Armada
Senior ICT Engineer (OSP) — Outside Plant & Connectivity
United States (Remote) · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$158k-$197kDetected 12 days ago
Organizational Skills
About the role
- Internal authority on outside-plant due diligence across new deployments - site assessment, provider qualification, and risk identification.
- Cable tray loading and bonding/grounding coordination.
- Coordinate between the OSP provider and Armada's electrical engineers overseeing telecom bonding and grounding (TGB, TBB).
Responsibilities
- Join the team building modular AI infrastructure at the frontier - designing and deploying the highest-density edge GPU clusters on the planet, reporting to the ICT Design Team Director.
- Lead OSP due diligence, fiber distribution design, conduit and tray sizing, and coordination between OSP providers and Armada's mechanical, electrical, and civil disciplines.
- Fiber distribution design. Own fiber distribution design and iterate project-to-project based on deployment-specific factors including scale, phasing, and site topology.
- Own conduit sizing decisions across fiber ingress, inter-datahall connections, and pathway type selection. Oversee pre-cabled trunk sizing.
- Cable tray loading and bonding/grounding coordination. Own cable tray loading calculations. Coordinate between the OSP provider and Armada's electrical engineers overseeing telecom bonding and grounding (TGB, TBB).
- Resume building opportunity to support SE lead technical sales motions for highest impact campus opportunities. Planned deployments of 20MW-50MW and greater capacities, deal sizes on average 200MM and greater
- Distinguish yourself as a design team leader and liaison to Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil disciplines for coordination on connectivity pathways.
- A go-getter with a growth mindset. You're intellectually curious, have strong business acumen, and actively seek opportunities to build relevant skills and knowledge
- A detail-oriented problem-solver. You can independently gather information, solve problems efficiently, and deliver results with a "get-it-done" attitude
- You're intellectually curious, have strong business acumen, and actively seek opportunities to build relevant skills and knowledge
Requirements
- Familiarity with fiber acceptance testing and loss calculations - OLTS and OTDR Tier 1 and Tier 2 methodology.
Nice to have
- Preferred Experience and Skills
Skills
- Working at Armada means taking ownership, driving autonomy, and delivering impact.
Compensation
- For U.S. Based candidates: To ensure fairness and transparency, the starting base salary range for this role for candidates in the U.S. are listed below, varying based on location experience, skills, and qualifications.
- We use a geographic pay structure based on cost-of-labor markets.
- Tier 1 (e.g., SF Bay Area, NYC, Seattle): $157,596 - $196,995
- Tier 2 (most U.S. metro areas): $137,040 - $171,300
- Tier 3 (other cities): $130,188 - $162,735
- Final compensation will be determined by experience, scope, and level, and may vary from the posted range.
- 14 paid company holidays per year
- $137,040 - $171,300 USD
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and equity
- Medical, dental, and vision (subsidized cost)
- Health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and dependent care FSAs (DCFSA)
- Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth 401(k)
- Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- You're energized by an entrepreneurial spirit, capable of working quickly, and excited to contribute to a growing company
- In addition to base salary, this role will also be offered equity and subsidized benefits (details available upon request).
Company info
- Armada is the hyperscaler for the edge, delivering modular AI infrastructure from first deployment to AI factory with speed, scale and sovereignty.
- Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and to the CNBC Disruptor 50, Armada's solutions are deployed in over 60 countries globally for organizations ranging from energy to defense.
- With nearly $500 million in funding to date, Armada is backed by leading investors including Founders Fund, Lux, BlackRock and Microsoft (M12), alongside strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Dell, Palantir, NVIDIA, SpaceX, and Skydio.
- We are building the infrastructure layer for sovereign and edge AI - rugged, deployable compute for customers that cannot rely on centralized cloud.
- You'll tackle challenges that haven't been solved before and help build something transformative from the ground up.
- What you do here will not only define your career but help further Armada's mission to bridge the digital divide for customers around the world.
Equal opportunity
- At Armada, we are committed to fostering a work environment where everyone is given equal opportunities to thrive.
- As an equal opportunity employer, we strictly prohibit discrimination or harassment based on race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- This policy applies to all employment decisions, including hiring, promotions, and compensation.
- Our hiring is guided by qualifications, merit, and the business needs at the time.
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