Staff Controls Operator — Data Center Operations

Staff Controls Operator — Data Center Operations LocationAustin, TX; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WAEmployment TypeFull timeLocation TypeOn-siteDepartmentOperationsCompensation$220K – $260KTo provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings. Our compensation package includes base salary, equity for all full time roles, benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions plans.This range reflects a good-faith estimate based on the applicable pay scale, the range previously established for this role, the compensation of individuals currently in equivalent positions, and/or the budgeted amount for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on experience, qualifications, and other factors.We welcome compensation discussions if this range doesn't meet your requirements. Outstanding candidates may be eligible for adjusted terms, plus meaningful equity that ensures you benefit directly from the company's long-term performance.Total compensation may also include equity in the form of restricted stock units. About FluidstackWe exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it. We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!How We Operate- **Extreme ownership. ** Full autonomy. Own things end to end often taking on scope outside your core role without being asked to get things done.- **Velocity. ** We drive everything forward as fast as possible.- **First principles. ** Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.- **Love of the game. ** The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.The Data Center Operations TeamExamples of key problems the team is working on- **Operate at the scale of a nation, not a building.** The fleet you run will draw more power than some countries, on the way to tens of gigawatts.- **Fly the plane while it's being built.** Sites come online in pieces, and you keep the live ones running flawlessly while construction continues around them.- **Write the playbook, don't inherit it.** No prior operations org has run at this speed and scale, so the standards you set become the standard.Role Scope- Run the building management and controls systems (BMS, SCADA, EPMS) that keep live gigawatt-scale data centers cooling and powered in real time.- Own real-time load and thermal control across sites coming online in pieces, keeping the live halls running flawlessly while construction continues around them.- Write the operating procedures, alarm response runbooks, and control sequences that become the standard for every site that follows.- Diagnose and resolve controls faults on the floor, from a misbehaving chiller sequence to a breaker mis-operation, before they touch a training run.- Tune control sequences and setpoints to hold PUE and reliability targets as load ramps and hardware generations change.What We're Looking For**The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.**- You've operated the controls for live...