Application Guide
How to Apply for Infrastructure Design Engineer
at Crusoe
🏢 About Crusoe
Crusoe is uniquely transforming stranded energy sources like flared natural gas into eco-friendly power for data centers, significantly reducing environmental impact. Their innovative approach combines sustainability with high-performance computing, making them a leader in green data infrastructure. Working here means contributing to cutting-edge solutions that address both energy waste and computing demands.
About This Role
As an Infrastructure Design Engineer at Crusoe, you'll design whitespace layouts for data centers, focusing on rack placement, aisle configuration, and airflow strategy to optimize energy efficiency and scalability. You'll collaborate with electrical, mechanical, network, and cloud teams to integrate power, cooling, and connectivity infrastructure, directly supporting Crusoe's mission of sustainable data center operations. This role is impactful because your designs will enable the efficient use of stranded energy, reducing carbon emissions while meeting high-performance computing needs.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day involves using design software to create and refine whitespace layouts, focusing on rack placement and airflow strategy to optimize energy efficiency. You'll collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineers via meetings or tools like Slack to integrate power and cooling infrastructure, while coordinating with network teams on cabling plans. Regular tasks include reviewing design specifications, analyzing performance metrics, and ensuring scalability for Crusoe's sustainable data centers.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Crusoe Is Looking For
- Has 5+ years of hands-on experience in data center design, specifically in cloud or hyperscale environments, with a portfolio showcasing whitespace layouts, rack configurations, and airflow strategies.
- Possesses a deep understanding of data center power distribution systems (including UPS architectures) and cooling systems/HVAC infrastructure, with experience integrating these into whitespace designs.
- Has practical experience with structured cabling systems and network connectivity design, ensuring seamless coordination with network and cloud teams for performance optimization.
- Demonstrates a passion for sustainability and energy efficiency, aligning with Crusoe's mission to transform stranded energy into eco-friendly data center power.
📝 Tips for Applying to Crusoe
Highlight specific projects where you designed whitespace layouts for cloud or hyperscale data centers, emphasizing rack placement, aisle configuration, and airflow strategy—use metrics like energy efficiency gains or scalability improvements.
Tailor your resume to include keywords from the job description, such as 'power distribution systems,' 'UPS architectures,' 'cooling systems,' 'structured cabling,' and 'hyperscale environments,' to pass initial screenings.
Research Crusoe's stranded energy technology and mention in your application how your data center design experience can optimize their eco-friendly power usage for data centers.
Provide examples of cross-functional collaboration with electrical, mechanical, network, or cloud teams, showing how you integrated infrastructure into whitespace designs.
If you have experience with sustainable or energy-efficient data center designs, emphasize this to align with Crusoe's environmental mission—cite specific tools or methodologies used.
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
["Explain how your 5+ years of data center design experience, particularly in cloud/hyperscale environments, prepares you to optimize whitespace layouts for Crusoe's unique eco-friendly power infrastructure.", 'Describe a past project where you collaborated with electrical and mechanical teams to integrate power distribution and cooling systems, highlighting outcomes like improved energy efficiency or scalability.', "Express enthusiasm for Crusoe's mission of transforming stranded energy into sustainable data center power, and detail how your skills in airflow strategy and equipment density can support this goal.", 'Mention your experience with structured cabling and network connectivity design, emphasizing how it ensures performance in whitespace environments at Crusoe.']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Study Crusoe's stranded energy technology and how it powers data centers—understand their environmental impact reduction claims and how data center design plays a role.
- → Review Crusoe's blog, press releases, or case studies on data center projects to grasp their current infrastructure challenges and sustainability goals.
- → Look into the data center industry trends related to hyperscale environments and energy efficiency, especially how they align with Crusoe's mission.
- → Explore Crusoe's team structure on LinkedIn to identify key players in engineering or data center operations, noting any public projects or innovations.
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Submitting a generic resume without tailoring it to highlight specific experience in whitespace design, power distribution, cooling systems, or structured cabling for data centers.
- Failing to demonstrate knowledge of Crusoe's mission or how data center design contributes to their eco-friendly power usage—this shows lack of alignment with company values.
- Overlooking the importance of cross-functional collaboration in your application; not providing examples of working with electrical, mechanical, network, or cloud teams can suggest poor teamwork skills.
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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