Electrical Engineer, Substation Design, R&D

Fluidstack; New York (NY); On-site; USD 203,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack seeks a Senior Substation Design Engineer to own HV substation layouts and interfaces across multiple sites in New York. You will specify transformers, breakers, and switchgear at transmission class, coordinate with utilities, and drive design standardization end-to-end.

You’ll contribute to energization and field readiness while productizing design packages for repeatable deployments. The role emphasizes fast decision making, end-to-end ownership, and collaboration with power systems

Qualifications

• Designed HV substations with physical, one-line, and protection interfaces.
• Led substation packages through utility review processes.
• Specified transformers, breakers and switchgear at transmission class.
• Supported substation construction and energization activities.
• Productized designs for repeatable deployment and faster delivery.
• Bonus: 138 kV+ experience and grounding studies knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Engineer substation designs for campus interconnection: HV yards and MV distribution substations.
• Own the physical and electrical design: layouts, bus configurations, equipment specs.
• Interface with utilities and consultants to pass reviews on first pass.
• Standardize the substation design across sites rather than bespoke yards.

Skills

HV substations design

Utility review experience

Transformer & switchgear specs

Substation construction support

Design standardization

Bonus: 138kV+ experience

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

• Engineer substation designs for campus interconnection: HV yards and MV distribution substations in the reference design.
• Own the physical and electrical design: layouts, bus configurations, and equipment specs to utility standards.
• Interface with utilities and consultants: requirements translated into designs that pass review the first time.
• Standardize the substation: one design stamped across sites instead of bespoke yards.

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 HV substations: physical, one-line, and protection interfaces.
• You've taken substation packages through utility review.
• You specify transformers, breakers, and switchgear at transmission class.
• You've supported substation construction and energization.
• You productize designs rather than redrawing them.
• Bonus: 138kV-plus experience. Grounding studies (IEEE 80). GIS substations. Interconnection processes.

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: $203K - $232K