Senior Data Center Operational Readiness Engineer

CoreWeave; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 198,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid parental leave

ESPP

Job summary

CoreWeave is seeking a Principal Operational Readiness Engineer to stabilize and drive execution of complex data center projects across its infrastructure portfolio. The role focuses on design compliance, readiness, and cross-functional coordination across design, construction, commissioning, fit-out, and turnover.

You will evaluate critical infrastructure systems, validation processes, and handoff procedures, identifying gaps and driving mitigation plans while collaborating with Design,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in data center design, construction, commissioning, or operational readiness.

Responsibilities

• Perform deep operational and technical reviews of active projects to identify gaps in design validation, process execution, construction coordination, turnover readiness, and quality assurance.
• Assess whether critical infrastructure systems, construction activities, commissioning efforts, and operational handoff procedures are being executed in accordance with project requirements, standards, and best practices.
• Identify deficiencies, breakdowns in coordination, incomplete validations, and missing controls that could impact schedule, reliability, scalability, or operational readiness.
• Develop and drive corrective action, mitigation, and recovery plans through resolution for distressed or high-risk infrastructure projects.
• Partner closely with Design, Construction, Operations, Network Engineering, Commissioning, and external contractors to improve coordination, strengthen execution discipline, and ensure projects are delivered to CoreWeave’s operational and technical standards.
• Review project documentation including construction drawings, MEP designs, RFIs, submittals, schedules, turnover packages, and change orders to validate project readiness and execution quality.
• Monitor project dependencies, sequencing, and critical path risks across large-scale data center build and fit-out programs.
• Support the successful turnover of projects into operations by validating readiness, identifying gaps, and driving issue resolution before handoff.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Risk assessment

Quality assurance

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Job description

CoreWeave is seeking a Principal Operational Readiness Engineer to stabilize and drive execution of complex data center projects across its infrastructure portfolio. The role focuses on design compliance, readiness, and cross-functional coordination across design, construction, commissioning, fit-out, and turnover.

You will evaluate critical infrastructure systems, validation processes, and handoff procedures, identifying gaps and driving mitigation plans while collaborating with Design,