Senior Data Center Commissioning Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Develop and oversee Armada's commissioning program for the Galleon, Leviathan, and Orion modular data center product lines.

• Create commissioning plans, align OPR/BOD, prepare pre-functional checklists, design functional performance test scripts, establish IST procedures, and define turnover requirements.

• Set and manage factory acceptance testing and integrated FAT at integrator and vendor locations.

• Supervise receipt inspections, conduct pre-functional checks, manage start-up processes, perform functional performance tests, and execute Integrated Systems Testing at active project sites.

• Execute load bank testing, analyze failure modes and transfer scenarios, oversee liquid-cooling flushing and verify fluid quality, as well as conduct GPU load step and ramp-rate testing.

• Write comprehensive test procedures, witness and execute tests, analyze trend and power quality data, and troubleshoot any electrical, mechanical, or controls failures.

• Act as the commissioning point of contact for customers, third-party commissioning agents, general contractors, and OEM vendors.

• Organize witness schedules and readiness reviews, direct vendor start-up activities, and ensure alignment of commissioning scope with responsibility matrices.

• Manage turnover packages and final commissioning sign-off for operational transitions.

• Provide feedback on failures, lessons learned, and test data back to product engineering.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (or a related field), or equivalent hands-on commissioning experience.

• Over 8 years of commissioning experience in mission-critical facilities, with a minimum of 5 years focused on data center projects.

• Proven hands-on leadership in Level 4 and Level 5 commissioning, including functional performance testing and Integrated Systems Testing (IST).

• Extensive hands-on commissioning proficiency in either electrical systems or mechanical and controls systems, along with a solid working knowledge of the other.

• Familiarity with ASHRAE Guideline 0 and Standard 202, NETA ATS, NFPA 70/70E, NFPA 72, and Uptime Institute methodologies.

• Experience in drafting commissioning plans, test scripts, and turnover documentation.

• Willingness and capability to travel approximately 40–50% to project sites, factory/integrator facilities, and vendor locations.

• Commissioning certifications such as CxA, BCxP, CCP, or CBCP are preferred.

• A Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred.

• Background in modular, prefabricated, or containerized data centers is preferred.

• Experience in commissioning high-density, liquid-cooled AI/GPU deployments is preferred.

• Knowledge of BESS, GPU power stabilization, load step and ramp-rate testing, and utility interconnection requirements is preferred.

• Experience leading IST on large-scale facilities (10 MW+) is preferred.

• Familiarity with commissioning management platforms such as Procore or Autodesk Construction Cloud, as well as test equipment is preferred.

• NFPA 70E qualified person training and OSHA 30 certification are preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary and equity.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (subsidized cost).

• Health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and dependent care FSAs (DCFSA).

• Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth 401(k).

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• 14 paid company holidays each year.

• Remote work arrangement.

• Equity opportunities.

• Subsidized benefits.