Structural Engineer

FluidStack; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced Structural Engineer to design modular industrial structures and supports for fast fabrication and erection. You will own the structural calcs and drawings, ensuring steel is designed to AISC, stamp-ready, and detailed for the factory.

You will collaborate with fabricators, coordinate lifting and transport conditions, and help standardize reference designs so every site starts from proven steel.

Qualifications

• Experience designing structural steel for industrial or modular construction.
• Calculations and drawings that are stamp-ready to AISC.
• Experience designing lifting, transport, and erection conditions.
• Ability to coordinate with fabricators and shop constraints.
• Experience sealing or supporting sealed packages through permitting.

Responsibilities

• Engineer modular units, equipment supports, and buildings for fast fabrication and erection.
• Own structural calcs and drawings, ensure steel is AISC-compliant and factory-ready.
• Design for shipping and lifting: road- and crane-ready structures.
• Standardize reference designs so sites start from proven steel.

Skills

Structural design

Industrial/modular construction

Lifting/erection planning

Fabricator collaboration

Permitting/sealing

Seismic design depth

Education

PE or SE license (bonus)

Tools

Tekla interface

Job description

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!

How We Operate

• Extreme ownership. Full autonomy. Own things end to end often taking on scope outside your core role without being asked to get things done.

• Velocity. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.

• First principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.

• Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.

Role Scope

• Engineer the structures: modular units, equipment supports, and buildings designed for fast fabrication and faster erection.

• Own the structural calcs and drawings: steel designed to AISC, stamp-ready, and detailed for the factory.

• Design for shipping and lifting: modules that survive the road and the crane, engineered rather than assumed.

• Standardize the structural reference design so every site starts from proven steel.

What We're Looking For

• The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly,

• You've designed structural steel for industrial or modular construction.

• Your connections and members calc out and build clean.

• You've engineered lifting, transport, and erection conditions.

• You work with fabricators and respect what the shop can hold.

• You've sealed or supported sealed packages through permitting.

• Bonus: PE or SE license. Tekla interface. Seismic design depth. Modular and skid structures.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.