Senior Staff Applications Engineer Spark

Crusoe is an active AI-infrastructure company operating an AI cloud platform, managed AI services, and AI data-center infrastructure.

Series E14 current maintainers9 active leads5 lead step-downs
Denver, United States
About Crusoe, Inc.

Crusoe designs, builds, and operates energy-first AI infrastructure. Its offerings include Crusoe Cloud for GPU-based training, fine-tuning, inference, and managed services, alongside AI-optimized data centers and energy infrastructure.

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About the Role

You will build the framework used to qualify Spark sites and opportunities. You will assess technical fit, deliver feasibility decisions, support site diligence, identify deviations and risks, train partner teams, and convert field constraints into product requirements.

Requirements

  • 10 or more years of progressive engineering experience in data center infrastructure, power generation, utility interconnection, industrial capital projects, or modular systems
  • Knowledge of electrical distribution, switchgear, and transformers
  • Knowledge of liquid cooling, CDUs, and heat rejection
  • Knowledge of civil and structural requirements, including foundations, seismic and wind loading, and rigging
  • Experience making feasibility decisions under incomplete information
  • Experience working with developers, utilities, enterprise customers, and executives
  • Ability to connect engineering decisions to cost per megawatt, capex, PUE, and deployment schedules
  • Demonstrated authority on an engineered product or platform
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related discipline

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain opportunity screening criteria, scoring models, decision thresholds, and reports
  • Train partner teams to apply the qualification framework
  • Deliver fit, conditional-fit, or no-fit technical verdicts
  • Turn around escalated feasibility assessments
  • Identify configuration deviations and quantify engineering and schedule impacts
  • Assess non-standard product applications
  • Feed recurring field constraints into product requirements
  • Support site pipeline assessments with the Energy Development Group
  • Evaluate power, thermal, civil, and physical site interfaces
  • Conduct site walks and maintain a risk register
  • Provide technical diligence inputs for financial models
  • Translate engineering tradeoffs into go or no-go frameworks

Benefits

  • Restricted Stock Units
  • Paid time off
  • Paid holidays
  • Leave of absence programs
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Employer HSA contributions
  • Paid parental leave
  • Life insurance
  • Short-term disability insurance
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Commuter benefits
  • Cell phone stipend
  • 401(k) plan with company match up to 4% of salary
  • Volunteer time off
  • Global travel insurance and emergency assistance
  • Daily meals allowance