Test Engineer, R&D

FluidStack
Austin, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 210,000 - 260,000 annuallyFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringSkills: ["First-principles reasoning","Owning scope end to end","Data-driven decision making","Failure investigation","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Own the R&D test program for compressor development, from first spin in a bare test bay to validated performance maps for the design team. Specify and stand up test cells (motor bench, high-pressure gas loop, load bank, instrumentation), define the measurement chain and uncertainty budget, and write test plans with interlocks/abort criteria for high-speed, high-pressure operation. Turn weekly test data into design changes and lead failure investigations to root cause.

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Test Engineer, R&D

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Job Summary

Own the R&D test program for compressor development, from first spin in a bare test bay to validated performance maps for the design team. Specify and stand up test cells (motor bench, high-pressure gas loop, load bank, instrumentation), define the measurement chain and uncertainty budget, and write test plans with interlocks/abort criteria for high-speed, high-pressure operation. Turn weekly test data into design changes and lead failure investigations to root cause.
Location: Austin, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the compressor test program from first spin through validated performance maps.
  • •Specify and build test cells (motor bench, high-pressure gas loop, load bank) and associated instrumentation.
  • •Define the measurement chain and uncertainty budget to validate claimed efficiency/COP.
  • •Write test plans, interlocks, and abort criteria for high-energy failure conditions.
  • •Convert test data into weekly design changes and support the design loop with failure investigations.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 210,000 - 260,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Commissioned a test stand from a bare bay, including instrumentation, calibration, shakedown, and first article.
  • •Instrumented and deliberately drove a machine to failure to identify why it failed.
  • •Owned an uncertainty budget and can explain what a measurement was actually worth.
  • •Wrote interlock and abort logic to keep people safe around stored energy, high pressure, or high speed.
  • •Partnered with design teams on conflicting data and proved the data interpretation using results.
Experience:R&D testingRotating machineryHigh-pressure gas loopsThermal & refrigeration performanceData acquisition
Skills:First-principles reasoningOwning scope end to endData-driven decision makingFailure investigationCross-functional collaboration
Tech Stack:LabVIEWNIPLC

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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