Chief Engineer, LV Switchboards & Distribution Busway

Fluidstack; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack in Austin, TX seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to own the clean-sheet design of LV switchboards and busway platforms, drive UL 891/UL 857 listing campaigns, and lead a multi-discipline engineering team.

You will coordinate with drafting, compliance, and test staff, manage production-readiness, and work with third-party vendors to deliver consistent products across the data center fleet. This role demands hands-on design authority and a focus on manufacturability.

Qualifications

• Experience designing LV switchboards or busway through UL listings.
• Hands-on end-to-end design authority from concept to production.
• Ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams.
• Proven track record in manufacturability at volume.

Responsibilities

• Own the clean-sheet design of LV switchboards and busway platforms.
• Release platforms for production within 12 months with testing campaigns.
• Lead electrical and mechanical engineers and drafting support.
• Drive listing programs end to end: testing, documentation, certification.
• Collaborate with localization and third-party vendors for consistency.

Skills

LV switchboards

busway

UL 891 listing

UL 857 listing

design for manufacturability

leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

3D CAD

NRTL testing equipment

test campaigns

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.

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 clean-sheet design of Fluidstack's UL 891 LV switchboard and UL 857 distribution busway platforms, from bus and bracing calculations to released production drawings.

• Release both platforms for production within 12 months, running design, NRTL listing, and short-circuit test campaigns in parallel.

• Lead a dedicated team of electrical and mechanical engineers, backed by assigned drafting, compliance, and test staff from shared engineering services.

• Drive the listing programs end to end: test plans, witness testing at the NRTL, follow-up service setup, and the certification file the factory builds against.

• 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 designed LV switchboards or busway at an OEM and personally carried a product through UL 891 or UL 857 listing, start to finish.

• You've run short-circuit withstand and temperature rise test campaigns and redesigned bus, bracing, or joints after a failed shot.

• You've made the contact system, joint, and plating decisions that determine whether a busway survives thousands of load cycles in service.

• You've designed for manufacturability at volume: sheet metal, plating, torque specifications, and assembly sequences a production line can hold shift after shift.

• You've led a product team through a compressed release schedule and held the line on test evidence when the schedule pushed back.

• You write ratings documentation and configuration rules clear enough that application engineers select the right product without calling you.

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.