# Structural Engineer, Buildings

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $197k – $227k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** structural steel design, aisc, modular construction, lifting and transport design, seismic design, tekla, pe license, se license
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Structural Engineer responsible for designing modular steel structures, equipment supports, and buildings for rapid AI data center fabrication and erection, owning calculations, drawings, and standardization for shipping, lifting, and permitting.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- 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.

## Requirements
- Designed structural steel for industrial or modular construction.
- Connections and members calc out and build clean.
- Engineered lifting, transport, and erection conditions.
- Work with fabricators and respect what the shop can hold.
- Sealed or supported sealed packages through permitting.

## Nice-to-Haves
- PE or SE license.
- Tekla interface.
- Seismic design depth.
- Modular and skid structures.

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