# Sr Due Diligence Design Engineer **Company**: CoreWeave **Location**: Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $143,000 to $210,000 **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/coreweave/jobs/4712580006?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_c254b966-896 ## Description CoreWeave is seeking a Senior Site Due Diligence Design Engineer to play a critical role in evaluating prospective data center sites. The successful candidate will provide the first comprehensive technical evaluation of sites, assessing infrastructure capacity, utility availability, building suitability, and land-use considerations. Responsibilities: - Act as the initial technical evaluator for prospective data center sites across electrical, mechanical, architectural, civil, and IT/LV considerations. - Support site evaluation and feasibility efforts by identifying technical risks, constraints, opportunities, and required upgrades. - Serve as the design team lead from initial site concept through lease execution/acquisition, coordinating all design-related activities during these early phases. - Review provider proposals, capacity offers, utility information, conceptual layouts, and as-built drawings to determine alignment with CoreWeave's design principles. - Interface directly with landlords, developers, data center providers, and utilities during early due diligence. - Prepare concise technical assessments and early go/no-go recommendations to guide which sites advance to deeper analysis. - Prepare and manage dashboards or equivalent tools to track technical progress, risks, land-use considerations, and milestones for all active candidate sites. - Evaluate land use, zoning, permitting, and entitlement feasibility at a high level, identifying potential regulatory constraints or municipal approval risks that may impact schedule, density, or constructability. - Collaborate with internal SMEs and the broader design team as required,resolving early-stage questions independently where possible and escalating discipline-specific topics efficiently to the right experts. - Participate in early design and scoping discussions to establish alignment on CoreWeave requirements and technical expectations. - Review site infrastructure capabilities, including power availability, redundancy options, upstream utility constraints, delivery timelines, and required upgrades. - Assess mechanical feasibility, including heat rejection options, water availability/quality, mechanical yard capacity, and compatibility with CoreWeave cooling strategies. - Evaluate building suitability, including structural capacity, floor loading, egress paths, ceiling heights, roof strength, envelope condition, and potential for expansion. - Develop high-level conceptual MEP assessments and identify site blockers that could impact constructability, density, schedule, or cost. - Identify and document site-specific technical risks, delineating clear potential impacts to scope, schedule, and long-term scalability. - Produce technical due diligence summaries that communicate feasibility findings, required upgrades, regulatory considerations, and alignment with CoreWeave's broader design and operational requirements. - Engage in early technical workshops with providers to ensure proper interpretation of CoreWeave design expectations and project objectives. - Ensure technical requirements are correctly reflected in early documentation such as LOIs, provider proposals, and preliminary agreements. - Perform a structured technical handover to the assigned Design Manager for each site once a lease is executed or the site is acquired, ensuring seamless continuity into full project design. Requirements: - 7+ years of experience in data center engineering, MEP consulting, site selection, due diligence, or early-phase design/development. - Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering,or equivalent relevant experience. - Broad technical competency across electrical, mechanical, civil/structural, and architectural fundamentals; ability to evaluate multi-discipline issues without full SME support. - Strong understanding of utility infrastructure and their impact on site feasibility. - Experience reviewing capacity offers, conceptual site plans, utility data, and building documentation from data center providers or developers. - Familiarity with land use, zoning, and entitlement processes, and the ability to identify regulatory risks that may affect feasibility or schedule. - Ability to translate complex technical information into clear written assessments and concise go/no-go recommendations. - Strong interpersonal skills with experience engaging landlords, utilities, developers, and real estate teams. - Experience in or exposure to data center design standards, including cooling strategies, power distribution, redundancy concepts, and scalability considerations. - Demonstrated ability to work independently during early assessments and to exercise sound engineering judgment. - Excellent communication, technical writing, and presentation skills, with the ability to brief leadership and cross-functional teams effectively. - High level of comfort operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where rapid technical vetting and efficient decision support are essential. - Ability and willingness to travel to prospective sites across the region as required. Benefits: - Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave - Company-paid Life Insurance - Voluntary supplemental life insurance - Short and long-term disability insurance - Flexible Spending Account - Health Savings Account - Tuition Reimbursement - Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) - Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health - Family-Forming support provided by Carrot - Paid Parental Leave - Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside - 401(k) with a generous employer match - Flexible PTO - Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations - A casual work environment - A work culture focused on innovative disruption ## Skills ### Required - data center engineering - MEP consulting - site selection - due diligence - electrical engineering - mechanical engineering - civil engineering - architectural engineering --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/coreweave/jobs/4712580006?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)