Operations Lead, R&D

Fluidstack

$120K — $150K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in operational roles within critical environments
  • Strong background in influencing design with a focus on operational needs
  • Proven ability to write clear and actionable procedures for technicians
  • Deep understanding of maintainability implications in design
  • Experience translating real-world issues into engineering requirements
  • Bonus: Familiarity with data center operations and maintenance strategies

Responsibilities

  • Represent operations in R&D discussions to advocate for operational feasibility
  • Define and enforce operability requirements, ensuring maintenance considerations are integrated
  • Develop operational and maintenance foundations for new designs, including procedures and training
  • Conduct operability reviews on each release to identify potential issues and fixes
  • Ensure that technician feedback directly influences engineering decisions

Benefits

  • Commitment to pay equity and transparency
  • Opportunity for professional growth in a critical operations context
  • Collaborative environment that values exceptional talent and input from all levels
Full Job Description
Role Scope
  • Represent operations inside R&D: the voice of the people who will run the design, embedded before it's built.
  • Own operability requirements: maintenance access, sparing, and procedures designed in, with vetoes exercised.
  • Build the O&M foundation for new designs: procedures, training outlines, and staffing models drafted with the design.
  • Run operability reviews on every release: what breaks at 3am, and whether a technician can actually fix it.
What We're Looking For
  • The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
  • You've operated critical facilities: data centers, plants, or heavy industrial sites.
  • You've influenced design from the operations seat and won the arguments that mattered.
  • You write procedures technicians actually follow.
  • You know what maintainability costs when it's missing.
  • You translate field pain into engineering requirements.
  • Bonus: Data center operations depth. CMMS and maintenance strategy. Commissioning participation. Startup site experience.


We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

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