Senior Staff Commissioning Engineer, Electrical

About this role

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.

We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.

We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.

If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.

LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, DENVER OR DALLAS (50% TRAVEL)

ABOUT THIS ROLE

As a Senior Staff Commissioning Engineer, you will serve as a campus and multi-campus technical authority for commissioning across Crusoe's data center portfolio. You own outcomes across projects — setting technical direction for the electrical discipline, governing the commissioning program itself, and serving as the trusted resource for the highest-impact, most technically complex decisions that shape site outcomes. You operate as a "Master of Discipline": the escalation point of last resort, the standard-setter for trade partner and CxA performance, and a force multiplier who elevates every engineer around you. This role blends deep technical mastery with programmatic ownership, commercial fluency, and executive-level communication that builds client and stakeholder confidence in Crusoe.

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON

Multi-Campus Strategic Leadership

- Provide high-level commissioning oversight and direction across multiple campuses, ensuring operational alignment, cohesive strategy, and exceptional client relations across the portfolio.

- Drive consistency in commissioning execution across sites, identifying cross-project patterns, recurring issues, and systemic risks, and translating lessons learned into program-level change.

- Represent Crusoe Commissioning (CCx) in cross-functional governance forums, leadership reviews, and client-facing engagements, translating technical complexity into clear business impact.

Technical Authority & Decision-Making

- Serve as the "Master of Discipline" for electrical systems — responsible for high-impact, technically complex decisions that shape site outcomes, including energization readiness, acceptance testing, and risk-based deviations.

- Act as the recognized escalation authority for complex technical issues across all project phases, rapidly resolving problems that span disciplines, vendors, and project boundaries.

- Own technical sign-offs across project boundaries, and maintain exceptional customer communication that builds confidence in Crusoe's delivery.

- Maintain comprehensive understanding of building systems — power distribution, EPMS, controls, and mechanical interfaces — including power generation systems and how they interact with the data center.

Programmatic Process Ownership

- Own the development and continuous improvement of the commissioning program: create, pilot, deploy, and validate new and improved processes, standards, and governance documents (e.g., FWT program, deficiency management, script library governance).

- Conduct QA audits and drive root cause analysis on systemic issues; establish the frameworks by which program quality is measured and improved.

- Define what "good" looks like across the L0–L6 lifecycle and drive adoption of improvements across Crusoe portfolio.

Quoting & Financial Oversight

- Support CCx with all quoting activities, taking a lead role in financial accuracy, bid leveling, and the strategic pursuit of new business.

- Manage program-level CxA and vendor commercial outcomes — scope development, change order review, and performance-based accountability.

- Bring deep contractual and risk understanding to protect the business in vendor negotiations and commissioning scope decisions.

Trade Partner & CxA Performance

- Manage and analyze trade partner and third-party commissioning agent execution to ensure high standards, accountability, and continuous improvement in external collaborations.

- Set the performance bar for CxAs across the program, driving accountability across vendors through structured performance management, deliverable tracking, and data-driven scorecards.

- Build long-term, trust-based partnerships with key external partners (clients, vendors, OEMs) at senior level.

Mentorship & Team Elevation

- Actively coach and develop team members across the organization, bridging the gap between current performance and exceptional.

- Mentor engineers across all levels, develop next-level talent, and elevate the team around you to your own performance standard.

- Anchor calibration and growth conversations in specific, observable behaviors, building the technical bench that scales with Crusoe's growth.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

- 10+ years of experience in data center commissioning, construction, or critical infrastructure delivery, including demonstrated ownership at the campus, region and program level.

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field; equivalent commissioning experience considered (CxA certification a plus).

- Mastery of the full commissioning lifecycle (L0 through L6), including the documentation, testing, and governance requirements at each phase.

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