Chief Engineer, MV Switchgear

• • 10+ years of electrical engineering experience focused on medium-voltage power distribution, switchgear systems, substations, mission-critical infrastructure, utility systems, or industrial power systems.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with medium-voltage metal-clad and metal-enclosed switchgear, vacuum circuit breakers, protective relaying, arc-resistant switchgear, and MV distribution systems.
  • Experience developing, reviewing, and maintaining technical specifications for medium-voltage switchgear including bus ratings, interrupting ratings, protection schemes, metering, control systems, grounding, and interface requirements.
  • Demonstrated experience performing and reviewing:
  - Short-circuit studies
  - Arc-flash studies
  - Protection coordination studies
  - Load-flow studies
  using ETAP, SKM PowerTools, EasyPower, or similar software.
  • Experience developing relay settings and protection schemes for medium-voltage electrical systems.
  • Experience reviewing vendor submittals, approval drawings, shop drawings, and manufacturing packages for medium-voltage equipment.
  • Experience leading or witnessing Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs), equipment inspections, manufacturing reviews, and technical readiness reviews.
  • Strong knowledge of:
  - IEEE C37 standards
  - IEC 62271 standards
  - NEC requirements
  - Medium-voltage power system design practices
  • Experience coordinating switchgear interfaces with transformers, substations, generators, UPS systems, busway systems, e-houses, and critical power infrastructure.
  • Experience working directly with major switchgear manufacturers, suppliers, fabricators, EPC firms, or mission-critical engineering organizations.
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.

• • Professional Engineer (PE) license.
  • Experience supporting hyperscale data centers, AI infrastructure, mission-critical facilities, semiconductor facilities, utility infrastructure, or large industrial campuses.
  • Experience serving as the technical authority or product owner for medium-voltage switchgear programs.
  • Experience with equipment supplied by manufacturers such as:
  - Client
  - Schneider Electric
  - ABB
  - Siemens
  - Client Vernova
  - Hitachi Energy
  • Experience supporting medium-voltage systems ranging from 5kV through 35kV.
  • Experience developing fleet-wide electrical standards, reference designs, or equipment specifications.
  • Experience supporting commissioning, energization, startup, and operational turnover activities.
  • Familiarity with medium-voltage DC systems, solid-state breakers, digital switchgear technologies, or next-generation power distribution architectures.
  • Experience supporting high-density compute loads, AI infrastructure, or large-scale mission-critical campuses.
  • Experience supporting prefabricated electrical systems, e-houses, modular electrical infrastructure, or manufactured power products.

The Electrical Equipment Team

You'll join the product engineering group that designs the electrical equipment inside Fluidstack's data centers: medium-voltage switchgear, low-voltage switchboards and busway, and the prefabricated electrical skids and e-houses that carry them to site. We specify and design this equipment as products, not one-off procurements, so the same designs repeat across gigawatt-scale campuses and arrive on a schedule the build can hold.

Examples of key problems the team is working on

• Standardizing medium-voltage switchgear lineups so that long-lead orders can be placed before a site's final electrical design is complete.

• Qualifying second and third sources for switchgear, breakers, and protection relays without reopening the design each time.

• Holding arc-flash, short-circuit, and coordination margins across equipment from different vendors.

• Turning field and commissioning findings into design changes that reach the next production lot.

Role Scope

• Own the medium-voltage switchgear product. Define the standard lineups, ratings, and configurations Fluidstack buys, and hold vendors to them.

• Run the technical specification. Write and maintain the switchgear specifications, including bus ratings, breaker duty, protection and metering, arc-resistant construction, and interface requirements to transformers and e-houses.

• Lead vendor engineering. Review vendor drawings, run factory acceptance tests, and close technical exceptions before release to manufacture.

• Drive protection coordination. Deliver the short-circuit and coordination studies for the medium-voltage system and set relay settings the commissioning team can apply.

• Feed the roadmap. Bring emerging switchgear technology, including solid-state and higher-voltage options, into the product roadmap with cost and schedule cases.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of electrical engineering on medium-voltage switchgear, either at an equipment manufacturer or specifying and commissioning it for mission-critical facilities.

• Hands-on with metal-clad and metal-enclosed switchgear, vacuum circuit breakers, protection relays, and arc-resistant designs.

• You have run short-circuit, arc-flash, and coordination studies in ETAP, SKM, or equivalent and set relays from them.

• Working knowledge of IEEE C37, IEC 62271, and NEC requirements for medium-voltage installations.

• You have reviewed vendor submittals and run factory acceptance tests, and you know which exceptions matter.

• You write specifications that a vendor can bid without a meeting.

• Bonus:Professional Engineer license. Experience with switchgear for high-density compute loads. Exposure to solid-state breakers or medium-voltage DC.