Resident Mechanical Engineer, Modular R&D

Fluidstack

$95K — $115K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience engineering mechanical systems for modular construction or complex physical products, with hands-on involvement.
  • Familiarity working in a shop floor or production line environment, with a track record of resolving nonconformities immediately.
  • Experience supporting production launches of designs and addressing issues that arise during rate production.
  • Proven ability to create clear drawings that require minimal clarification from fabricators.
  • Hands-on experience running first-article builds and conducting pressure tests, with a problem-solving focus on traceability to design or process.
  • Ability to iterate quickly while ensuring strict configuration control in revisions.
  • Bonus: expertise in liquid cooling systems, piping and pressure testing, sheet metal design, or design for manufacturability instincts.

Responsibilities

  • Own the mechanical systems of the modular product on the manufacturing line, overseeing cooling, piping, and airflow from design release to production.
  • Regularly walk the Phoenix manufacturing floor to identify and resolve piping and assembly issues instantly.
  • Conduct first-article reviews, fit checks, and pressure tests on newly built units as they move down the production line.
  • Provide immediate responses to mechanical RFIs from the production floor and integrate fixes into upcoming revisions.
  • Ensure feedback from production is effectively used to enhance designs, drawings, tolerances, and Bill of Materials (BOM) to eliminate recurring issues.

Benefits

  • Commitment to pay equity and transparency in the hiring process.
Full Job Description
The Modular Team

The Modular team turns data center capacity into a manufactured product: modules engineered, built, and tested on a production line, then shipped to site ready to energize.

Examples of key problems the team is working on:
  • Take modular data center designs from released drawings through first article to rate production on the Phoenix manufacturing line
  • Engineer cooling, piping, and airflow systems that build clean at station, pass pressure test the first time, and hold up in the field
  • Close the loop between the factory floor and design so every build issue gets killed in the drawing, not patched unit by unit
  • Compress the cycle from design revision to line implementation without losing configuration control
Role Scope
  • Own the mechanical systems of the modular product on the line, cooling, piping, and airflow, from released drawings through rate production
  • Live on the Phoenix manufacturing floor: walk the line daily, catch piping and assembly issues at the station where they happen, and disposition them on the spot
  • Run first-article reviews, fit checks, and pressure tests in person as units come down the line
  • Answer mechanical RFIs same-day from the floor, and engineer the fix into the next revision rather than leaving it as a one-off deviation
  • Close the loop to design: feed what the line learns back into drawings, tolerances, and the BOM so the same issue never builds twice
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 engineered mechanical systems for complex physical products or modular construction hands-on, not from a desk
  • You've worked on a shop floor or production line, and dispositioning a nonconformance in the moment is familiar work, not an escalation
  • You've supported production launches of your own designs and stayed with them through the problems that only show up at rate
  • Your drawings build clean: fabricators rarely call, and when they do, you fix the drawing
  • You've run first-article builds and pressure tests personally, and when something failed, you traced it to the drawing or the process rather than reworking units one at a time
  • You iterate fast without losing configuration control: every fix lands in a controlled revision, and the line always knows which one it's building
  • Bonus: liquid cooling depth, piping and pressure testing experience, sheet metal design, or strong DFM instincts


We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email [email protected] with your resume/CV, the role you've applied for, and the date you submitted your application-- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.

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