Data Center Civil Engineer

Armada Armada · Enterprise · United States · Remote · R&D - Edge Hardware

The Data Center Civil Engineer will lead the interpretation and application of civil infrastructure requirements for Armada's modular data center deployments, ensuring standardized modules can be permitted, sited, and deployed across diverse jurisdictions without late-stage redesign. This role focuses on civil site requirements, translating local codes, site constraints, and AHJ expectations into clear inputs for product, engineering, and delivery teams, operating at the intersection of civil infrastructure, permitting, and modular deployment execution.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own interpretation of civil and site development requirements impacting modular data center deployments, including: Site preparation, grading, and access; Foundations, anchoring, and structural interfaces; Utility coordination (power, grounding, water, drainage); Fire/life safety site considerations (setbacks, access, egress)
  2. Evaluate jurisdiction-specific codes, permitting pathways, and AHJ expectations
  3. Identify constraints affecting module siting, layout, and deployment feasibility
  4. Support design development as needed by translating site conditions, permitting constraints, utility requirements, and constructability considerations into actionable inputs for engineering and external GC's/civil consultants.
  5. Partner with product, engineering, and delivery teams to: Translate civil requirements into clear constraints, risks, and design inputs; Provide early-stage feasibility assessments and go/no-go recommendations; Prevent non-standard site conditions from driving late-stage design changes

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years in civil engineering, site development, or infrastructure delivery
  • Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license
  • Experience with data centers, critical facilities, or large-scale infrastructure projects
  • Proven ability to operate across permitting, site execution, and cross-functional teams
  • Experience managing consultants, vendors, and project stakeholders
  • Strong understanding of site development (grading, drainage, access, utilities)
  • Strong understanding of foundations and structural interfaces for prefabricated or modular systems
  • Strong understanding of utility coordination, especially electrical service and grounding
  • Strong understanding of fire/life safety considerations at the site level
  • Ability to interpret codes, standards, and AHJ requirements and translate them into actionable guidance

Nice to have

  • AI infrastructure
  • modular data center deployments

What the JD emphasized

  • permitted, sited, and deployed across diverse jurisdictions without late-stage redesign
  • civil infrastructure
  • civil site requirements
  • civil and site development requirements
  • jurisdiction-specific codes, permitting pathways, and AHJ expectations
  • module siting, layout, and deployment feasibility
  • electrical service and grounding
  • codes, standards, and AHJ requirements