Geotechnical Engineer, Data Center Design

Role Scope

You've owned geotechnical engineering on large-scale site development, scoping boring programs and turning subsurface data into foundation design parameters.

You've made the foundation and ground-improvement call on difficult sites: deep fill, expansive clay, high groundwater, liquefaction, choosing among shallow foundations, piles, rigid inclusions, and surcharge.

You've directed external geotechnical consultants and labs from RFP through final report, and caught errors before they reached design or construction.

You've screened sites for geotechnical fatal flaws during due diligence and either killed or saved a site on the data.

You read a geotechnical report well enough to assign design actions and challenge a consultant's recommendations rather than rubber-stamping them.

You work shoulder to shoulder with structural, civil, and environmental engineers and translate subsurface conditions into grading, drainage, and foundation decisions without stalling the schedule.

What We're Looking For

• You've owned geotechnical engineering on large-scale site development, scoping boring programs and turning subsurface data into foundation design parameters.
• You've made the foundation and ground-improvement call on difficult sites: deep fill, expansive clay, high groundwater, liquefaction, choosing among shallow foundations, piles, rigid inclusions, and surcharge.
• You've directed external geotechnical consultants and labs from RFP through final report, and caught errors before they reached design or construction.
• You've screened sites for geotechnical fatal flaws during due diligence and either killed or saved a site on the data.
• You read a geotechnical report well enough to assign design actions and challenge a consultant's recommendations rather than rubber-stamping them.
• You work shoulder to shoulder with structural, civil, and environmental engineers and translate subsurface conditions into grading, drainage, and foundation decisions without stalling the schedule.

Compensation

$200,000 - $250,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

Offers equity in the form of stock options.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it. We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI. We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!