Cerebras · 3 weeks ago
Senior Build & Power Engineer – Data Center Facilities (MEP)
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expCerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip and is seeking a Senior Build & Power Engineer to serve as a key technical authority within the Site / Data Center Operations team. This role is responsible for ensuring that facility providers deliver the necessary power, cooling, and plumbing infrastructure for high-density AI compute systems.
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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
Qualification
Required
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
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
Company
Cerebras
Cerebras Systems is the world's fastest AI inference. We are powering the future of generative AI.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.82BKey Investors
Alpha Wave VenturesVy CapitalCoatue
2025-12-03Secondary Market
2025-09-30Series G· $1.1B
2024-09-27Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Andrew Feldman
CEO & Founder
Bob Komin
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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