Senior Field Engineer, Data Center Design & Construction

Candidate; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 405,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching (optional)

Generous vacation

Parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space

Job summary

Anthropic, based in San Francisco, seeks a Senior Field Engineer for the Data Center Design and Engineering team. You will be on active sites most of the time, resolving issues, coordinating with developers, general contractors, and engineers of record, and ensuring installed work aligns with the design.

You don't need a data center background; the focus is delivering complex industrial projects from the field, persuading partners to act, and driving commissioning to handover.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field; equivalent practical experience considered.
• Experience on active project sites in energy, power, heavy industrial or data center environments.

Responsibilities

• Be our engineering presence on site, ensuring installed work meets design and coordinating with developers, general contractors, engineers of record, vendors and commissioning teams.
• Keep a prioritized list of open engineering issues, follow up in person, challenge dates, and escalate with a recommendation when needed.
• Investigate failures by gathering evidence, testing explanations, and tracing to root causes to confirm fixes.
• Clear the path to commissioning and handover by managing interfaces, RFIs, deviations and field changes.
• Bring field feedback into design by turning recurring site problems into design improvements for future projects.
• Collaborate with contractors and engineering teams on-site to resolve issues and keep work on schedule.

Skills

Read drawings

Persuade contractors

Site leadership

Problem solving

Safety awareness

On-site collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Procore

Primavera P6

Job description

Anthropic, based in San Francisco, seeks a Senior Field Engineer for the Data Center Design and Engineering team. You will be on active sites most of the time, resolving issues, coordinating with developers, general contractors, and engineers of record, and ensuring installed work aligns with the design.

You don't need a data center background; the focus is delivering complex industrial projects from the field, persuading partners to act, and driving commissioning to handover.