Data Center Systems Engineer, R&D

About the Company

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of next-generation data center reference architectures integrating electrical, mechanical, thermal, and compute domains
• Continuously scan the industry for emerging technologies, vendor capabilities, and evolving standards
• Define and maintain systems-level architecture to ensure coherence across engineering disciplines
• Guide emerging technologies through the full lifecycle from bench-scale testing to hyperscale rollout
• Serve as the principal technical voice within the R&D organization on infrastructure architecture
• Author high-level system specifications, interface control documents, and design standards
• Partner with engineering teams to translate R&D findings into actionable guidance for production
• Build and maintain technical relationships with industry providers, startups, OEMs, and research groups
• Partner with leadership on technology choices supporting long-term growth strategy

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive engineering experience in data center design, large-scale infrastructure, or industrial power systems
• Demonstrated ability to architect across electrical, mechanical, thermal, and compute domains
• Working knowledge of power generation, cooling technologies (including direct liquid cooling), and compute/networking infrastructure
• Experience leading technology evaluations, feasibility studies, or architectural explorations
• Experience authoring system-level architecture documents and interface specifications
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional engineering teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience at a hyperscale in a systems architecture or principal engineering role
• Experience with modular or containerized data center design
• Familiarity with DC power distribution architectures
• Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) and GPU-accelerated AI infrastructure
• Background in mission-critical facility design including redundancy and reliability engineering