Electrical Commissioning Lead, R&D

Fluidstack; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 197,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking an experienced electrical commissioning engineer to join our frontier compute buildout in Seattle. You will commission electrical systems for data center modules, run switching, transfer, and protection tests, and verify power quality against design studies.

You will read event records, interpret relay data, and contribute to FAT processes before shipment. This role values meticulous attention to safety and documentation, with opportunity to work in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• You've commissioned electrical systems on data centers, substations, or industrial plants.
• You execute switching, transfer, and protection tests with discipline.
• You read event records and power quality data and find the story in it.

Responsibilities

• Commission the electrical systems of first units: distribution, protection, and power quality verified to design.
• Execute and improve the scripts: functional and integrated tests run, gaps found, and the reference package fixed.
• Analyze the results: relay operations, transfer tests, and load data reconciled against the studies.
• Support the factory: electrical FAT processes for modules before they ship.

Skills

Electrical commissioning

Data center experience

Power quality analysis

Protection relay testing

Testing execution

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Test equipment

Relay test equipment

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

• Extreme ownership. Full autonomy. Own things end to end often taking on scope outside your core role without being asked to get things done.
• Velocity. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.
• 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.

Role Scope

• Commission the electrical systems of first units: distribution, protection, and power quality verified to design.
• Execute and improve the scripts: functional and integrated tests run, gaps found, and the reference package fixed.
• Analyze the results: relay operations, transfer tests, and load data reconciled against the studies.
• Support the factory: electrical FAT processes for modules before they ship.

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 commissioned electrical systems on data centers, substations, or industrial plants.
• You execute switching, transfer, and protection tests with discipline.
• You read event records and power quality data and find the story in it.
• You've caught design or settings errors during commissioning and drove them to fix.
• You work energized environments by the book.
• Bonus: NETA testing background. Protection relay testing. Generator and UPS integrated tests. FAT development.

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.

Compensation Range: $197K - $227K