Generation Lead, Fuel-Based Generation

The role

The Generation Lead will design, build, and operate fuel-based power generation for AI infrastructure. This includes qualifying technologies, setting node standards, sizing capacity, and managing the installation and commissioning of the generation fleet.

What you will do

• Qualify fuel-oxidation generation technologies and build a qualified supplier list
• Define the interface for fuel-oxidation units to act as interchangeable nodes
• Size fuel-based capacity per block considering cost, fuel use, and uptime
• Write technical specifications and acceptance tests for qualified units
• Perform witness factory and site acceptance for units
• Install, commission, and run the generation fleet
• Track heat rate, availability, and maintenance cost per unit
• Set overhaul intervals and operating strategy
• Hire rotating equipment engineers

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in fuel-based power generation, including prime mover selection, equipment specification and acceptance testing, and operating distributed generation fleets
• Experience evaluating competing prime movers from several OEMs for a real project
• Experience writing equipment specification and acceptance test procedures and witnessing factory and site acceptance
• Experience owning distributed generation in operation in oil and gas, mining, island utilities, CHP or data centers
• Experience integrating fuel-based generation with inverter-based resources on the same bus or in an islanded system
• Experience commissioning generation through first fire and load testing
• Experience working across more than one generation technology or fuel
• Ability to write clearly for OEM application engineers, site technicians, and CEOs
• Comfortable with regular travel of 25% or more

Nice to have

• Islanded or weak-grid operation with large load swings (mining, offshore, island utilities)
• Alternative and blended fuels (hydrogen blends, methanol, dual-fuel diesel)
• Electrochemical generation such as solid oxide fuel cells
• Condition monitoring, predictive maintenance and emissions controls (SCR, oxidation catalysts) and their interplay with air permits

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. They focus on building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.