Senior Staff Quality Control Engineer

Crusoe; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 165,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity

Paid time off

Health insurance

HSA contributions

401(k) retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

On-site meals

Travel opportunities

Parental leave

Job summary

Crusoe is seeking a Senior Staff Quality Control Engineer to serve as the technical quality authority for data center construction. You will define and standardize quality practices across MEP scopes, with a focus on commissioning readiness, inspections, defect prevention, and turnover integrity.

This field-driven, expert role requires leadership across civil, electrical, mechanical, and controls disciplines, influencing teams and ensuring readiness for first-pass commissioning and reliable

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in construction QA/QC, quality engineering, field engineering, commissioning support, or related technical construction roles.
• Deep technical understanding of MEP systems in mission-critical, industrial, or large-scale infrastructure environments.
• Strong experience with electrical distribution, mechanical/cooling systems, controls, system integration, and construction-to-commissioning handoff.
• Proven ability to develop or improve ITPs, inspection plans, quality standards, checklists, NCR processes, punch management, and turnover documentation practices.
• Strong ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, technical submittals, test reports, commissioning documents, and code requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality standards, inspection methods, and acceptance criteria across large construction programs.
• Develop and govern Inspection Test Plans, checklists, and quality documentation across civil, electrical, mechanical, and commissioning scopes.
• Partner with Construction, Design, Commissioning, Operations, GCs, subcontractors, OEMs, AHJs, and inspectors to drive quality outcomes.
• Mentor QC Engineers and field teams on technical quality standards and inspection discipline.
• Support audit readiness and maintain high-quality documentation and reporting across projects.

Skills

QA/QC leadership

Construction QA/QC

MEP expertise

Root cause analysis

Documentation

Reading drawings

Stakeholder influence

Tools

Procore

BIM360

Autodesk Build

Bluebeam

Job description

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.

We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.

We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.

If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.

As a Senior Staff Quality Control (QC) Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical authority for construction quality across Crusoe’s mission-critical data center infrastructure. You will define, standardize, and improve quality engineering practices across major construction scopes, with deep focus on MEP systems, commissioning readiness, inspection standards, defect prevention, and turnover integrity.

This is a highly field-driven, technically deep role at the intersection of construction, engineering, MEP systems, and commissioning — where quality directly impacts uptime, performance, capital efficiency, and long-term reliability.

What You’ll Be Working On

Serve as a senior technical QC leader across large-scale, mission-critical data center construction projects
Define and improve program-level quality engineering standards, inspection methods, and acceptance criteria
Work across multiple tenant quality programs and reconcile differing spec and flow-down requirements.
Develop, refine, and govern Inspection Test Plans, checklists, inspection workflows, and quality documentation standards across civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, controls, and commissioning-related scopes
Ensure critical MEP systems — including electrical distribution, mechanical/cooling systems, controls, and related infrastructure — are installed in accordance with design intent, specifications, submittals, code requirements, and performance expectations
Partner closely with Construction, Design, Commissioning, Operations, GCs, subcontractors, OEMs, AHJs, and third-party inspectors to drive consistent quality outcomes
Provide senior-level technical review of drawings, specifications, submittals, RFIs, field changes, and construction execution plans from a quality and constructability perspective >Lead root cause analysis for recurring defects, non-conformances, rework drivers, and system-level quality failures
Establish defect taxonomies, trend reporting, and quality metrics that provide visibility into systemic risk and performance across scopes or projects
Drive pre-functional and functional readiness standards in partnership with commissioning teams
Provide technical quality sign-off recommendations for systems prior to commissioning, energization, turnover, and operational handoff
Review and validate non-conformance reports, corrective action plans, punch lists, inspection results, test reports, as-builts, redlines, O&M manuals, and turnover packages
Identify quality risks early and influence corrective action before issues impact schedule, commissioning, cost, or reliability
Translate field lessons learned into scalable standards, playbooks, and repeatable quality practices
Mentor QC Engineers, QC Managers, construction teams, and trade partners on technical quality standards and inspection discipline
Support audit readiness and maintain high-quality documentation and reporting standards across assigned projects or campus scopes

What Success Looks Like

Critical MEP systems are installed correctly and ready for first-pass commissioning success
Repeat defects, rework, and preventable quality issues are reduced through stronger standards and early detection
Construction, commissioning, and design teams operate from a shared, technically rigorous quality framework
Quality metrics and field data are trusted, visible, and used to drive decisions
Turnover documentation is complete, accurate, and audit-ready
Lessons learned are translated into improved standards across projects, scopes, and trade partners
Crusoe’s quality posture improves schedule confidence, system reliability, and long-term operational performance

Who You Are

10+ years of experience in construction QA/QC, quality engineering, field engineering, commissioning support, or related technical construction roles
Deep technical understanding of MEP systems in mission-critical, industrial, or large-scale infrastructure environments
Strong experience with electrical distribution, mechanical/cooling systems, controls, system integration, and construction-to-commissioning handoff
Proven ability to develop or improve ITPs, inspection plans, quality standards, checklists, NCR processes, punch management, and turnover documentation practices
Strong ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, technical submittals, test reports, commissioning documents, and code requirements
Experience using defect tracking, trend analysis, root cause methodology, and corrective action frameworks to improve quality outcomes
Comfortable influencing GCs, subcontractors, engineering teams, commissioning teams, and internal stakeholders without relying on direct authority
Strong field presence with the ability to identify installation risks, technical issues, and quality gaps before they become downstream failures
Systems thinker who understands how construction quality impacts commissioning, operations, uptime, and long-term asset performance
Highly organized, analytical, and detail-oriented, with strong documentation and communication skills

Nice to Have

Data center or hyperscale experience with companies such as AWS, Meta, Google, Microsoft, or similar
Experience in complex large-scale construction environments such as healthcare, semiconductor, refinery, central plants, power, or industrial infrastructure
Experience working closely with commissioning teams on pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing
Familiarity with Procore, BIM360, Autodesk Build, Bluebeam, commissioning platforms, or similar construction/quality tools
Relevant certifications such as CQM, CQI, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, ASQ, or similar
Experience creating quality standards, inspection libraries, lessons-learned programs, or quality playbooks at scale

Additional Expectations

Willingness to be on-site full-time on site.
Ability to travel to other Crusoe construction sites as needed
Ability to hold contractors and internal stakeholders accountable to quality standards, including escalation when necessary
Commitment to maintaining high standards in safety, quality, documentation, and execution excellence

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation and equity packages

• Restricted Stock Units

• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs

• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance

• Employer contributions to HSA account

• Paid parental leave

• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability

• Professional development & tuition reimbursement

• Mental health & wellness support

• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)

• Cell phone stipend

• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary

• Volunteer time off

• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance

• Daily meals allowance

• Additional perks & programs specific to location

Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $165,000-$195,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.