CoreWeave
Principal Operational Readiness Engineer
$198K–$264K
Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA +5 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jun 9, 2026
- Location
- Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA
Bellevue, WA
Livingston, New Jersey, United States
Manhattan, New York, United States
San Francisco, California, United States
Sunnyvale, California, United States - Experience
- 15+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be a U.S. person, eligible to access export-controlled information without required export authorization, or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required U.S. government export authorization. The company may decline to pursue export licensing.
About the job
Leads technical reviews and recovery efforts for data center projects, ensuring design, construction, commissioning, and operational handoff meet requirements and readiness standards.
What you'll do
- Review active projects, infrastructure systems, project documentation, and execution practices to identify readiness, quality, and coordination gaps.
- Develop and drive corrective action, mitigation, and recovery plans for distressed or high-risk projects.
- Coordinate across internal teams and external contractors, manage project dependencies and critical-path risks, and validate operational turnover readiness.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
- 15+ years of experience in data center design, construction, commissioning, or operational readiness within mission-critical environments.
- Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical infrastructure systems, construction sequencing, scheduling, turnover planning, and fit-out coordination.
- Experience managing high-risk infrastructure projects, coordinating project stakeholders, interpreting construction documents, and using project management and scheduling tools.
Nice to have
- Professional Engineer (PE), PMP, or commissioning-related certification; experience with hyperscale, HPC, or AI-focused data centers.
- Familiarity with commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), operational turnover, multi-region deployments, or Uptime Institute, NFPA, ASHRAE, and IEEE standards.
Pay
$198,000 to $264,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, MEP, IST, Uptime Institute, NFPA, ASHRAE
AI focus
Supports data center infrastructure projects serving AI and high-performance computing workloads.
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