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Lab Technician, Fluidstack Labs

Fluidstack· Development
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Austin, TX$152k - $178kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Role on the Fluidstack Labs team focused on hands-on lab floor operations, hardware qualification, and support for remote engineering teams and hardware partners, with emphasis on rack-and-stack, cabling, liquid cooling, and on-site coordination.

Responsibilities

  • Own the lab floor: rack-and-stack execution, structured copper and fiber cabling, hardware installs and swaps, and part replacement on first-sample compute, network, and storage platforms, keeping asset records accurate through every change.
  • Receive and inventory every piece of equipment through the lab, handle RMAs end to end, and document installations and change activity physically and photographically so the record matches the floor.
  • Provide smart-hands support for remote engineering teams and hardware partners: cabling diagnosis and replacement, component reseats and swaps, console access, and the on-the-floor eyes that unblock a remote debug session.
  • Support liquid cooling work alongside deployment engineering, including CDU manifold connections and visual leak inspection, with the floor discipline that high-density liquid-cooled racks demand.
  • Act as first point of contact for facility-floor issues, escalating to the lab's technical leads, and escort vendors and partners during on-site visits while keeping their equipment, access, and confidentiality boundaries clean.

Qualifications

  • You've deployed and supported server and network hardware in a live data center or hardware lab: racked it, cabled it, fixed it, and kept it running.
  • You troubleshoot server hardware deeply: POST, BIOS, PXE, IPMI, BMC, and component-level repair.
  • You know network fundamentals (TCP/IP, Ethernet) and hardware (switches, routers, copper and fiber) well enough to diagnose physical-layer faults yourself.
  • You work comfortably in Linux for hands-on diagnosis and recovery at the console.
  • Asset records, labels, and documentation are habits for you: what's on the floor always matches what's in the system.
  • You've worked around unreleased or partner-owned hardware, or you're comfortable doing so, treating what you see and touch as confidential.
  • Bonus: GPU server fleets. Hyperscale or high-density AI infrastructure. Liquid-cooled systems. Scripting (Python, Bash). Structured cabling.

Skills

Required:Server and network hardware deploymentHardware troubleshootingNetworking fundamentalsLinux hands-on diagnosis

Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
  • Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.
Last updated Sep 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Fluidstack builds civilization-scale infrastructure for AI

Fluidstack builds civilization-scale infrastructure for AI, delivering gigawatts of compute in 6 months. We're leading the deployment of Anthropic's $50B compute build out.

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