Fire Protection Engineer
Core
Lead owner-side fire and life-safety engineering for large-scale data center programs, establishing design criteria and ensuring code compliance from early design through operational handover.
Role type
Senior Fire Protection Engineer (Data Centers)
Builds
Safe, reliable, and operational AI campuses (data centers)
Domain
Data Center Infrastructure / Fire Safety Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Fire protection engineering, code compliance (IBC, IFC, NFPA), hydraulic calculations, fire detection and alarm, water-based suppression, smoke control, emergency response, risk assessment, commissioning, stakeholder coordination
Preferred skills
Hyperscale data center experience, battery/energy-storage systems, performance-based design, fire modeling, quantitative risk assessment, integrated system testing
Technologies
Fire alarm systems, suppression systems, fire pumps, smoke control systems, emergency communication systems
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain fire protection design criteria and technical standards; Review fire protection drawings, specifications, and hydraulic calculations; Provide owner-side engineering direction for life-safety systems; Integrate fire protection with architectural, structural, and operational systems; Partner with authorities and vendors to resolve code interpretations; Support constructability reviews and field inspections; Define commissioning and acceptance criteria; Assess fire risks for high-density compute and utility infrastructure; Support incident response and root-cause reviews.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
