Critical Facility Engineer Jobs
Critical Facility Engineer jobs are open across data centers, healthcare systems, government facilities, and commercial real estate, from entry-level and mid-career to senior and lead roles, with specializations in mechanical systems, electrical infrastructure, and building automation. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
Find JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 84+ Critical Facility Engineer jobs
Location
Remote (US)
Employment Type
Full time
Department
Datacenters
Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services.
This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation.
Cerebras works with the leading model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups. OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference.
The Role
Reporting to the Director of Critical Facility Operations, this role establishes and leads the technical programs that enable Cerebras’ capacity to enter service safely, operate reliably and scale consistently. Combining practical data center engineering and operations experience with strong program leadership and lessor engagement expertise, the role translates operational requirements into executable programs, clear commitments and measurable outcomes, across internal teams, colocation providers and service partners.
Responsibilities
Lead CFOps operational readiness for incoming sites, coordinating staffing and service coverage, maintenance arrangements, spares, training, operating procedures, monitoring, escalation paths and turnover documentation.
Engagement with colocation providers, understanding operational needs and translating contractual obligations into working responsibilities, service reviews, escalation mechanisms and action plans, in partnership with internal stakeholders responsible for capacity delivery and Cerebras services.
Develop and operationalize needed operational programs, including definitions, command, communications, response exercises, reviews, RCAs, and project execution.
Establish the CFOps program portfolio, priorities, ownership, milestones, dependencies, and reporting.
Coordinate operational acceptance with engineering, construction, commissioning and receiving operations teams, ensuring gaps and residual risks are documented and presented to the appropriate decision owners.
Engage with leadership and executives on state of Operations and be able to effectively communicate with clarity and drive actional next steps for our team and across the company (across business teams and functions).
Work in partnership with Operational engineering on program development and maturity, providing programmatic and execution support.
Represent CFOps during site evaluation, contract development, expansions and renewals, partnering with Acquisition, Contracts and Engineering to define operational requirements, assess gaps in provider commitments, and establish mitigations before commitments are made.
Qualifications
10+ years of experience in mission-critical infrastructure, including data center operations, engineering, construction, or technical program management.
Proven experience leading complex programs across multiple sites, global teams, and cross-functional organizations.
Strong technical background in electrical, mechanical, or controls systems, gained through direct operational or engineering responsibility in data centers.
Experience working with lessors or colocation providers.
Demonstrated success building, implementing, and sustaining programs adopted by operational teams.
Working knowledge of data center white space, including servers, storage, networking equipment, racks, and associated data hall infrastructure.
Strong incident management, operational readiness, and executive communication skills.
Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent practical experience.
How the role will grow
As the portfolio expands, this role will likely evolve into leadership of the CFOps technical program-management function and business operations, building a team and extending standardized programs across regions. Its scope will grow to include availability and reliability program management and integrating reliability planning, maintenance and asset-management improvement, provider performance, operational tooling and portfolio-wide risk reduction. This role will involve heavy travel to sites in the first year of the role. Travel expectations, especially long-term are negotiable.
Team environment and culture
Cerebras is scaling at a tremendous pace and requires a team player who can handle a balance between driving maturity for the future and handling near-term ambiguity with a bias toward getting things done for the good of the team, with the goal of building and maturing the program over time into a resilient, effective and efficient operations organization. The ideal candidate will strike a balance between contributing, making sound decisions when needed, and providing data, information and clarity for others to make sound decisions, and be able to navigate between the three.
Location:
Fully remote, with up to 50% travel in the first year required.
Why Join Cerebras
People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras, we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we’ve reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras:
Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.
Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.
Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.
Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.
Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.
Apply today and become part of the forefront of groundbreaking advancements in AI!
Cerebras Systems is committed to creating an equal and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe inclusive teams build better products and companies. We try every day to build a work environment that empowers people to do their best work through continuous learning, growth and support of those around them.
Location
Remote (US)
Employment Type
Full time
Department
Datacenters
Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services.
This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation.
Cerebras works with the leading model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups. OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference.
The Role
Reporting to the Director of Critical Facility Operations, this role establishes and leads the technical programs that enable Cerebras’ capacity to enter service safely, operate reliably and scale consistently. Combining practical data center engineering and operations experience with strong program leadership and lessor engagement expertise, the role translates operational requirements into executable programs, clear commitments and measurable outcomes, across internal teams, colocation providers and service partners.
Responsibilities
Lead CFOps operational readiness for incoming sites, coordinating staffing and service coverage, maintenance arrangements, spares, training, operating procedures, monitoring, escalation paths and turnover documentation.
Engagement with colocation providers, understanding operational needs and translating contractual obligations into working responsibilities, service reviews, escalation mechanisms and action plans, in partnership with internal stakeholders responsible for capacity delivery and Cerebras services.
Develop and operationalize needed operational programs, including definitions, command, communications, response exercises, reviews, RCAs, and project execution.
Establish the CFOps program portfolio, priorities, ownership, milestones, dependencies, and reporting.
Coordinate operational acceptance with engineering, construction, commissioning and receiving operations teams, ensuring gaps and residual risks are documented and presented to the appropriate decision owners.
Engage with leadership and executives on state of Operations and be able to effectively communicate with clarity and drive actional next steps for our team and across the company (across business teams and functions).
Work in partnership with Operational engineering on program development and maturity, providing programmatic and execution support.
Represent CFOps during site evaluation, contract development, expansions and renewals, partnering with Acquisition, Contracts and Engineering to define operational requirements, assess gaps in provider commitments, and establish mitigations before commitments are made.
