Mechanical Field Engineer, Capacity Delivery

fluidstack; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking an on-site field-engineered mechanical professional for industrial or data center builds. You will walk installs, spot deviations, and answer questions at the workface, ensuring installations match design.

Daily verification includes supports, slopes, clearances, and torque, with hands-on punch processes for commissioning readiness. On-site presence is essential; bonus skills include welding, pipefitting, liquid cooling installs, and commissioning support.

Qualifications

• Experience as a field-engineered mechanical scope on industrial or data center builds.
• Ability to spot incorrect installs from across a data hall.
• Document findings so contractors fix issues without resistance.

Responsibilities

• Be the mechanical engineering presence on site: walk installs, catch deviations, and answer questions at the workface.
• Verify mechanical installation against design daily: supports, slopes, clearances, torque.
• Run the mechanical punch process so systems hand to commissioning complete, not merely close.
• Feed field reality back to design: what's buildable, what isn't, what should change.

Skills

Field engineering

Mechanical install

Data center builds

On-site presence

Troubleshooting

Job description

Role Scope

• Be the mechanical engineering presence on site: walk installs, catch deviations, and answer questions at the workface.
• Verify mechanical installation against design daily: supports, slopes, clearances, torque.
• Run the mechanical punch process so systems hand to commissioning complete, not merely close.
• Feed field reality back to design: what's buildable, what isn't, what should change.

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.

• Field-engineered mechanical scope on industrial or data center builds.
• Spot a wrong install from across the data hall.
• Document findings so contractors fix them without a fight.
• Live on site during the build and like it there.
• Bonus: Welding and pipefitting knowledge, liquid cooling installs, commissioning support, QC certifications.

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.