoot live systems with vendors watching and a deadline standing behind you.
• Bonus: Liquid cooling and direct-to-chip systems. CxA credential. Modular data centers. Test and balance oversight.

Compensation Range: $161K - $203K

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.

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