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Facilities Engineering Operations Lead, Data Center

San JoseFull-time$150,000–$150,0002026-10-13 → 2026-10-16
On-site

Core

Own day-to-day operations of an AI data center including uptime, incident response, and escalation across power, cooling, and white space for frontier inference clusters.

Role type

Senior IC facilities engineering operations lead

Builds

Operating system (SOPs, MOPs, EOPs), liquid cooling plants, electrical operations, and monitoring/alarming systems for high-density AI racks

Domain

Data center infrastructure / AI hardware / Liquid cooling

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Data center operations, liquid cooling (CDUs, DLC, secondary loops), electrical distribution (switchgear, UPS, PDUs), incident response, RCA, vendor management, BMS/DCIM, change management, team building

Preferred skills

High-density GPU/AI infrastructure, new site commissioning, 24/7 operations, Python scripting, startup experience

Technologies

BMS, DCIM, CDUs, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, liquid cooling systems

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end data center operations; build operating system from scratch; run liquid cooling plant; manage electrical operations; oversee vendors; stand up monitoring and alarming; run rack deployment logistics; track spares inventory; report operational metrics; help build the team; design replicable site-readiness processes

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC