Senior Build & Power Engineer - Data Center Facilities; MEP

Position: Senior Build & Power Engineer - Data Center Facilities (MEP)
About

The Role

This senior engineering role will be a key technical authority within the Site / Data Center Operations team, responsible for ensuring Cerebras' facility providers deliver power, cooling, and plumbing infrastructure that meets the needs of high-density AI compute systems.

The role focuses on data center builds, retrofits, and operational readiness, working closely with colocation providers, hyperscale-class facility partners, and internal engineering teams. The ideal candidate has operated in large-scale data center construction environments, understands both hyperscale rigor and fast-paced build execution, and can hold vendors accountable to technical requirements.

Responsibilities

* Act as a technical authority for data center power, cooling, and plumbing (MEP) systems supporting Cerebras deployments

* Partner with site operations, infrastructure, and hardware teams to translate Cerebras system requirements into facility-level design and build criteria

* Review, validate, and influence:

* Electrical one-line diagrams, power distribution, and redundancy models

* Cooling architectures (air, liquid, hybrid)

* Water systems, plumbing loops, and heat rejection strategies

* Ensure facility providers meet Cerebras requirements for:

* Power density, redundancy, and stability

* Cooling capacity and thermal performance

* Plumbing quality, materials, and operational safety

* Support new data center builds, expansions, and retrofits, including design reviews, construction oversight, and commissioning

* Participate in site acceptance testing, commissioning, and turnover to operations

* Identify facility-level risks and gaps; drive corrective actions with providers and partners

* Provide engineering input during incident analysis and postmortems related to power, cooling, or facility infrastructure

Required Background

* 10+ years of experience in data center facilities engineering or construction

* Strong hands-on knowledge of MEP systems, including:

* Electrical distribution and redundancy

* Mechanical cooling systems

* Plumbing and water infrastructure

* Experience delivering large-scale data center builds at:

* Hyperscaler level and/or

* Fast-paced, high-density, rapid-deployment environments

* Demonstrated experience working with:

* Colocation providers

* Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partners

* Facility operators

* Ability to read, review, and challenge engineering drawings and design documents

* Strong communication skills and comfort interfacing with senior technical stakeholders

* There will likely be significant travel involved - at least 25%

Preferred Experience

* Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) - Electrical or Mechanical

* Experience supporting high-density compute or AI/HPC environments

* Familiarity with liquid-cooled or hybrid cooling data centers

* Experience with commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), and facility turnover

* Background supporting both design-phase and operational-phase facilities