About The Role
This senior engineering role will be a key technical authority within the Site / Data Center Operations team, responsible for ensuring Cerebras’ facility providers deliver power, cooling, and plumbing infrastructure that meets the needs of high-density AI compute systems.
The role focuses on data center builds, retrofits, and operational readiness, working closely with colocation providers, hyperscale-class facility partners, and internal engineering teams. The ideal candidate has operated in large-scale data center construction environments, understands both hyperscale rigor and fast-paced build execution, and can hold vendors accountable to technical requirements.
Responsibilities
- Act as a technical authority for data center power, cooling, and plumbing (MEP) systems supporting Cerebras deployments
- Partner with site operations, infrastructure, and hardware teams to translate Cerebras system requirements into facility-level design and build criteria
- Review, validate, and influence:
- Electrical one-line diagrams, power distribution, and redundancy models
- Cooling architectures (air, liquid, hybrid)
- Water systems, plumbing loops, and heat rejection strategies
- Ensure facility providers meet Cerebras requirements for:
- Power density, redundancy, and stability
- Cooling capacity and thermal performance
- Plumbing quality, materials, and operational safety
- Support new data center builds, expansions, and retrofits, including design reviews, construction oversight, and commissioning
- Participate in site acceptance testing, commissioning, and turnover to operations
- Identify facility-level risks and gaps; drive corrective actions with providers and partners
- Provide engineering input during incident analysis and postmortems related to power, cooling, or facility infrastructure
Required Background
- 10+ years of experience in data center facilities engineering or construction
- Strong hands-on knowledge of MEP systems, including:
- Electrical distribution and redundancy
- Mechanical cooling systems
- Plumbing and water infrastructure
- Experience delivering large-scale data center builds at:
- Hyperscaler level and/or
- Fast-paced, high-density, rapid-deployment environments
- Demonstrated experience working with:
- Colocation providers
- Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partners
- Facility operators
- Ability to read, review, and challenge engineering drawings and design documents
- Strong communication skills and comfort interfacing with senior technical stakeholders
- There will likely be significant travel involved - at least 25%
Preferred Experience
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) – Electrical or Mechanical
- Experience supporting high-density compute or AI/HPC environments
- Familiarity with liquid-cooled or hybrid cooling data centers
- Experience with commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), and facility turnover
- Background supporting both design-phase and operational-phase facilities
