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Generation Lead, Fuel-Based Generation

Fluidstack· Development
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Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA$330k - $400kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Role focusing on qualifying fuel-based generation technologies, defining standard interfaces for engine/turbine-based blocks, and leading the deployment and operation of Fluidstack’s fuel-based generation fleet to support AI infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Qualify the technologies. Assess every fuel-oxidation generation technology worth considering for our blocks, from reciprocating engines and turbines to linear generators, and build the qualified technology and supplier list Fluidstack buys from.
  • Set the node standard. Define the interface that turns any engine, turbine or other fuel-oxidation unit into one interchangeable node in the site's decentralized generation array, with a defined electrical connection, control signals, telemetry and operating envelope, so the plant controller dispatches it alongside PV and BESS without bespoke integration.
  • Size fuel-based capacity per block. Decide how much fuel-based capacity each block carries, in what unit sizes and with what redundancy, for its firming and backup role, and hold that decision against cost, fuel use and uptime as the block design evolves.
  • Specify and accept every unit. Write the technical specification and acceptance tests for each qualified unit, covering step-load acceptance, ramp rate, minimum load, start reliability, heat rate across the load range and emissions, and witness factory and site acceptance before a unit is accepted.
  • Install, commission and run the fleet. Take the generation fleet through installation, first fire, load testing against real AI load profiles and handover, then run it for the longest life and lowest fuel burn by tracking heat rate, availability and maintenance cost per unit and setting overhaul intervals and operating strategy. Fold every field finding back into the specification and the next qualification round.
  • Build the team. Hire the rotating equipment engineers who extend the qualification, commissioning and operations work across the fleet.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in fuel-based power generation, including prime mover selection, equipment specification and acceptance testing, and operating distributed generation fleets.
  • You've evaluated competing prime movers from several OEMs for a real project, engines, turbines or fuel cells, and the unit you chose is running today; you can explain why the others lost.
  • You've written an equipment specification and acceptance test procedure, witnessed factory and site acceptance against it, and rejected or held a unit that did not meet it.
  • You've owned distributed generation in operation, in oil and gas, mining, island utilities, CHP or data centers, tracked heat rate, availability and maintenance cost unit by unit, and changed how the units were run to extend overhaul intervals or cut fuel burn.
  • You've integrated fuel-based generation with inverter-based resources on the same bus or in an islanded system, and you can say exactly what the engine needs from the controller and what the controller needs from the engine.
  • You've commissioned generation through first fire and load testing, and you were on site when a unit tripped on a load step and worked out why.
  • You've worked across more than one generation technology or fuel, and you can explain which of your experience transfers to the next one and which does not.
  • You write clearly enough that an OEM application engineer, a site technician and a CEO each get the decision they need from the same document.
  • You're comfortable with regular travel: expect 25% or more, depending on business needs.
  • Bonus: Islanded or weak-grid operation with large load swings (mining, offshore, island utilities). Alternative and blended fuels (hydrogen blends, methanol, dual-fuel diesel) and electrochemical generation such as solid oxide fuel cells. Condition monitoring, predictive maintenance and emissions controls (SCR, oxidation catalysts) and their interplay with air permits.

Skills

Required:Fuel-based generation expertiseEquipment specification and acceptance testing

Benefits

  • Equity consideration as part of compensation package
  • Base salary plus equity for full-time roles
  • Benefits included
Last updated Oct 27, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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