# Principal Operations Engineer, Hardware

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $150k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Gpu Systems, Server Platforms, Storage Infrastructure, Firmware Lifecycle Management, Hardware Diagnostics, Linux Administration, Hardware Management Tooling, Root Cause Analysis, Mops, Liquid Cooling
**Posted:** 2026-06-09

> Principal technical authority for operational hardware fleet across hyperscale AI data centers. Lead site assessments, audits, root cause investigations, and drive operational readiness for GPU/server infrastructure at scale.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Serve as the most senior technical authority for the operational hardware fleet across hyperscale AI data center portfolio
- Lead site assessments and operational audits
- Drive technical readiness of teams ahead of site activation
- Review hardware platforms and integration designs from an operational lens
- Feed operational learnings back into hardware engineering, deployment, and supply chain organizations
- Act as a force multiplier across site hardware leads, deployment teams, and reliability engineers
- Serve as connective tissue between hardware operations, hardware engineering, network, facilities, and customer-facing teams
- Diagnose hardware issues on the floor, lead fleet-wide root cause investigations, and hold vendors accountable on RMA processes
- Author, approve, and execute high-risk MOPs and change records in live production environments
- Lead root cause analysis on significant hardware events and drive corrective actions to closure
- Travel extensively across the fleet (50-75%)

## Requirements
- 10+ years of hands-on experience operating mission-critical hardware infrastructure, with at least 5 years as the senior technical voice on a site, campus, or fleet
- Deep working command of GPU systems, server platforms, storage infrastructure, firmware lifecycle management, and hardware diagnostics
- Demonstrated ability to author, approve, and execute high-risk MOPs and change records in live production environments
- Track record of leading root cause analysis on significant hardware events and driving corrective actions to closure
- Track record of holding OEMs, ODMs, service vendors, and deployment partners accountable
- Strong written communication skills for operational health assessments, RCAs, procedure reviews, and design review feedback
- Comfort operating as the senior technical voice across operations, hardware engineering, network, facilities, supply chain, and customer-facing teams
- Willingness to travel extensively across the fleet (50-75%)

## Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- Hyperscale or large-scale compute operational experience supporting thousands of servers and accelerator systems
- Direct experience operating modern GPU platforms at production scale
- Strong working knowledge of Linux administration, hardware management tooling, and production troubleshooting workflows
- Experience supporting liquid-cooled compute infrastructure
- Experience operating across multiple sites or as part of a global fleet operations function
- Experience standing up new sites from deployment handover through steady-state
- Experience contributing operational requirements into hardware platform decisions, reference architectures, or productized data center builds
- Scripting and automation experience in support of fleet-scale hardware operations

## Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary range: $150,000 - $250,000 per year
- Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity)
- Retirement or pension plan
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous PTO policy

## Similar roles

- [Principal Operations Engineer, Reliability](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/e71cb5d2-1eaa-4508-805a-da2963d7fa58) - Fluidstack - Remote - $150k – $250k/yr
- [Principal Operations Engineer, Mechanical](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/1033a3a6-548c-4699-8e58-e9cb70cf32cd) - Fluidstack - Remote - $150k – $250k/yr
- [Principal Operations Engineer, Electrical](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/56295001-a8c6-4fb8-ba2b-1c6cbf808ad8) - Fluidstack - Remote - $150k – $250k/yr
- [Principal Operations Engineer, Controls](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/9c821ce8-5edc-4d88-8572-e74fac66a8b0) - Fluidstack - Remote - $150k – $250k/yr
- [Design Validation Test - Lead/Principal Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/302a6f7e-5eb5-4f12-b310-daf1eabc1c49) - Cerebras Systems - Sunnyvale, CA - $175k – $275k/yr

**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/f1c077a0-a07d-4ff6-b0c1-bc1e2e991431
**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/f1c077a0-a07d-4ff6-b0c1-bc1e2e991431