Resident Mechanical Engineer (PHX)

The role

The Resident Mechanical Engineer will own mechanical systems of the modular product on the line, including cooling, piping, and airflow. This person will work on the Phoenix manufacturing floor to catch assembly issues, run first-article reviews, and feed line learnings back into design drawings.

What you will do

• Own mechanical systems of the modular product on the line, including cooling, piping, and airflow
• Walk the Phoenix manufacturing floor daily to catch piping and assembly issues
• Disposition issues on the spot
• Run first-article reviews, fit checks, and pressure tests in person
• Answer mechanical RFIs same-day from the floor
• Engineer fixes into the next revision
• Feed line learnings back into drawings, tolerances, and the BOM

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in mechanical engineering for modular construction or manufactured products, including cooling, piping, and pressure testing on a production line
• Experience engineering mechanical systems for complex physical products or modular construction hands-on
• Experience working on a shop floor or production line
• Experience dispositioning a nonconformance in the moment
• Experience supporting production launches of own designs through rate production
• Experience running first-article builds and pressure tests personally
• Ability to iterate fast without losing configuration control
• Work in non-climate-controlled environments, including active construction areas, data halls, electrical and mechanical rooms, and outdoor spaces
• Lift, carry, push and pull up to 40 pounds on your own
• Sit, stand, walk, kneel, bend and crouch for long periods, including full shifts on your feet
• Wear required personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Climb stairs and ladders, and move around equipment, cable trays and uneven surfaces

Nice to have

• liquid cooling depth
• piping and pressure testing experience
• sheet metal design
• strong DFM instincts

About the company

Fluidstack aims to deliver 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else by acquiring power, designing and building data centers, and operating them. The company focuses on building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.