Fire Protection Engineer Lead, R&D

FluidStack
Austin, New York, San Francisco, Seattle
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 284,000 - 340,000 annuallyFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Skills: ["Extreme ownership","Autonomy","Velocity","First principles","High-intensity focus"]

Lead fire protection engineering efforts for R&D teams building modular data centers and BTM plants. Own and standardize fire protection reference designs across novel occupancies, and develop strategies to get first-of-a-kind submissions approved by AHJs without redesign. Set the technical bar for the fire protection discipline and scale it as the portfolio grows, while evaluating suppression trade-offs for high-value electronics and energy systems.

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FluidStack
1 month ago

Fire Protection Engineer Lead, R&D

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Job Summary

Lead fire protection engineering efforts for R&D teams building modular data centers and BTM plants. Own and standardize fire protection reference designs across novel occupancies, and develop strategies to get first-of-a-kind submissions approved by AHJs without redesign. Set the technical bar for the fire protection discipline and scale it as the portfolio grows, while evaluating suppression trade-offs for high-value electronics and energy systems.
Location: Austin, New York, San Francisco, Seattle
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead fire protection engineering for R&D, covering detection, suppression, and life safety for modular data centers and BTM plants.
  • •Own the fire protection reference design: select, code, and standardize systems across novel occupancies.
  • •Drive AHJ strategy to get first-of-a-kind designs approved without redesign.
  • •Set the technical bar and grow the fire protection discipline as the portfolio scales.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 284,000 - 340,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Led fire protection engineering for industrial, mission-critical, or energy facilities.
  • •Got unusual designs through AHJs by engineering rather than arguing.
  • •Knows fire codes including NFPA 13, 72, 75, and 855.
  • •Evaluated suppression trade-offs for high-value electronics and energy systems.
  • •Built fire protection standards that other designers can follow.
Skills:Extreme ownershipAutonomyVelocityFirst principlesHigh-intensity focus
Certifications:PE

Company Brief

FluidStack
Builds and deploys large-scale GPU cloud infrastructure for AI labs, enterprises and governments, providing high-performance AI training and inference capacity and rapid data-center deployment services.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2017
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