Principal Controls Operations Lead — Data Center Operations

Principal Controls Operations Lead — Data Center Operations LocationNew York, NY; Austin, TX; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WAEmployment TypeFull timeLocation TypeOn-siteDepartmentOperationsCompensationEstimated Base Salary $220K – $260K • Offers Equity • This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of restrict stock units.To 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 OperateExtreme 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 Controls TeamExamples of key problems the team is working onLead the design, development, and execution of 10s to 100s of GWs of data centers this decade.Build real-time load control systems, pushing the limits of MEP infrastructure and behind-the-meter systems.Automate L4/L5 commissioning and functional tests for fully modular data center builds.Develop autonomous robotic solutions for data center deployment.Role ScopeServe as the most senior technical authority for BMS, EPMS, PLC, and equipment-level controls across the fleet.Own every material BMS change across the fleet and serve as final technical approver for high-consequence changes. Standardize where it matters, enforce change control everywhere it matters.Lead technical and operational site audits on sequences, alarming, trending, integration health, and cybersecurity, and own the remediation roadmap through closure.Personally sign off on controls operational readiness and the handover from commissioning to steady-state operations for every new site.Feed operational learnings back into design and manufacturing as we shift to repeatable, productized builds, including standing up a full BMS in two days.Author and approve high-risk MOPs, EOPs, and AOPs, and lead root cause analysis...