Drimva

Etched

Head of Datacenter Delivery

San Jose · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026

About the job

Leads the delivery of turnkey datacenter capacity and internal datacenter and lab buildouts, from site and power sourcing through construction, commissioning, and operational handover.

What you'll do

  • Translate product milestones and production ramps into power forecasts, site requirements, and phased delivery plans; source sites, power, and equipment.
  • Own site selection, diligence, preconstruction, construction, rack installation, commissioning, and handover, accountable for schedule, budget, safety, and quality.
  • Build and lead the delivery team and repeatable turnkey processes, coordinating partners and preparing facilities and real estate or leases for sale and transfer.

What they ask for

  • Track record delivering large-scale datacenters or similarly complex, power-intensive facilities from site selection through commissioning and operational handover.
  • Established datacenter ecosystem network and ability to turn relationships into site, power, and equipment opportunities.
  • Technical judgment across power, cooling, networking, and construction; able to assess designs, equipment alternatives, and delivery timelines.
  • Experience leading teams and managing construction budgets, contractors, and delivery partners against demanding schedules.

Nice to have

  • Delivering high-density AI/HPC infrastructure, including liquid-cooled, rack-scale deployments.
  • Developing turnkey infrastructure projects combining operational systems with real estate or leases; or building hardware bring-up, validation, or production test labs.

AI focus

Delivers infrastructure for Etched’s inference-focused AI hardware, including datacenters, racks, and labs; plans capacity around the hardware roadmap and production ramps.

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