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Controls Engineer, Demand Management

Austin, TX · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles; CA · Seattle, WAOnsite

About Fluidstack

Technology is the most important tool humans have found for improving the human condition, but it is not a default good. It is a lever for ideology.

Today the most powerful technology in history is being built: machines that solve problems better than humans can. The most important mission of our generation is to imbue AI with democratic values: error-correcting institutions, freedom of speech, individual liberties. AI trains and runs on massive compute clusters. Whichever ideology builds the infrastructure the fastest is the ideology that will endure. Democracy is delicate and won't survive this technology by default.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!

How We Operate

  • Be a barrel. Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role.

  • Insane urgency. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.

  • Reason from first principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.

  • Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.

  • Build something that actually matters. If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world.

Role Scope

  • Engineer demand management controls: the logic that flexes gigawatts of load against grid signals and price.

  • Build control strategies coordinating IT load, cooling, and behind-the-meter generation without touching an SLA.

  • Integrate with markets and utilities: signals in, verified response out, settlement-grade data behind it.

  • Prove strategies in simulation, then deploy them across the fleet.

What We're Looking For

  • The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.

  • You've engineered controls for energy systems: demand response, microgrids, or industrial load management.

  • You've built control logic that acted on real load and kept its constraints.

  • You understand power systems enough to know what not to automate.

  • You've integrated with utility or market signals.

  • You validate in simulation before the field, every time.

  • Bonus: Data center power and cooling. BESS controls. ISO and RTO market mechanics. Optimization methods.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email careers@fluidstack.io with your resume/CV, the role you've applied for, and the date you submitted your application-- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.

Compensation

$164K – $206K • Offers Equity

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