Structural Engineer, R&D

The role

The Structural Engineer, R&D will design template buildings, foundations, and modular structures for gigawatt-scale AI data centers. This person will own structural calculations, produce detailed designs, and integrate across disciplines to ensure repeatable construction.

What you will do

• Own structural calculations including gravity, lateral, foundation, lifting, and transport analyses.
• Produce detailed designs from concept through fabrication-ready drawings and specifications.
• Build standard details, load tables, and design rules for repeatable structures.
• Integrate structural designs with architecture, mechanical, electrical, and fire protection.
• Provide structural support for factory and field by answering RFIs and reviewing shop drawings.
• Package designs for site teams, fabricators, and local engineers of record.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of structural engineering on industrial, mission-critical, or data center buildings.
• Experience with steel, concrete, and foundation design.
• Ability to perform own calculations and produce own detailed designs without an outside engineer.
• Knowledge of IBC, ASCE 7, AISC 360, and ACI 318 codes.
• Ability to apply codes across seismic, wind, and snow regions.
• Daily use of structural analysis and drafting tools such as RISA, SAP2000, ETABS, RAM, or Revit.
• Experience designing pre-engineered metal buildings, equipment foundations, or modular and transported structures.
• Ability to treat lifting and transport loads as first-class constraints.
• Ability to work across disciplines and iterate fast.

Nice to have

• PE license
• SE a plus
• Experience as engineer of record on hyperscale data center or industrial projects
• DfMA and modular construction depth

About the company

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