Chief Engineer, Electrical Skids & E-Houses

Fluidstack; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale AI infrastructure in San Francisco. The Manufacturing Engineering Team owns the end-to-end design of MV/LV electrical skids and UPS E-House product lines and drives them into production with strong emphasis on compliance and factory readiness.

We seek engineers who can lead cross-discipline design efforts spanning electrical, structural, and mechanical domains, with a track record of shipping in fast release schedules.

Qualifications

• Takes packaged electrical equipment from concept through production release as the single accountable engineer.
• Owns designs spanning electrical, structural, and mechanical disciplines and makes cross-discipline tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design of MV/LV electrical skids and UPS E-House lines from one-lines to released-for-production drawings.
• Drive products into production with design, compliance, and factory readiness.
• Lead a dedicated team across electrical, structural, HVAC, and fire protection with drafting/compliance support.
• Define required design upgrades with localization teams and determine interconnect points/ interfaces.
• Collaborate with third-party vendors to deliver consistent products across Fluidstack’s data center fleet.

Skills

End-to-end electrical design

Cross-discipline ownership

UL/NFPA standards knowledge

Factory-floor decision making

Team leadership

Precise specifications/drawings

Job description

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who dont share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!

How We Operate

• Be a barrel. Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role.
• Insane urgency. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.
• Reason from first principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.
• Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.
• Build something that actually matters. If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world.

The Manufacturing Engineering Team

Examples of key problems the team is working on

• Take product lines from clean sheet to production. This is an opportunity to reason from first principles. Challenge every industry standard and focus on Speed and Safety.
• Build Data Center products behind 10s of GW a year. Design and productize Data Center modules, switchgear, switchboards, busway, skids, E-Houses, and cooling systems that every Fluidstack building runs.
• Own the designs, IP, and test campaigns. Full in-house design authority on platforms Fluidstack owns outright, from the first one-line through type testing to factory acceptance.

Role Scope

• Own the end-to-end design of Fluidstack's integrated MV/LV electrical skids and UPS E-House product lines, from one-lines and base frames to released-for-production drawing packages.
• Drive both products into production running design, compliance, and factory readiness.
• Lead a dedicated team that covers electrical, structural, HVAC, and fire protection engineers, backed by assigned drafting and compliance staff from shared engineering services.
• Work with localization teams to define required design upgrades and particularities: interconnect points, protection interfaces, transport and rigging limits, and seismic anchorage.
• Work with third party authorized vendors to deliver a consistent product across Fluidstack’s data center fleet.

What We're Looking For

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.

• You\'ve taken packaged electrical equipment (skids, E-Houses, PDCs, or integrated power assemblies) from concept through production release as the single accountable engineer.
• You\'ve owned designs that span electrical, structural, and mechanical disciplines and made the cross-discipline tradeoffs yourself instead of arbitrating between silos.
• You\'ve designed to UL 891 or UL 1558 assembly requirements and NFPA fire protection standards on equipment an AHJ had to accept.
• You\'ve stood on a factory floor and made the ship-or-hold call on a unit based on test results you witnessed yourself.
• You\'ve led a design team of ten or more through a compressed release schedule without letting a quality gate slip.
• You write specifications and drawing packages precise enough that a manufacturer builds the right thing on the first pass.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email [e-mail] with your resume/CV, the role you've applied for, and the date you submitted your application-- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.

Compensation Range: $260K - $310K