Senior Data Center Operational Readiness Engineer

CoreWeave; Sunnyvale (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

Tuition Reimbursement

Equity awards

Job summary

CoreWeave is seeking a Principal Operational Readiness Engineer to lead stability and execution of complex data center projects. You will review designs, validate handoff readiness, and drive risk mitigation across design, construction, commissioning, and operations teams.

This senior role requires deep knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems, strong collaboration across disciplines, and the ability to steer corrective actions in high‑pressure environments to ensure reliable, scalable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 15+ years of data center design, construction, commissioning, or operational readiness.
• Strong technical understanding of mechanical and electrical infrastructure systems (power, cooling, controls, generators, UPS).
• Ability to rapidly assess active project sites and develop mitigation strategies.
• Experience coordinating across design teams, general contractors, commissioning agents, vendors, and operations.

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 in line 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 with Design, Construction, Operations, Network Engineering, Commissioning, and external contractors to improve coordination and ensure projects meet standards.
• Review project documentation including drawings, MEP designs, RFIs, submittals, schedules, turnover packages, and change orders to validate readiness and execution quality.
• Support turnover of projects into operations by validating readiness and driving issue resolution before handoff.

Skills

Project troubleshooting

Cross-functional coordination

Risk assessment

Technical leadership

Scheduling proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Job description

CoreWeave is seeking a Principal Operational Readiness Engineer to lead stability and execution of complex data center projects. You will review designs, validate handoff readiness, and drive risk mitigation across design, construction, commissioning, and operations teams.

This senior role requires deep knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems, strong collaboration across disciplines, and the ability to steer corrective actions in high‑pressure environments to ensure reliable, scalable