Fire Alarm Engineer

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🏄 California, Nevada, +1 more states – Remote

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Giga Energy

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11 - 50 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

⚡ Energy

💰 $2.3M Seed Round on 2022-03

Manufacturing • Logistics • Energy

Giga Energy is a company specializing in the manufacturing and supply of electrical equipment and modular data centers. They provide a wide range of products including 3-phase and 1-phase padmount transformers, substation transformers, and UL 891 switchboards. Their transformers are designed to support both commercial and industrial power distribution needs, while their modular data centers, such as the Giga Box Air™ and Giga Box Hydro™, cater to efficient data management and are particularly designed for bitcoin mining. Giga Energy is committed to high quality, fast lead times, and exceptional customer service in delivering infrastructure solutions that energize the modern world.

📋 Description

• Provide technical design leadership for fire alarm, detection, smoke control, and life safety systems on data center and mission-critical facility projects • Design fire alarm and detection systems using manufacturers' equipment and data center best practices • Design detection and monitoring for lithium-ion battery energy storage and UPS battery systems, including off-gas detection, hydrogen monitoring, and thermal runaway response sequences • Develop sequences of operation, equipment schedules, riser diagrams, device layouts, and fire alarm specifications • Develop smoke control and management strategies aligned with facility operations and life safety requirements • Perform quality control reviews of fire alarm and life safety drawings for technical accuracy, code compliance, and design intent • Provide design guidance and markup comments on engineers' and designers' submittals • Coordinate designs with mechanical, electrical, structural, civil, architectural, and fire protection disciplines • Interface with clients, AHJs, and fire alarm contractors to convey and defend design intent, obtain approvals, and resolve technical issues • Support field activities, including site observation, AHJ acceptance testing, and construction-phase issue resolution • Mentor junior engineers and drafters • Participate in design reviews and QA/QC efforts across multiple concurrent projects

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience designing fire alarm systems • NICET Fire Alarm Systems (FAS) Level III or IV certification • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field • Experience working on Data Center projects • Extensive knowledge and design experience with fire alarm systems and related manufacturers' equipment, including VESDA aspirating systems, VEWFD spot smoke detectors, and addressable panels • Extensive knowledge and design experience with releasing service and suppression interlocks, including preaction and double-interlock preaction systems, clean agent systems, and generator and battery enclosure interfaces • Extensive knowledge and design experience with lithium-ion battery hazards, including off-gas detection, hydrogen monitoring, and thermal runaway response sequences • Proficiency in IBC, IFC, NFPA 1, NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, NFPA 72 Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, NFPA 75, NFPA 76, NFPA 92, NFPA 2001, NFPA 2010, NFPA 13 and NFPA 855 • Knowledge and application of FM Global Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets as Owner design criteria • Knowledge and application of NFPA 70 (NEC), including Article 760, and electrical design requirements for fire alarm and life safety systems • Extensive design experience in data center fire alarm and life safety systems • Field experience with fire alarm system installation, testing, and commissioning, including acceptance testing with AHJs • Proficiency in Revit and AutoCAD to produce complete construction documents, including battery, voltage drop, and NAC and SLC circuit calculations • Proven ability to self-check work, verify cross-references, and confirm model numbers against manufacturers' data sheets • Able to work with the Engineer of Record, incorporate review comments, and coordinate with drafters and other design disciplines • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain design decisions to the Engineer of Record, clients, and AHJs • Able to carry multiple concurrent design assignments and deliver on schedule without sacrificing quality • Able to work with minimal day-to-day oversight, make decisions with available information, and move fast in a high-velocity environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance • Equity (options) in a rapidly growing startup • 401(k) with 4% employer match • Unlimited PTO • Parental leave • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA) • Commuter benefits, where applicable • Opportunities to collaborate in person at periodic team and company on-sites