Mechanical Lead, R&D
FluidStackGPU Cloud company
Austin, United StatesLead
Situational Awareness
Astro Capital (NY)
7GC & Co
Armyn Capital
Autopilot Management Company
Bare Metal Ventures
About the role
TL;DR
Lead mechanical engineering for R&D in data centers and power plants.
- •Lead mechanical engineering for R&D: cooling, piping, and mechanical plant for modular units and behind-the-meter systems.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead mechanical engineering for R&D: cooling, piping, and mechanical plant for modular units and behind-the-meter systems.
- •Own the mechanical reference designs: released, revision-controlled, and defensible to the megawatt.
- •Set the technical bar: calcs checked, standards enforced, and vendor packages reviewed for real.
- •Grow the team: hire, mentor, and delegate while carrying the hardest problems.
- •Requirements You've led mechanical design for data centers, power plants, or heavy industrial systems.
- •You've released mechanical packages that got built at scale.
- •You check calcs personally and catch what juniors miss.
- •You've qualified major mechanical equipment with vendors.
- •You balance innovation against the schedule that ships.
- •Bonus: Liquid cooling depth.
- •Chilled water plants.
- •Modular construction.
Required skills
Technical Leadership