Fluids Engineer (Power Generation) - Memphis
xAI· Data Center
Hybrid (Southaven, MS / Memphis, TN)Full-timePosted 4w ago
About the role
Role focused on rapidly designing, building, and activating fluid systems for power plants and related generation infrastructure, leveraging thermodynamics, fluid flow, and control theory to design, analyze, model, and implement fluid systems in a field environment.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and activate fluid systems for power generation plants, including fuel gas, ammonia, water, compressed/instrument air, and HVAC
- Utilize knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid flow, and control theory to design and analyze power plant process and utility fluid systems
- Model piping assemblies using CAD software and perform piping stress analysis
- Read and develop detailed piping and instrumentation diagrams of complex fluids systems
- Select components, such as valves, pumps, piping, tanks, heat exchangers, and filters, and provide detailed specifications for their purchase
- Coordinate with engineers from other disciplines (civil, structural, electrical, controls, etc) to establish a complete system design
- Manage the fabrication and installation of fluid systems and other construction projects occurring at the power plant, hands-on in the field, alongside skilled technician teams
- Perform planning, analysis, and troubleshooting of system performance during real-time plant operations, commissioning, and post-outage data reviews
- Work closely with operations teams to ensure system design is well-understood and easy to operate long term
- Provide innovative solutions to problems under minimal supervision or direction
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- 1+ years of experience with fluid systems or process engineering
Skills
Required:Fluid systems designThermodynamicsPiping and instrumentation diagramsCAD modelingCommunication
Nice to have:Pipe stress analysisField fabrication and commissioningRoot-Cause Analysis and Risk Mitigation
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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