Fire Protection Engineer, Data Center Design

Overview

About Fluidstack. We exist to make humanity more free. Technology has given people more time for the things they want to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we ve ever built – but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don t share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

We are singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them — with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply.

Examples of key problems the team is working on:

• Lead the design, development, and execution of 10s to 100s of GWs of data centers this decade.
• Drive the next generation of liquid cooling and electrical distribution systems.
• Develop and scale first-of-a-kind modular data centers.
• Influence behind-the-meter designs and planning for multi-GW campuses.

• Own the fire protection scope of design packages from concept through construction documents across the data center portfolio, designing and specifying VESDA and addressable fire alarm, pre-action sprinkler, wet pipe, and clean agent suppression systems.
• Serve as Fluidstack s primary point of contact with local fire marshals and AHJs on every site, running plan reviews and negotiating code-compliant equivalencies on non-standard designs so permitting stays off the critical path.
• Develop campus-level fire suppression strategy, coordinating water supply, distribution, and system redundancy across multiple buildings and phases of a build-out.
• Review and approve fire protection submittals and shop drawings from EPC and equipment vendors, and validate third-party consultant designs for code compliance and consistency with Fluidstack standards before they advance to construction.
• Support commissioning of fire detection and suppression systems with the Commissioning Agent, resolving test failures before sign-off, and provide fire protection input on capacity additions, retrofits, and incident-driven remediation on live sites.

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 personally designed, specified, and stood up fire detection and suppression systems for mission-critical, industrial, or large commercial facilities, not just reviewed someone else s plans.
• You hold a PE license in Fire Protection Engineering, or NICET Level III/IV certification in Fire Alarm Systems and Water-Based Systems.
• You ve negotiated code-compliant alternatives directly with fire marshals and AHJs on non-standard designs, and you know how to keep permitting off the critical path.
• You have thorough working knowledge of NFPA 75, 76, and 2001, and FM Global s data center loss prevention requirements, and you translate that code into decisions EPCs and operations teams can act on.
• You coordinate fire protection design with electrical, mechanical, and controls engineering so life safety systems integrate cleanly into the rest of the building, not bolted on at the end.
• You write clearly enough that a system narrative, hydraulic calculation, or piece of AHJ correspondence still reads as the source of truth for a site years after you wrote it.
• Bonus: FM-200 and Novec 1230 clean agent systems in data center environments. Multiple state or municipal AHJ jurisdictions. Hyperscale or colocation campus design. NFPA committee or code development involvement.

$200,000 - $250,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. Offers equity in the form of stock options. We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

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 careers 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.