Facilities Engineering Operations Lead, Data Center
Etched · San Jose
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Infrastructureonsitelead$150k–$250k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own day-to-day uptime of frontier AI inference data center.
- Build the ops playbook from scratch and scale it to every future site.
- Run liquid cooling plant for high-density AI racks end to end.
What they offer
- Medical, dental and vision packages with generous premium coverage
- Housing subsidy of $2k per month for those living within walking distance
- Relocation support for moving to San Jose
- Wellness benefits covering fitness and mental health
- Daily lunch and dinner in office
Ideal candidate
Hands-on critical facilities leader who thrives owning an entire site and building operations from zero. Creative first-principles thinker energized by frontier AI hardware and fast-paced startup ownership.
Requirements
- 4-8+ years in critical facilities and data center operations as Lead, Senior Engineer or single-site Manager
- Hands-on operation of liquid cooling in production including CDUs, DLC and secondary loops
- Deep knowledge of data center electrical distribution and safe work practices including LOTO and NFPA 70E
- Experience writing and drilling SOPs, MOPs and EOPs with change management and maintenance programs
- Experience leading incident response and root cause analysis
- Track record managing mechanical, electrical and fire/life safety vendors
- Working knowledge of BMS, DCIM and power monitoring systems
- Readiness to own an entire site end to end
Lab profile
About Etched
Building specialized AI chips and systems for frontier inference with best-in-class throughput and latency.
What they build
- Sohu AI inference chip
- AI racks and hardware systems
- Inference software stack
Known for
- Full-stack co-design of chips, racks, software and manufacturing
- Best-in-class throughput and latency for prefill and decode
- Inference-optimized architecture
Key facts
- Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors