Senior Data Center Commissioning Engineer

Armada; California City (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) and Roth 401(k)

Job summary

Armada is seeking a Senior Data Center Commissioning Engineer to lead the commissioning of the Galleon, Leviathan, and Orion product lines. You will own factory acceptance testing through site startup, IST, and handover to operations, ensuring all systems perform as designed before customers take over.

Remote, USA with ~40–50% travel to domestic and international project sites, factory facilities, and vendor locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of commissioning experience on mission-critical facilities.
• Experience coordinating Level 4 and Level 5 commissioning.
• Experience with MV/LV switchgear, UPS, BESS, chillers, and controls.
• Willingness to travel 40–50% to sites and facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead site commissioning and IST across active sites.
• Define FAT/FACT integration tests at factory facilities.
• Write test procedures and witness tests.
• Coordinate with customers, agents, GC and vendors.
• Own turnover packages and final sign-off.

Skills

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Commissioning leadership

Testing methodologies

ASHRAE knowledge

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CxAlloy

Procore

Autodesk CC

Job description

About the Company

Armada is the hyperscaler for the edge, delivering modular AI infrastructure from first deployment to AI factory with speed, scale and sovereignty. Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and to the CNBC Disruptor 50, Armada's solutions are deployed in over 60 countries globally for organizations ranging from energy to defense.

With nearly $500 million in funding to date, Armada is backed by leading investors including Founders Fund, Lux, BlackRock and Microsoft (M12), alongside strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Dell, Palantir, NVIDIA, SpaceX, and Skydio. We are building the infrastructure layer for sovereign and edge AI - rugged, deployable compute for customers that cannot rely on centralized cloud.

You’ll tackle challenges that haven’t been solved before and help build something transformative from the ground up. What you do here will not only define your career but help further Armada’s mission to bridge the digital divide for customers around the world.

Armada is hiring a Senior Data Center Commissioning Engineer to support the Galleon, Leviathan, and Orion product lines, a brand-new capability for the company. As we scale Modular Data Center (MDC) deployments for AI workloads across a growing number of sites, we need someone who can own the commissioning thread that runs from factory acceptance testing through site start-up, functional testing, Integrated Systems Testing (IST), and handover to operations, and make sure every system performs as designed before a customer takes over.

Remote, USA (approximately 40–50% travel to domestic and international project sites, factory/integrator facilities, and vendor locations)

Commissioning program and standards

Build and own Armada's commissioning program to industry standard (the ASHRAE Guideline 0 and Standard 202 commissioning process and the industry-standard Level 1 through Level 5 testing framework), including the commissioning plan, OPR/BOD alignment, pre-functional checklists, functional performance test scripts, IST procedures, and turnover requirements, so every Galleon/Leviathan/Orion deployment commissions against one repeatable playbook instead of a one-off plan per site.

Factory acceptance testing

Define and lead factory acceptance testing (FAT and integrated FAT of complete modules) at integrator and vendor facilities for modules, e-houses, skids, and major equipment (switchgear, UPS, BESS, CDUs, chillers, controls), shifting testing into the factory so units arrive on site pre-tested and ready to integrate.

Site commissioning through IST

Lead receipt inspection, pre-functional checks, startup, functional performance testing, and Integrated Systems Testing on active sites, including load bank testing, failure-mode and transfer scenarios, liquid-cooling flushing and fluid quality verification, and GPU load step and ramp-rate behavior, owning the issues log through closure.

Hands-on testing and troubleshooting

Personally write test procedures, witness and run tests, analyze trend and power quality data, and troubleshoot failures across electrical, mechanical, and controls systems, particularly on first-of-a-kind products and sites where no precedent exists yet.

Customer, CxA, and vendor coordination

Act as the commissioning point of contact for customers, third-party commissioning agents, general contractors, and OEM vendors; coordinate witness schedules and readiness reviews, direct vendor start-up activities, and align commissioning scope with the Armada/customer responsibility matrix.

Own turnover packages

Own turnover packages (test records, as-builts, O&M manuals, warranties, training) and the final commissioning sign-off for operational handoff, and feed failures, lessons learned, and test data back into product engineering so each product generation commissions faster than the last.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (or related field), or equivalent hands-on commissioning experience.

• ~8+ years of commissioning experience on mission-critical facilities, including at least 5 years on data center projects and hands‑on leadership of Level 4 and Level 5 commissioning (functional performance testing and IST).
• ~ Deep, hands‑on commissioning expertise in either electrical systems (MV/LV switchgear, UPS, BESS, transfer schemes, generators, protective relaying) or mechanical and controls systems (chillers, air handling, liquid cooling and CDUs, BMS/EPMS sequences), with strong working knowledge of the other.
• ~ Working knowledge of commissioning standards and codes (ASHRAE Guideline 0 and Standard 202, NETA ATS, NFPA 70/70E, NFPA 72) and Uptime Institute methodologies.
• ~ Experience writing commissioning plans, test scripts, and turnover documentation, not only executing them.
• ~ Willingness and ability to travel approximately 40–50% to project sites, factory/integrator facilities, and vendor locations.

Commissioning certification and experience

• Commissioning certification such as CxA (ACG), BCxP (ASHRAE), CCP (BCA), or CBCP (AEE); Prior commissioning experience with modular, prefabricated, or containerized data centers, including factory acceptance testing at integrator facilities.
• Experience commissioning high-density, liquid-cooled AI/GPU deployments (direct-to-chip, CDUs, technology cooling systems), including flushing, filtration, and fluid quality programs.
• Experience with battery energy storage (BESS), GPU power stabilization, load step and ramp-rate testing, and utility interconnection requirements (e.g., Experience on the hyperscale owner, colocation, or commissioning agent side, leading IST on large-scale (10 MW+) facilities.
• Experience with commissioning management platforms (CxAlloy, CxPlanner, Facility Grid, or equivalent), Procore or Autodesk Construction Cloud, and test equipment (load banks, power quality analyzers, thermal imaging).
• Experience standing up commissioning standards, templates, or governance processes for a growing team or product portfolio, rather than only executing against existing ones.
• NFPA 70E qualified person training and OSHA 30.

Compensation and Benefits

In addition to base salary, this role will also be offered equity and subsidized benefits (details available upon request). We use a geographic pay structure based on cost-of-labor markets.

Competitive base salary and equity

• Medical, dental, and vision (subsidized cost)
• Health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and dependent care FSAs (DCFSA)
• Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth 401(k)
• 14 paid company holidays per year

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