Data Center Structural Engineer

About this role

About the Company

Armada is the hyperscaler for the edge, delivering modular AI infrastructure from first deployment to AI factory with speed, scale and sovereignty. Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and to the CNBC Disruptor 50, Armada’s solutions are deployed in over 60 countries globally for organizations ranging from energy to defense.

With nearly $500 million in funding to date, Armada is backed by leading investors including Founders Fund, Lux, BlackRock and Microsoft (M12), alongside strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Dell, Palantir, NVIDIA, SpaceX, and Skydio. We are building the infrastructure layer for sovereign and edge AI - rugged, deployable compute for customers that cannot rely on centralized cloud.

Working at Armada means taking ownership, driving autonomy, and delivering impact. You’ll tackle challenges that haven’t been solved before and help build something transformative from the ground up. What you do here will not only define your career but help further Armada’s mission to bridge the digital divide for customers around the world.

About the Role

Armada is hiring a Data Center Structural Engineer to support the Galleon and Leviathan product lines — a brand-new capability for the company. As we scale Modular Data Center (MDC) deployments across a wide range of seismic, wind, snow, and soil conditions worldwide, we need someone who can own the structural thread that runs from early site due diligence through design, certification, fabrication, and installation, and make sure it holds together across every jurisdiction we operate in.

You will identify and vet domestic/international structural engineering vendors and certifying engineers, assess seismic, wind, snow, and soil risk on new sites before it becomes a costly redesign, and build the standardized, repeatable structural designs — raised structural platforms, ISO container connections, foundations/pads, anchorage, piping supports — that turn MDC structural design into a repeatable SKU instead of a one-off per site. You'll also be the structural point of contact linking Armada's product engineering team with outside fabricators, general contractors, and local structural/civil engineers, reviewing shop drawings and equipment integration details to make sure what gets built and installed matches what was certified.

Location. This role is remote-based (approximately 20–30% travel to project sites, fabricator, and vendor/GC locations).

What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)

• Global vendor liaison & certification — Identify, vet, and liaise with domestic/international structural engineering vendors and local certifying engineers on every active project site, confirming each can deliver structural analysis, design, and certification compliant with the local building code (e.g., NCC in Australia, IBC in the U.S., and equivalents elsewhere) before work begins.

• Site due diligence & jurisdictional risk assessment — Own early-stage structural due diligence for new domestic/international sites: evaluating seismic, wind, snow, and soil conditions, mapping local code and AHJ requirements, and flagging vendor capability gaps or certification risk before they cause late-stage redesign or slip a deployment.

• Standardized, repeatable structural design — Develop and maintain template structural designs for Modular Data Center (MDC) components (raised structural platform, ISO containers and connections, foundations/pads, anchorage, piping supports) that hold up across the widest range of site conditions, turning structural design into a repeatable SKU instead of a one-off per site.

• In-house analysis & design for new products and sites — Personally perform structural analysis and design for new Armada products and first-of-a-kind site conditions where no vendor solution or precedent yet exists, establishing the engineering basis in-house before handing off to local certifying engineers for jurisdictional review and stamping.

• End-to-end technical oversight through fabrication, installation, and commissioning — Act as the structural point of contact linking Armada product engineering with domestic/international fabricators, general contractors, and local structural/civil engineers, reviewing shop drawings, anchoring/embedment details, and equipment integration (generators, transformers, PEMB, chillers) to ensure what gets built and installed matches what was certified.

• Structural governance, documentation & operational readiness sign-off — Build and maintain structural requirement guidelines, site-readiness checklists, and certification workflows by geography; track open structural items across active sites; and provide the final sign-off confirming MDC and site are certified, safe, and ready for operational handoff.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (or related field); Professional Engineer (PE or SE) license or international equivalent (e.g., Chartered Engineer).

• 5–7 years of hands-on experience with structural analysis and design of steel and reinforced concrete structures — including foundations, platforms, and equipment anchorage — ideally for industrial or mission-critical facilities, including the ability to independently perform structural analysis and design in-house for new Armada products and site conditions, rather than relying solely on outside vendors.

• Working knowledge of structural analysis/design software and building codes (IBC, ASCE 7, AISC, ACI) and the ability to navigate comparable international structural codes (e.g., NCC, Eurocode) across multiple countries, including seismic, wind, snow, and soil load conditions.

• Comfort operating with a high degree of autonomy — you'll be defining the playbook, not inheriting one.

• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 20–30% to project sites, fabrication facilities, and construction locations worldwide.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with modular, pr

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