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Fluidstack

Designer/Detailer (Mechanical/Structural), Modular R&D

Location

New York, NY

Wage

$208,000 – $260,000/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on September 7, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Fluidstack is focused on delivering large-scale compute infrastructure for AI, aiming to enhance human freedom through technology. The Designer/Detailer role is crucial for producing detailed mechanical and structural models for factory-built data center units.

Responsibilities

  • Produce detailed mechanical and structural models and drawings for factory construction.
  • Detail steel and mechanical systems to fabrication level with complete specifications.
  • Update drawing packages quickly in response to engineering changes while maintaining revision control.
  • Enforce standards, libraries, and templates to improve detailing efficiency.

Requirements

  • Experience detailing for fabrication in structural steel, skids, piping, or modular assemblies.
  • Ability to produce drawings that shops can build from without additional communication.
  • Knowledge of modeling standards and library discipline under pressure.
  • Capability to manage revisions efficiently during engineering changes.
  • Understanding of fabrication processes including welds, bends, tolerances, and clearances.
  • Familiarity with Tekla or Advance Steel, plant and BIM modeling, and AISC detailing standards is a bonus.
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How this job compares in New York, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $113/hr, this posting sits about 150% above the $45/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY — toward the top of a $38–$58/hr middle band drawn from 30 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in New York, NY

We're tracking 39 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 33 different employers. 25 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 219 other active welding openings from 146 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in New York, or widen the search to New York.

Fluidstack currently has 4 other openings live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (17), Randstad USA (6), and Philips (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $45/hr, Staten Island at $31/hr, and Brooklyn at $30/hr. New York is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Designer/Detailer (Mechanical/Structural), Modular R&D figures were last recalculated when this page was built.