Commissioning & Field Engineer, Mechanical

Fluidstack; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 161,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack in Seattle seeks an experienced commissioning engineer for gigawatt-scale data centers. You will commission mechanical plant across chilled water, CDUs, liquid loops, and airside systems, integrating controls and electrical to make the building behave as a single system.

You will write and execute test scripts to prove capacity, redundancy, and failure response, read P&IDs fluently, and troubleshoot live systems with vendors under deadlines.

Qualifications

• Commission mechanical plant on mission critical facilities through integrated systems testing.
• Write test procedures from sequences of operation and identify where the sequence was wrong.
• Read P&IDs and controls drawings fluently.
• Troubleshoot live systems with vendors under deadline.

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, 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.

Skills

P&ID reading

Controls drawings fluency

Integrated systems testing

Test procedure writing

Troubleshooting live systems

Vendor coordination

Tools

Test scripting

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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