Qualifications
10+ years of experience in mission-critical infrastructure, including data center operations, engineering, construction, or technical program management.
Proven experience leading complex programs across multiple sites, global teams, and cross-functional organizations.
Strong technical background in electrical, mechanical, or controls systems, gained through direct operational or engineering responsibility in data centers.
Experience working with lessors or colocation providers.
Demonstrated success building, implementing, and sustaining programs adopted by operational teams.
Working knowledge of data center white space, including servers, storage, networking equipment, racks, and associated data hall infrastructure.
Strong incident management, operational readiness, and executive communication skills.
Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent practical experience.
How the role will grow
As the portfolio expands, this role will likely evolve into leadership of the CFOps technical program-management function and business operations, building a team and extending standardized programs across regions. Its scope will grow to include availability and reliability program management and integrating reliability planning, maintenance and asset-management improvement, provider performance, operational tooling and portfolio-wide risk reduction. This role will involve heavy travel to sites in the first year of the role. Travel expectations, especially long-term are negotiable.
Team environment and culture
Cerebras is scaling at a tremendous pace and requires a team player who can handle a balance between driving maturity for the future and handling near-term ambiguity with a bias toward getting things done for the good of the team, with the goal of building and maturing the program over time into a resilient, effective and efficient operations organization. The ideal candidate will strike a balance between contributing, making sound decisions when needed, and providing data, information and clarity for others to make sound decisions, and be able to navigate between the three.
Location:
Fully remote, with up to 50% travel in the first year required.
Why Join Cerebras
People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras, we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we’ve reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras:
Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.
Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.
Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.
Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.
Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.
Apply today and become part of the forefront of groundbreaking advancements in AI!
Cerebras Systems is committed to creating an equal and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe inclusive teams build better products and companies. We try every day to build a work environment that empowers people to do their best work through continuous learning, growth and support of those around them.
Critical Facility Engineer Jobs by Experience Level
See All 84 Critical Facility Engineer Jobs
Find roles that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find JobsCritical Facility Engineer Job Market
Who's Hiring
- Meta37
- M.C. Dean16
- Salute Mission7
- BGIS6
- ABM Industries4
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software32
- Healthcare & Medical Services1
- Consulting & Professional Services1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in critical facility engineer jobs.
- Five or more years of experience maintaining electrical and mechanical systems in critical environments
- Associate or bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related technical field
- Hands-on experience with UPS systems, generators, CRAC or CRAH units, and power distribution equipment
- Proficiency with building management systems and CMMS platforms for work order and PM tracking
- OSHA 30 certification or equivalent electrical safety training such as NFPA 70E compliance
- Ability to hold or obtain a security clearance for government or federal facility environments
Tips for Your Critical Facility Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to uptime metrics
Critical facility engineer job descriptions almost always mention uptime targets and SLA compliance. Quantify your contribution to system availability, preventive maintenance completion rates, and incident response outcomes rather than listing duties in generic terms.
List every relevant certification you hold
Certifications like BICSI DCDC, CDCP, or Uptime Institute ATD carry real weight in this field. Put them in a dedicated section near the top of your resume so a hiring manager or ATS can spot them before reading your work history.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists critical facility engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that name specific systems
Job listings that call out Liebert, APC, or Vertiv equipment, or specific BMS platforms, signal that your hands-on experience with those systems is a direct differentiator. Filter your search by those system names to surface the best-fit openings faster.
Prepare a scenario answer about a critical incident
Interviewers for critical facility roles almost always ask how you handled an unplanned outage or near-miss. Prepare a concise, structured account of a real incident, what you did to contain it, and what process change followed. Generic answers about teamwork won't land here.
Negotiate shift differentials and on-call terms
Many critical facility engineer roles include rotating shifts or 24/7 on-call requirements. Clarify the on-call rotation schedule and whether differential pay applies before you accept an offer, since those terms vary significantly from employer to employer.
Critical Facility Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most critical facility engineers?
The most active employers for critical facility engineers right now are Meta, M.C. Dean, and Salute Mission, and the most openings are in Utah, Texas, and Ohio, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Data center operators and large healthcare systems tend to maintain the most consistent hiring volume in this role.
How many critical facility engineer jobs are remote?
About 30% of critical facility engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the hands-on nature of most roles. Positions focused on monitoring, documentation, project management, or vendor coordination are the most likely to allow remote or hybrid schedules, while site-based operations and maintenance roles are almost always on-site.
How do you become a critical facility engineer?
Start with a technical degree or trade training in electrical or mechanical systems, then build hands-on experience in facilities maintenance or plant operations. Pursue certifications recognized in the data center or critical environment sector, such as BICSI DCDC or Uptime Institute credentials. Most employers also expect familiarity with CMMS platforms and demonstrated experience responding to system alarms or outages in a live environment.
Can you get hired as a critical facility engineer with little experience?
Entry-level roles do exist, usually titled facilities technician or critical systems technician, and they serve as the standard path into the field. Employers look for military technical backgrounds, trade school credentials in electrical or HVAC systems, or completion of a data center operations training program. Demonstrating that you can read single-line diagrams and follow lockout/tagout procedures meaningfully improves your chances at the junior level.
What does the critical facility engineer interview process look like?
Most hiring processes include a phone screen with a recruiter or facilities manager, followed by a technical interview covering power systems, cooling infrastructure, and emergency procedures. Candidates are often asked to walk through a past incident response in detail. Final-stage interviews may involve a site tour or a practical scenario where you describe how you would respond to a specific alarm condition or equipment failure.
Where can I find and apply to critical facility engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to critical facility engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
See All 84 Critical Facility Engineer Jobs
Find roles that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Jobs