Qual Engineer, Fluidstack Labs

Fluidstack; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack in New York, NY seeks a hardware lab engineer to execute qualification programs and maintain the lab infrastructure. You will work with server‑class hardware, run test plans, collect data, and document results to ensure reliability at scale.

The role requires hands‑on hardware testing experience, meticulous logging of failures, and ability to operate Linux command‑line tools and basic scripting in a fast‑paced data‑center environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with hardware test and lab engineering in a hands‑on capacity.
• Ability to follow test plans precisely and flag issues.
• Experience logging and reproducing failures with evidence.
• Experience safely handling server‑class hardware in a data‑center environment.

Responsibilities

• Execute qualification programs: tests, data collection, and results documentation.
• Own test benches: builds, cabling, instrumentation, and data integrity.
• Log and triage failures with clear reproduction steps and evidence.
• Maintain the lab: inventory, calibration, and readiness before hardware arrivals.

Skills

Hardware test

Lab engineering hands‑on

Follow test plans

Log failures

Server‑class hardware handling

Lab organization

Linux command‑line

Scripting basics

Electrical test equipment

Data center hardware exposure

Tools

Electrical test equipment

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.

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.

How We Operate

• Extreme ownership. Full autonomy. Own things end to end often taking on scope outside your core role without being asked to get things done.
• Velocity. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.
• 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.

Role Scope

• Execute qualification programs: test plans run, data collected, and results documented across compute and rack hardware.
• Own the test benches: builds, cabling, instrumentation, and the discipline that keeps results valid.
• Log and triage failures: symptoms captured cleanly, reproduced reliably, and escalated with evidence.
• Maintain the lab: inventory, calibration, and environments ready before the hardware arrives.

What We’re Looking For

• You’ve done hardware test, validation, or lab engineering hands‑on.
• You follow test plans exactly and flag when the plan is wrong.
• Your failure logs let someone else reproduce the issue.
• You handle server-class hardware safely and correctly.
• You keep a lab organized under heavy throughput.
• Bonus: Linux command‑line fluency. Scripting basics. Electrical test equipment. Data center hardware exposure.

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.