Technical Lead, Facilities Automation & Control Systems

Fluidstack; New York (NY); On-site; USD 269,000 - 317,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale AI infrastructure and operates data centers to deliver frontier compute at scale. We seek a leader who will own the architecture of facilities software automation, from telemetry through actuation, with safety and authorization built in, and drive end-to-end delivery across the fleet.

The role requires setting engineering standards for a team shipping against live infrastructure, tackling complex problems such as closed-loop control and simulation, and

Qualifications

• You've led teams building software that controls or automates physical systems.
• You've designed act-on-plant paths with interlocks, authorization, and audit.
• You've taken automation from one site to many with a real rollout model.
• Your architecture decisions balance speed with the blast radius of being wrong.
• You still write the critical code.
• Bonus: Controls background (PLC, BMS). Digital twin and simulation. Energy systems. Safety-critical software practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead facilities software automation: the systems that let software observe, decide, and act on physical plant.
• Own the architecture from telemetry through decision to actuation, with safety and authorization designed in.
• Set the engineering standards for a team shipping against live infrastructure.
• Carry the hardest problems: closed-loop control paths, simulation, and rollout strategy across the fleet.

Job description

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale AI infrastructure and operates data centers to deliver frontier compute at scale. We seek a leader who will own the architecture of facilities software automation, from telemetry through actuation, with safety and authorization built in, and drive end-to-end delivery across the fleet.

The role requires setting engineering standards for a team shipping against live infrastructure, tackling complex problems such as closed-loop control and simulation, and