Crusoe

4 months ago

Principal Design Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead full-lifecycle engineering design for Crusoe’s Spark modular data center product line, spanning electrical, mechanical, thermal, and structural domains. Act as the technical authority with external design/CM partners, translate aggressive roadmaps into manufacturable, safe systems for AI workloads, and own FATs, DFM, and documentation for high-volume production.

Location: Denver

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Design Ownership & First-Principles Engineering: Drive the medium- and low-voltage electrical architecture, structural enclosure design, and thermal management for Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC/CDU).
•Design for Manufacturing (DFM): Embed DFM best practices into every design revision, ensuring engineering packages are optimized for high-volume production at Crusoe Industries and external manufacturing partners.
•Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT): Own the development and continuous improvement of FAT protocols to verify electrical distribution, protection, UPS performance, and structural integrity before unit release.
•External Partner Management: Serve as the primary engineering contact for all external design firms and specialty consultants, owning scope definition, deliverable quality, and schedule accountability.
•Liquid Cooling Transition: Lead systems-level engineering for the shift from air-cooled units to DLC/CDU architectures, managing integration impacts on power density and structural loads.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDentalParental LeaveTeladocRsusEquity401k

Key Requirements

•Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline; Master’s degree and active Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred.
•10+ years of progressive engineering experience in data center design, modular infrastructure, or industrial power systems.
•10+ years of demonstrated experience managing external design engineering partners with direct accountability for budget and schedule.
•Mastery across medium-voltage power distribution, structural analysis for containerized systems, heat transfer fundamentals, and seismic/wind load calculations.
•Expert knowledge of electrical safety standards (NFPA 70E), arc flash hazard analysis, and UL/CE compliance.

Experience:10+ yearsData centerModular infrastructureIndustrial power systems

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving

Certifications:PE

Tech Stack:CADBIMThermal simulationElectrical single-line design

Company Brief

Crusoe

Builds vertically integrated, energy-first AI infrastructure and purpose-built AI data centers (Crusoe Cloud), leveraging clean/stranded energy to power large-scale GPU compute for AI training and inference.

Industry: Data Centers

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Denver, United States

Founded: 2018

Glassdoor: 3.7

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Crusoe

4 months ago

Principal Design Engineer

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 23 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Denver

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Design Ownership & First-Principles Engineering: Drive the medium- and low-voltage electrical architecture, structural enclosure design, and thermal management for Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC/CDU).
•Design for Manufacturing (DFM): Embed DFM best practices into every design revision, ensuring engineering packages are optimized for high-volume production at Crusoe Industries and external manufacturing partners.
•Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT): Own the development and continuous improvement of FAT protocols to verify electrical distribution, protection, UPS performance, and structural integrity before unit release.
•External Partner Management: Serve as the primary engineering contact for all external design firms and specialty consultants, owning scope definition, deliverable quality, and schedule accountability.
•Liquid Cooling Transition: Lead systems-level engineering for the shift from air-cooled units to DLC/CDU architectures, managing integration impacts on power density and structural loads.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDentalParental LeaveTeladocRsusEquity401k

Key Requirements

•Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline; Master’s degree and active Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred.
•10+ years of progressive engineering experience in data center design, modular infrastructure, or industrial power systems.
•10+ years of demonstrated experience managing external design engineering partners with direct accountability for budget and schedule.
•Mastery across medium-voltage power distribution, structural analysis for containerized systems, heat transfer fundamentals, and seismic/wind load calculations.
•Expert knowledge of electrical safety standards (NFPA 70E), arc flash hazard analysis, and UL/CE compliance.

Experience:10+ yearsData centerModular infrastructureIndustrial power systems

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving

Certifications:PE

Tech Stack:CADBIMThermal simulationElectrical single-line design

Company Brief

Crusoe

Industry: Data Centers

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Denver, United States

Founded: 2018

Glassdoor: 3.7

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor