Senior Build & Power Engineer – Data Center Facilities (MEP)

This senior engineering role at Cerebras Systems focuses on ensuring facility providers deliver robust power, cooling, and plumbing infrastructure for high-density AI compute systems. The position involves data center builds, retrofits, and operational readiness, collaborating with colocation providers, hyperscale partners, and internal teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in large-scale data center construction, understanding both hyperscale rigor and rapid build execution, and will be responsible for holding vendors accountable to technical requirements.

Must Have

• 10+ years of experience in data center facilities engineering or construction
• Strong hands-on knowledge of MEP systems (electrical, mechanical, plumbing)
• Experience delivering large-scale data center builds at hyperscaler level or in high-density environments
• Demonstrated experience working with colocation providers, EPC partners, and facility operators
• Ability to read, review, and challenge engineering drawings and design documents
• Strong communication skills and comfort interfacing with senior technical stakeholders
• Ability to travel at least 25%
• Act as a technical authority for data center power, cooling, and plumbing (MEP) systems
• Partner with teams to translate system requirements into facility design criteria
• Support new data center builds, expansions, and retrofits
• Participate in site acceptance testing, commissioning, and turnover to operations
• Identify facility-level risks and drive corrective actions

Good to Have

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) – Electrical or Mechanical
• Experience supporting high-density compute or AI/HPC environments
• Familiarity with liquid-cooled or hybrid cooling data centers
• Experience with commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), and facility turnover
• Background supporting both design-phase and operational-phase facilities

Perks & Benefits

• Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU
• Publish and open source cutting-edge AI research
• Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world
• Enjoy job stability with startup vitality
• Simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs

About The Role

This senior engineering role will be a key technical authority within the Site / Data Center Operations team, responsible for ensuring Cerebras’ facility providers deliver power, cooling, and plumbing infrastructure that meets the needs of high-density AI compute systems.

The role focuses on data center builds, retrofits, and operational readiness, working closely with colocation providers, hyperscale-class facility partners, and internal engineering teams. The ideal candidate has operated in large-scale data center construction environments, understands both hyperscale rigor and fast-paced build execution, and can hold vendors accountable to technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical authority for data center power, cooling, and plumbing (MEP) systems supporting Cerebras deployments
• Partner with site operations, infrastructure, and hardware teams to translate Cerebras system requirements into facility-level design and build criteria
• Review, validate, and influence:
• Electrical one-line diagrams, power distribution, and redundancy models
• Cooling architectures (air, liquid, hybrid)
• Water systems, plumbing loops, and heat rejection strategies
• Ensure facility providers meet Cerebras requirements for:
• Power density, redundancy, and stability
• Cooling capacity and thermal performance
• Plumbing quality, materials, and operational safety
• Support new data center builds, expansions, and retrofits, including design reviews, construction oversight, and commissioning
• Participate in site acceptance testing, commissioning, and turnover to operations
• Identify facility-level risks and gaps; drive corrective actions with providers and partners
• Provide engineering input during incident analysis and postmortems related to power, cooling, or facility infrastructure

Required Background

• 10+ years of experience in data center facilities engineering or construction
• Strong hands-on knowledge of MEP systems, including:
• Electrical distribution and redundancy
• Mechanical cooling systems
• Plumbing and water infrastructure
• Experience delivering large-scale data center builds at:
• Hyperscaler level and/or
• Fast-paced, high-density, rapid-deployment environments
• Demonstrated experience working with:
• Colocation providers
• Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partners
• Facility operators
• Ability to read, review, and challenge engineering drawings and design documents
• Strong communication skills and comfort interfacing with senior technical stakeholders
• There will likely be significant travel involved - at least 25%

Preferred Experience

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) – Electrical or Mechanical
• Experience supporting high-density compute or AI/HPC environments
• Familiarity with liquid-cooled or hybrid cooling data centers
• Experience with commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), and facility turnover
• Background supporting both design-phase and operational-phase facilities

Why Join Cerebras

People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we’ve reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras:

1. Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.

2. Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.

3. Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.

4. Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.

5. Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.

Read our blog: Five Reasons to Join Cerebras in 2025.

Apply today and become part of the forefront of groundbreaking advancements in AI!

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