Senior Controls Operator: Mission-Critical Data Centers

Fluidstack; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 220,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI and operates data centers and frontier compute infrastructure. We seek operators who can keep live facilities running through faults and ramps while scaling with new sites.

You will manage live control systems, diagnose faults, and write robust operating procedures. This role demands high ownership, fast iteration, and a focus on reliability and efficiency across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Experience operating live mission-critical facilities, data centers, industrial, or power environments.
• Ability to diagnose bad sequences or misconfigured points in BMS/SCADA/EPMS.
• Experience writing operating procedures and alarm response runbooks that are used by others.

Responsibilities

• Run building management and controls systems (BMS, SCADA, EPMS) for gigawatt-scale data centers.
• Own real-time load and thermal control across sites under development.
• Write operating procedures, alarm response runbooks, and standard control sequences.
• Diagnose and resolve controls faults on the floor before they impact operations.
• Tune control sequences/setpoints to balance reliability, efficiency, and cost.

Skills

BMS

SCADA

EPMS

Job description

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI and operates data centers and frontier compute infrastructure. We seek operators who can keep live facilities running through faults and ramps while scaling with new sites.

You will manage live control systems, diagnose faults, and write robust operating procedures. This role demands high ownership, fast iteration, and a focus on reliability and efficiency across multiple sites.