Lambda
Senior Mechanical Controls Engineer
San Francisco Office (Fremont St) · Senior
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About the role
- Salary Range Information The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors.
- However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
Responsibilities
- Own controls standards and reference architectures for mechanical systems supporting large-scale AI data centers.
- Develop control narratives, sequences of operation, points lists, alarm matrices, cause-and-effect diagrams, and controller requirements.
- Design system behavior for startup, shutdown, maintenance, component failure, utility loss, and recovery.
- Review partner designs, vendor submittals, control drawings, network architectures, and equipment packages for compliance with Lambda standards.
- Support factory testing, site acceptance testing, commissioning, integrated systems testing, and cooling-system bring-up.
- Incorporate commissioning results and operating lessons into future designs and control standards.
- Travel to project sites, manufacturers, and partner facilities as needed.
- Can develop and review sequences of operation, P&IDs, control diagrams, wiring diagrams, points lists, and functional test procedures.
- Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove
Requirements
- Have experience with instrumentation, sensor selection, control loops, alarms, interlocks, and equipment safeties.
- Hold a bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, controls, or systems engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with hyperscale, colocation, HPC, or AI data centers.
- Experience controlling high-density liquid-cooling systems, CDUs, or warm-water cooling loops.
- Familiarity with platforms from Siemens, Schneider Electric, Johnson Controls, Honeywell, Rockwell, or Tridium.
- Experience with OT networking, controls cybersecurity, controller redundancy, or high-availability automation.
- Experience with factory acceptance testing, integrated systems testing, and live facility bring-up.
- Familiarity with ASHRAE, ISA, and data center controls standards.
- 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
Skills
- Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence.
- One person, one GPU.
Compensation
- The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors.
- However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
- We offer generous cash & equity compensation
Benefits
- We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
- Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use
Company info
- Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers.
- Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers.
Equal opportunity
- Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer.
- Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
- Equal Opportunity Employer
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- ational origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law
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