Title: Chief Data Center Engineer, AI + HPC Facilities
Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)
Employment: Full-time
About the Role
A well-capitalized technology platform is building and operating next-generation high-performance computing (HPC) facilities designed for advanced AI/ML and simulation workloads. We are hiring a Chief Data Center Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority across facility engineering, with accountability for design standards, technical decision-making, and performance optimization.
This role is ideal for a deeply technical leader who thrives as a hands-on problem solver and engineering owner, shaping how high-density compute environments are designed, commissioned, and operated for long-term reliability and efficiency.
What You ll Tackle
- Own engineering authority for HPC facility design, construction support, commissioning, and operational optimization
- Define engineering standards, design baselines, and reference architectures across power, cooling, controls, and resiliency
- Drive high-density compute readiness (air and liquid cooling considerations, heat rejection, integration rigor)
- Lead cross-discipline engineering reviews to ensure systems integrate cleanly end-to-end
- Establish KPI frameworks for reliability, performance, and efficiency, and drive continuous improvement
- Govern engineering change management and technical risk mitigation across the facility lifecycle
- Partner with operations to improve maintainability, uptime, and asset performance
- Evaluate emerging technologies and translate them into practical design and operating decisions
- Interface with EPCM partners, OEMs, and third-party experts for design validation and QA/QC
- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and industry regulatory requirements
What You Bring
- 10+ years in mission-critical data center engineering and/or operations (HPC or hyperscale preferred)
- Demonstrated depth across power, cooling, resiliency, and high-density compute infrastructure
- Strong technical leadership and decision-making across multiple stakeholders and disciplines
- Experience building engineering governance: standards, baselines, change control, performance KPIs
- Comfort operating as a senior IC and technical authority (not purely a people-manager role)
Nice to Have
- Experience with on-site power generation supporting mission-critical environments
- Familiarity translating AI/ML workload demands into power and cooling requirements
- Greenfield build experience with commissioning/go-live ownership
How We Work
- High-ownership, high-accountability environment
- Engineering rigor with practical execution focus
- Close partnership with operators, builders, and technical stakeholders
- Clear standards, measurable performance targets, continuous improvement mindset