# Commissioning Lead, R&D

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $247k – $293k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** commissioning, data center commissioning, power infrastructure, commissioning documentation, integrated systems testing, commissioning automation, btm commissioning
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Lead commissioning for first-of-a-kind modular data centers and behind-the-meter power plants at Fluidstack. Develop strategies, run initial Level 5 tests, author reference packages, and drive design improvements from findings for rapid AI compute infrastructure deployment.

## Job Description

## Role Scope
- Own commissioning strategy for first-of-a-kind designs: how modular units and BTM plants get proven, written into the design.
- Build the commissioning reference package: scripts, checklists, and acceptance criteria versioned with the design itself.
- Run first-of-a-kind commissioning personally: first units through Level 5 with your name on the results.
- Feed everything back: commissioning findings driving design revisions, not just punch lists.

## Requirements
- Led commissioning for data centers or power infrastructure.
- Commissioned first-of-a-kind systems where the script didn't exist yet.
- Write commissioning documentation field teams execute cleanly.
- Disposition failures fast: fix, waive, or redesign, with reasons.
- Pushed commissioning lessons upstream into design.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Commissioning automation exposure.
- CxA or equivalent credentials.
- BTM and generation commissioning.
- Integrated systems test design.

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