# Data Center Technician, Fluidstack Labs

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Houston, TX
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $225k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** server hardware, network hardware, Linux, ipmi, bmc, TCP/IP, ethernet, fiber cabling, liquid cooling, Python, Bash
**Posted:** 2026-07-20

> Own the data center lab floor at Fluidstack Labs by performing rack-and-stack, cabling, hardware troubleshooting, inventory, RMAs, and smart-hands support for first-sample AI compute, networking, and liquid-cooled systems. Requires deep server/network hardware experience, Linux console skills, and meticulous asset documentation.

## Job Description

## Role Scope
- Own the lab floor: rack-and-stack execution, structured copper and fiber cabling, hardware installs and swaps, and part replacement on first-sample compute, network, and storage platforms, keeping asset records accurate through every change.
- Receive and inventory every piece of equipment through the lab, handle RMAs end to end, and document installations and change activity physically and photographically so the record matches the floor.
- Provide smart-hands support for remote engineering teams and hardware partners: cabling diagnosis and replacement, component reseats and swaps, console access, and the on-the-floor eyes that unblock a remote debug session.
- Support liquid cooling work alongside deployment engineering, including CDU manifold connections and visual leak inspection, with the floor discipline that high-density liquid-cooled racks demand.
- Act as first point of contact for facility-floor issues, escalating to the lab's technical leads, and escort vendors and partners during on-site visits while keeping their equipment, access, and confidentiality boundaries clean.

## Requirements
- Deployed and supported server and network hardware in a live data center or hardware lab: racked it, cabled it, fixed it, and kept it running.
- Troubleshoot server hardware deeply: POST, BIOS, PXE, IPMI, BMC, and component-level repair.
- Know network fundamentals (TCP/IP, Ethernet) and hardware (switches, routers, copper and fiber) well enough to diagnose physical-layer faults yourself.
- Work comfortably in Linux for hands-on diagnosis and recovery at the console.
- Asset records, labels, and documentation are habits: what's on the floor always matches what's in the system.
- Worked around unreleased or partner-owned hardware, or comfortable doing so, treating what you see and touch as confidential.

## Nice-to-Haves
- GPU server fleets.
- Hyperscale or high-density AI infrastructure.
- Liquid-cooled systems.
- Scripting (Python, Bash).
- Structured cabling.

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