# Rotating Equipment, BTM R&D

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $203k – $232k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** rotating equipment, gas turbines, reciprocating engines, vibration analysis, factory acceptance testing, equipment specification, vendor evaluation, Root Cause Analysis, mechanical package engineering, api standards, condition monitoring
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Own and engineer rotating equipment (turbines, engines, generators) for behind-the-meter power generation at AI data centers. Specify, integrate, test, and support reliability of mechanical packages including vibration and alignment.

## Job Description

## Role Scope
Own rotating equipment for behind-the-meter generation: turbines, engines, and generators specified, evaluated, and integrated.
Engineer the mechanical packages: skids, auxiliaries, vibration, and alignment requirements set by you.
Run factory and site acceptance: witness tests, punch the packages, and hold vendors to their curves.
Support the fleet: reliability issues on rotating equipment root-caused and engineered out.

## Requirements
- Engineered rotating equipment: gas turbines, recip engines, or large pumps and compressors.
- Owned equipment specifications and vendor technical evaluations.
- Witnessed factory acceptance tests and rejected what didn't perform.
- Read vibration data and know what it's telling you.
- Root-caused rotating equipment failures in the field.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Gas turbine or recip package integration.
- API standards fluency.
- Condition monitoring systems.
- Power plant commissioning.

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