Structural Engineer Modular RD

The Talent Mine; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Talent Mine is recruiting for a Structural Engineer, Modular R&D for a full-time, in-office position in Austin, Texas. You will work in R&D for a client delivering massive AI compute buildouts, designing modular data center structures and supporting fabrication from concept through release.

This role emphasizes hands-on engineering, fast iteration, and cross-discipline collaboration. Bonus: PE license and deep knowledge of steel design and DFM practices are valued.

Qualifications

• Engineered structures hands-on for complex products, modular construction, or heavy fabrication.
• Took a steel or sheet metal product from concept through fabrication.
• Supported production launches of designs and stayed accountable through first articles.
• Treated transport loads, lifting points, and stacking as design constraints.
• Drawings are clean and fabricators rarely call you, you fix the drawing.
• Work across disciplines and iterate fast without losing configuration control.

Responsibilities

• Engineer the structural systems of modular data center product: frames, enclosures, lifting and transport structures from concept through fabrication drawings.
• Own the structural calcs and load paths so modules survive fabrication, shipping, rigging, and stacking.
• Resolve collisions between structure and MEP: penetrations and tolerances.
• Provide structural support for factory and field, answer RFIs same-day and implement fixes in the next revision.
• Drive prototyping and validation through mockups, fit checks, and first-article reviews in person.

Skills

Structural design

Modular construction

3D CAD

Fabrication knowledge

First article reviews

Tools

SolidWorks

Inventor

Revit

Job description

The Talent Mine is recruiting for a Structural Engineer, Modular R&D for a full-time, in-office position in Austin, Texas. You will in work in R&D for our client that is 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.

How We Operate

• Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role.
• We drive everything forward as fast as possible.
• Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.
• 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.
• If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world.

The Modular Team

The Modular team designs and ships factory-built data center modules that carry the largest AI compute buildout in history.

• Engineer a modular data center product that survives fabrication, trucking, craning, and stacking without field rework.
• Resolve the collisions between structure and MEP: penetrations, attachment points, and tolerances where disciplines meet in a tight envelope.
• Compress the loop from factory and field issues to engineered fixes in the next design revision.
• Prove designs with physical mockups, fit checks, and first-article reviews before they scale to production.

Role Scope

• Engineer the structural systems of the modular product, frames, enclosures, and lifting and transport structures, from concept through released fabrication drawings.
• Own the structural calcs and load paths so modules survive fabrication, shipping, rigging, and stacking without redesign.
• Solve the integration problems where structure meets MEP: penetrations, attachment points, and tolerances where the disciplines collide.
• Run structural support for the factory and field, answering RFIs same-day and engineering fixes into the next revision.
• Drive prototyping and validation through mockups, fit checks, and first-article reviews you attend in person.

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, tell us where you would.

• You've engineered structures hands-on for complex physical products, modular construction, or heavy fabrication (modules, trailers, skids, container conversions).
• You've taken a steel or sheet metal product from concept through fabrication, not just analyzed someone else's design.
• You've supported production launches of your own designs and stayed accountable through first articles.
• You treat transport loads, lifting points, and stacking as first-class design constraints, not afterthoughts checked at the end.
• Your drawings build clean: fabricators rarely call, and when they do, you fix the drawing.
• You work across disciplines instead of throwing problems over walls, and you iterate fast without losing configuration control.
• Bonus: PE license, steel and sheet metal design depth, structural detailing standards (AISC, AWS), 3D CAD mastery (SolidWorks, Inventor, Revit), and strong DFM instincts.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Our client 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. Our client will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

The Talent Mine is a boutique recruitment firm dedicated to providing a pinpointed, hands-on, and friendly hiring experience for world-class professionals. We are unabashedly employee-centric, leveraging our team's deep technical and engineering backgrounds to ensure we match your unique "why" with the right mission-critical projects. Our long-term relationships are founded on trust, mutual respect, and a commitment to delivering win-win results for both our candidates and the world-changing companies we serve.