# Mechanical Engineer, Capacity Delivery

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Austin, TX
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $157k – $208k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** p&id, hydraulic calculations, equipment schedules, liquid cooling, pipe stress analysis, modular skid design
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Mechanical Engineer owning cooling and piping scope for rapid gigawatt-scale data center builds. Review designs against reference, answer field RFIs quickly, and support construction/commissioning. Requires data center or industrial plant mechanical engineering experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own mechanical engineering for assigned sites: review, field support, and closeout of cooling and piping scope.
- Review mechanical packages against the reference design and flag deviations with impact stated.
- Answer field mechanical RFIs in hours and turn recurring ones into design fixes.
- Support startup and commissioning with engineering: flushing, filling, and balancing questions answered fast.
- Engineer gigawatts from drawing to energized, in months not years.
- Engineer data centers that go up in months, not years.
- Design it once, build it a hundred times; roll lessons into reference design.

## Requirements
- Mechanical engineering experience for data centers or industrial plants.
- Read P&IDs, hydraulic calculations, and equipment schedules fluently.
- Supported construction and commissioning in the field.
- RFI answers are fast and right.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Liquid cooling systems.
- PE track.
- Pipe stress analysis.
- Modular skid design.

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