Founding Data Centre Commissioning Specialist

Robots are leaving pilots and going into production: factories, warehouses, hospitals, hotels, data centres. Insurance hasn't caught up. There's little loss data, and nobody agrees where liability sits between the manufacturer, the integrator and the site operator, so most deployments run underinsured or uninsured. We're building the insurance layer for robot deployments. We start as a US commercial property-casualty brokerage that assesses deployment risk properly and places cover. Over time we'll become an MGA that underwrites with data no carrier has today. You'd be one of the first people on the team, so you'd shape the product and the company, and you'd be taking real early-stage risk. **The role** Type: paid contract or fractional now, full-time founding role on funding. Comp: $80–160K base on funding + 0.5–1% equity. Location: US, field-based (Northern Virginia, Texas, Arizona or another major data-centre market). Data-centre builds carry some of the largest construction and start-up exposures in insurance, and most of that risk shows up during commissioning. You'll help us judge it accurately for the contractors and developers we insure. **What you'll do** - Assess data-centre construction projects for our clients: schedule, commissioning plan (L1–L5), testing of electrical and mechanical systems, and how equipment is staged and protected. - Flag what drives builder's risk, delay-in-start-up and equipment losses on a project, and write it up for underwriters. - Build our data-centre risk checklist and evidence requirements. - Join client and carrier calls as the technical expert. - Help us spot where robotics and automation on site (inspection robots, for example) change the risk picture. **You probably have** - 5+ years as a commissioning agent (CxA), commissioning engineer or MEP lead on data-centre or other mission-critical builds. - Hands-on integrated systems testing (IST) on electrical or mechanical systems. - Clear writing for non-engineers. **Nice to have:** a PE licence, a commissioning certification (e.g. CxA, CCP), or experience with hyperscale or AI/HPC builds. After any interview we'll share specific feedback, whatever the outcome.