Acoustics Engineer, Capacity Delivery

The role

This person will run environmental and occupational noise studies and calculations for template data center and power generation designs. They will build outdoor sound propagation models and recommend mitigations like barriers and silencers.

What you will do

• Own the acoustic studies
• Run environmental and occupational noise studies and calculations
• Build and maintain outdoor sound propagation models
• Recommend mitigations such as barriers, silencers, acoustic enclosures, louvers, and equipment selections
• Work across engineering to bring noise requirements into mechanical, electrical, power generation, and architectural designs
• Set occupational noise exposure limits for plant and yard work areas
• Define hearing conservation zones and verify them at commissioning
• Produce noise assessments, reports, and measurements for permitting and community engagement

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of acoustics or noise control engineering on industrial, power generation, or mission-critical facilities
• At least one project taken from study through permit and commissioning measurement
• Fluency in an outdoor sound propagation tool such as CadnaA or SoundPLAN
• Fluency in the ISO 9613-2 method
• Hands-on with environmental noise measurement
• Hands-on with sound power and sound pressure data from equipment vendors
• Hands-on with octave-band calculations
• Working knowledge of occupational noise standards such as OSHA 1910.95
• Working knowledge of local noise ordinances that govern industrial sites
• Experience specifying barriers, silencers, and acoustic enclosures
• Ability to explain acoustic trade-offs to mechanical and electrical engineers
• Work in non-climate-controlled environments including active construction areas, data halls, electrical and mechanical rooms, and outdoor spaces

Nice to have

• INCE Board Certification
• Professional Engineer license
• Data center or gas turbine plant noise experience
• Building acoustics or vibration isolation background
• Mechanical engineering or procurement experience

About the company

Fluidstack acquires power, designs and builds data centers, and operates them to deliver compute infrastructure for AI. They focus on speed and scale to build civilization-scale infrastructure.