Senior Staff Data Center Operations Engineer, Crusoe Energy Systems
GPU Hardware Architecture
$179-218k
+ Bonus + Restricted Stock Units
Crusoe offers sponsorship
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
Open for applications
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$179-218k
+ Bonus + Restricted Stock Units
Crusoe offers sponsorship
1001+ employees
Company mission
To accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services
- Silicon & Fabric Mastery: Expert-level knowledge of NVIDIA (Hopper/Blackwell/Rubin) and AMD (Instinct) architectures. Mastery of the physical and logical layers of NVLink, NVSwitch, and InfiniBand
- Infrastructure Bridge-Building: Ability to translate "Silicon Data Sheets" into "Mechanical Engineering Requirements." You can explain how a GPU's specific heat-load profile affects CDU sizing and secondary loop design
- Data-Driven Diagnostics: Proficient in Python, Go, or Bash to build telemetry and health-check tools (utilizing DCGM and ROCm). Experience using large datasets or basic ML frameworks to build "Smart Monitoring" that filters critical health signals from noise
- Operational Reliability Analysis: Experience using failure telemetry to inform site-level sparing requirements and field-service workflows
- Thermal Management: Deep understanding of the operational realities of Direct-to-Chip (D2C) cooling, including fluid dynamics, pressure-drop curves, and the lifecycle of dripless couplings
- 10+ years in Hardware Engineering, Systems Architecture, or Data Center Infrastructure
- The "Consultant" Mindset: Proven track record of educating and influencing cross-functional teams (specifically Engineering and Operations)
- GPU Authority: You have managed or architected GPU clusters at scale (thousands of nodes) at a hyperscaler, a GPU-specialized cloud, or a major silicon vendor
- Education: B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Staff Data Center Operations Engineer, GPU Hardware Architecture to be the definitive technical authority on GPU platforms within the Data Center Engineering and Operations organization
- Your mission is twofold: act as the primary technical consultant to our Data Center Engineering team to ensure future facilities are built for next-gen silicon, and provide the Operations team with the specialized tooling, SOPs, and predictive strategies needed to maintain peak cluster health
- For DC Engineering: You are the internal consultant. You translate upcoming GPU power/thermal roadmaps (NVIDIA/AMD) into design requirements for our next-generation facilities
- For Site Operations: You are the "Technical Enabler." You develop the diagnostic tools and technical SOPs that enable field technicians to resolve complex GPU issues with surgical accuracy
- For Sourcing: You are the "Technical Strategist." You define the technical sparing requirements and site-level inventory needs based on hardware failure telemetry
- Engineering Education & Design Support: Provide deep-dive technical guidance to the Data Center Engineering team on upcoming silicon (e.g., NVIDIA Blackwell/Rubin, AMD MI350/400). Ensure future facility designs for power, cooling, and rack-spacing are ready for 2000W+ per-chip densities
- Predictive Operations & Telemetry: Leverage AI/ML methodologies to analyze fleet-wide telemetry (power draws, thermal gradients, and error rates). You will lead the transition from reactive troubleshooting to predictive maintenance, identifying "pre-failure" patterns in HBM or NVLink components before they impact customer training runs
- Technical Sparing Architecture: Architect the site-level sparing strategy from a technical perspective. Use failure telemetry and MTBF data to define the "Critical Spares List" and stocking levels required at each site to meet cluster uptime targets, providing these requirements to Sourcing for execution
- Operational Tooling & SOPs: Build the "Operational Blueprint" for the field. Create precision SOPs for high-stakes GPU repairs (e.g., baseboard swaps, manifold maintenance) and develop diagnostic tooling that allows Site Ops to identify NVLink flapping, PCIe degradations, or thermal throttling
- Advanced Troubleshooting & RCA: Act as the Tier-3 escalation point for the most complex hardware failures in the production environment. Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on systemic issues that span the boundary between hardware and facility environmental factors
- Silicon Roadmap Authority: Maintain a 24-month forward-looking view of NVIDIA and AMD architectures. Educate internal stakeholders on how transitions in HBM4, interconnect speeds, and liquid-cooling will impact Crusoe’s physical infrastructure
- Vendor & VAR Technical Lead: Support the technical relationship with OEMs and VARs. Audit their hardware builds, review their technical bulletins, and ensure their hardware roadmaps align with Crusoe’s operational and engineering standards
Our take
Crusoe is tackling one of the biggest challenges facing the digital age: the enormous energy demand of data centres and AI infrastructure. As AI models grow more powerful, they require immense computing power (and therefor electricity) to train and operate. This surge in energy use has put some pressure on power grids, driven up costs, and raised environmental concerns. Crusoe is on a mission to make this process more sustainable by finding smarter, cleaner, and more efficient ways to power the data centres that drive modern computing.
The company started out by putting wasted energy to work. Originally known as Crusoe Energy, it captured natural gas that would otherwise be burned off ("flared") at remote oil sites and used it to power modular data centres. Today, Crusoe has evolved into a major player in AI infrastructure, designing and operating large-scale data centres near renewable or stranded energy sources. It's now one of a handful of "neocloud" companies (next-generation cloud providers focused on flexible, efficient computing for AI workloads). And its facilities are helping tech giants like OpenAI handle the massive computing requirements of training advanced AI models.
Recently, Crusoe has attracted some huge investor attention, tripling its valuation to over $10B and raising almost $1.4B in its 2025 funding round. It's building OpenAI's first major US data centre campus and even experimenting with bold new frontiers. In partnership with Starcloud, Crusoe plans to deploy the world's first space-based cloud computing infrastructure, powered by solar energy and orbiting the Earth by 2027. If successful, this could redefine how and where computing happens, opening up a cleaner, virtually limitless source of energy for AI's next generation.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2025
$1.4bn
SERIES E
Dec 2024
$600m
SERIES D
Total funding: $2.5bn
Company benefits
- Health & wellbeing: Comprehensive health benefits designed to support your overall wellness
- Time away: Paid time off for vacations, family bonding, and unexpected needs
- 401(k) match: Build your financial future with our 401(k) matching program
- Mental wellness: Resources and support for your emotional wellbeing and navigating life's challenges
Company HQ
Union Station, Denver, CO
Leadership
Cully Cavness
(Co-Founder, COO & President)Began their career as an Energy Infrastructure Research Fellow before spending 3 years as a Business Development Manager at Recurrent Engineering and serving as CFO of Sword & Plough. They left their role as VP of Highlands Natural Resources to co-found Crusoe Energy Systems.
Chase Lochmiller
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Crusoe in 2018, Chase was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, a Quantitative Trade at Jump Trading Group, and a Managing Director of Algorithmic Trading at KCG Holdings.
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