Fire Protection Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create and uphold fire protection and life-safety design criteria, technical standards, and review requirements for self-constructed data center campuses.

• Evaluate fire protection drawings, specifications, code analyses, fire and life-safety narratives, hydraulic calculations, equipment submittals, and operational sequences throughout project phases.

• Offer engineering guidance on the owner’s side for fire detection and alarm systems, automatic suppression, fire pumps and water storage, smoke control, emergency communication, and other life-safety systems.

• Merge fire protection requirements with architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, controls, security, hardware, and operational systems.

• Collaborate with code officials, authorities having jurisdiction, insurers, consultants, contractors, and equipment vendors to address code interpretations and mitigate approval risks.

• Assist with constructability reviews, RFIs, submittals, field inspections, resolution of deficiencies, and change management during the construction phase.

• Establish criteria for commissioning, integrated-system testing, acceptance, turnover, and operational readiness.

• Evaluate fire and life-safety risks related to high-density computing, battery and energy-storage systems, generators, fuel systems, utility infrastructure, cooling systems, hazardous materials, and construction activities.

• Aid in incident response, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and the documentation of lessons learned.

• Keep accurate records of design decisions, code positions, approvals, testing outcomes, open risks, and turnover requirements.

• Travel frequently to project sites for design evaluations, field execution, testing, commissioning, and ensuring operational readiness.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection Engineering or a related engineering field, or equivalent practical experience in delivering fire and life-safety systems.

• More than 8 years of experience in fire protection engineering, specifically in data centers, industrial facilities, advanced manufacturing, energy infrastructure, or other critical environments.

• Extensive knowledge of relevant building and fire codes and standards, including IBC, IFC, NFPA requirements, and local authority approval processes.

• Technical expertise in fire alarm and detection, water-based suppression systems, special-hazard suppression, fire pumps and water supply, smoke control, egress, and integrated life-safety systems.

• Proven experience in reviewing fire protection designs, specifications, hydraulic calculations, equipment submittals, testing protocols, and commissioning outcomes.

• Capability to collaborate with authorities having jurisdiction, engineering consultants, contractors, insurers, vendors, and internal stakeholders.

• Experience in resolving field-related issues and design modifications while ensuring compliance with codes, safety, quality, schedules, and documentation.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, along with sound engineering judgment.

• Professional Engineer licensure in Fire Protection Engineering, or the ability to obtain licensure in relevant jurisdictions.

• Preferred: experience with hyperscale data centers, high-density compute environments, or global multi-site infrastructure programs.

• Preferred: familiarity with battery rooms, energy-storage systems, generator plants, fuel systems, high-voltage substations, or campus utility infrastructure.

• Preferred: knowledge of performance-based design, fire and smoke modeling, quantitative risk assessment, or fire-hazard analysis.

• Preferred: experience in leading integrated testing and coordinating fire alarm, suppression, controls, security, mechanical, and electrical interfaces.

• Preferred: experience in creating reusable standards, design templates, commissioning requirements, and incident-prevention programs across multiple sites.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity

• Performance-related bonuses for eligible employees

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family

• Employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

• Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expense accounts

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

• Paid parental leave: up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents

• Paid medical and caregiver leave: up to 8 weeks

• Flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees

• 13+ paid company holidays

• Multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year

• Paid sick or safe time

• Mental health and wellness support

• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage

• Annual learning and development stipend

• Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits as eligible

• Relocation support for eligible employees

• Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided