Sr White Space Design Engineer

CoreWeave; Livingston (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

CoreWeave is seeking a Senior White Space Design Engineer to lead the design and delivery of white space infrastructure across its data center portfolio. The role involves hands-on engineering, detailed technical work, and coordinating with internal teams, consultants, Construction, and Operations to ensure scalable, standardized, and operable solutions.

You will develop designs from concept through construction handoff, addressing high-density power, cooling, cabling, and pathways while

Qualifications

• Experience leading design reviews for high-density data center projects.
• Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical systems integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review white space layouts, infrastructure designs, specifications, details, and engineering documentation.
• Support maintenance and improvement of CoreWeave’s White Space Basis of Design and technical standards.
• Perform technical reviews of high-density power distribution, cooling systems, and rack layouts.
• Coordinate with internal teams and third-party consultants to ensure designs are scalable and constructible.
• Provide technical direction to ensure conformance to CoreWeave standards.

Skills

White Space Design

Power Distribution

Cooling Systems

Coordination

Job description

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.

What You’ll Do:

The Data Center Design team is the technical engineering team responsible for the architectural and infrastructure design standards across CoreWeave's global portfolio, ensuring facilities are highly scalable, efficient, and optimized to support next-generation, high-density compute workloads. The team governs the entire design lifecycle from early-stage site feasibility through final technology fit-out, establishing the foundation for seamless construction and long-term operational success. Through continuous technical innovation and standardization, they enable CoreWeave to rapidly and reliably scale its physical footprint to meet global infrastructure demands.

About the role:

As a Senior White Space Design Engineer, you will report to the Senior Manager, White Space Design and support the design and delivery of white space infrastructure across CoreWeave’s expanding data center portfolio. You will serve as a senior individual contributor, applying deep technical expertise to develop designs, perform engineering analyses, review consultant deliverables, and resolve complex multidisciplinary coordination issues.

You will work closely with internal engineering teams, third-party design consultants, Construction, Operations, Network Engineering, Supply Chain, and Commissioning to ensure white space solutions are scalable, standardized, constructable, and operationally sound. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone comfortable working through detailed technical challenges and driving designs from concept through construction handoff.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and review white space layouts, infrastructure designs, specifications, details, and engineering documentation.
• Support the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of CoreWeave’s White Space Basis of Design, technical standards, and reference designs.
• Perform detailed technical reviews of high-density power distribution, liquid- and air-cooling systems, equipment layouts, containment systems, and low-voltage pathways.
• Design and coordinate white space electrical systems, including PDUs, RPPs, busways, branch circuits, rack power distribution, grounding, and associated infrastructure.
• Design and coordinate white space mechanical systems, including remote CDUs, liquid-cooling distribution, fan walls, hot aisle containment, and other high-density cooling solutions.
• Review structured cabling systems, ladder rack, cable tray, overhead conveyance, and network pathways in coordination with Network Engineering.
• Review construction drawings, shop drawings, equipment submittals, RFIs, design changes, and field conditions for compliance with project requirements and CoreWeave standards.
• Identify design gaps, constructability concerns, operational risks, and multidisciplinary conflicts, and develop practical solutions in collaboration with project stakeholders.
• Provide technical direction and oversight to third-party design consultants to ensure their