Civil Engineer, Data Center Design

FluidStack Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Austin, TX

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Own the civil engineering workstream across a multi-site, multi-state data center development portfolio from site screening through construction completion.
• Lead civil due diligence for greenfield and conversion sites, evaluating topography, drainage, utilities, soils, floodplain, and environmental constraints.
• Review traffic impact studies and offsite infrastructure requirements to flag civil cost and schedule risks during site selection.
• Direct geotechnical investigations, scope RFPs, review boring programs, interpret reports, and assign design actions based on subsurface conditions.
• Assess site suitability for large-scale grading, infrastructure, and stormwater management, identifying fatal flaws and quantifying civil cost risks.
• Develop and maintain civil basis of design, master specifications, and standard drawings for FluidStack’s campus portfolio.
• Manage external civil consultants from schematic design through IFC, enforcing design standards and tracking deliverable quality.
• Establish grading strategies, earthwork balance, and cut/fill sequences for large-scale campus developments.
• Structure phased delivery including early work packages for mass grading, site utilities, and early enablement to accelerate critical path.
• Coordinate site utility routing for water, sewer, storm, and medium-voltage underground infrastructure, including offsite tie-ins and roadway improvements.
• Integrate civil scope with structural, MEP, fiber, and architectural design teams to ensure technical alignment.
• Lead civil permitting strategy across jurisdictions, including land disturbance, NPDES/SWPPP, floodplain (CLOMR/LOMR), environmental, and utility permits.
• Coordinate with state and local agencies, drainage authorities, and utility providers to manage permit schedules as part of the overall project critical path.
• Monitor regulatory risks including wetlands, 100-year floodplain, karst, expansive soils, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Review contractor submittals, RFIs, and field conditions for civil scope to ensure compliance with design intent.
• Conduct periodic site visits to document civil construction quality, compliance, and progress.
• Manage design changes and change orders for civil work, ensuring proper documentation and approval.
• Coordinate civil closeout, as-builts, and acceptance with local authorities to ensure regulatory and client requirements are met.
• Travel to project sites across the U.S. (estimated 20–30%) to support site evaluations, construction monitoring, and permitting activities.

🎯 Requirements

• B.S. in Civil Engineering or equivalent discipline
• 5+ years of civil engineering experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, or active pursuit with expected licensure within 12 months
• Working knowledge of grading, earthwork, stormwater management, and site utility design
• Familiarity with NPDES permitting, floodplain regulations (FEMA/CLOMR/LOMR), and land disturbance permitting
• Proficient in AutoCAD Civil 3D; familiarity with GIS tools

🏖️ Benefits

• Salary range of $150,000 - $200,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location
• Total compensation may include equity in the form of stock options
• Equal Employment Opportunity employer with commitment to pay equity and transparency
• Opportunity to work on industry-defining data center projects supporting artificial superintelligence

Skills & Technologies

Fiber

Onsite

$150k-200k

Degree Required

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About FluidStack Inc.

FluidStack Inc. operates a distributed cloud platform that aggregates under-utilized GPUs in data centers and individual machines worldwide, renting them on-demand to AI researchers, startups, and enterprises for training and inference workloads. The company automates deployment, security, and billing, offering prices up to 80% below traditional hyperscalers while providing instant access to high-end NVIDIA A100, H100, and consumer GPUs through a single API and web console. Headquartered in London, FluidStack targets machine-learning engineers who need scalable, low-cost compute without long-term commitments, claiming thousands of active nodes and customers including Fortune 500 enterprises and leading research labs.

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