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Senior Systems Engineering Manager

Crusoe

Crusoe

Software Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 190k-220k / year + Equity
Posted on Mar 6, 2026
Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.

We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.

We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.

If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.

About the Role:

This role will serve as the subject matter expert for equipment specification, selection, and coordination for all Mechanical and Electrical equipment for Data Center Projects. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in mechanical systems and a minimum of general understanding of electrical systems.

What You'll Be Working On:

  • Develop and own the standard specifications for central MEP equipment. You will be the author for mechanical equipment specifications and will gather information from the electrical engineering group to co-author electrical specifications.
  • Optimize energy efficiency and sustainability for central mechanical systems.
  • Gather project design needs across multiple projects to develop project-specific bid packages.
  • Drive equipment consistency across projects.
  • Review the available equipment from vendors, and recommend optimal vendor selections.
  • Review proposals from vendors, and level bids on a technical basis.
  • Review and approve submittals / shop drawings to ensure alignment with project needs.
  • Verify that central systems are incorporated into the design, and installed, tested, and commissioned properly.


This role will coordinate tightly with procurement to ensure Owner Furnished (OFCI) equipment is specified, bid, and procured to meet project needs. You will create, edit and own specifications for projects. You will also coordinate with the external design team and engineers to understand the project needs.

Typical equipment consists of:

  • Chillers, air cooled or water cooled
  • Dry coolers
  • Air moving equipment (air handlers, fan walls, CRAC units)
  • Generators
  • Main Switch boards (MSBs)
  • UPS systems
  • Bus ways


What You'll Bring to the Team:

  • Extensive experience in design and construction of data centers
  • Deep expertise in either mechanical systems or electrical systems for data centers. General experience in mechanical and electrical equipment is required.
  • Experience in controls systems, creating sequence of operations, power monitoring systems
  • Experience in bidding and procuring central MEP equipment, including bid leveling, and optimizing specification for cost and schedule.
  • Managing large volumes of work across multiple projects


Benefits:

  • Industry competitive pay
  • Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company
  • Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents
  • Employer contributions to HSA accounts
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
  • Teladoc
  • 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary
  • Generous paid time off and holiday schedule
  • Cell phone reimbursement
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Subscription to the Calm app
  • MetLife Legal
  • Company paid commuter benefit; $300/month


Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $190,000 -$220,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.