Lead MV Switchgear Design Engineer — Type-Test Expert

Fluidstack; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to own the clean-sheet design of its metal-clad MV switchgear platform. You will lead a team through design, testing, and compliance, ensuring a fully type-tested lineup aligned with IEEE standards.

You will manage high-power type-test campaigns, drive insulation, bus bracing, creepage decisions, and integration of third-party components to deliver scalable MV distribution for data-center scale builds.

Qualifications

• You've designed metal-clad MV switchgear and/or GIS switchgear at an OEM as the accountable engineer.
• You've taken a switchgear design through a full type-test campaign at a high-power lab and led the redesign after a failed internal arc or short-circuit shot.
• You've made the insulation coordination, bus bracing, and creepage and clearance decisions.
• You've integrated third-party breaker elements or operating mechanisms into an enclosure and secondary design you owned end to end.
• You've led a product team from first concept to production release and held the design freeze against late-arriving change requests.

Responsibilities

• Own the clean-sheet design of Fluidstack's wholly-owned metal-clad MV switchgear platform, built around a purchased, type-tested vacuum breaker element.
• Deliver a production-released, fully type-tested lineup running design and the IEEE C37.20.2 and C37.09 test campaigns in parallel.
• Lead a dedicated team of engineers to develop the design, testing and compliance effort.
• Run the type-test campaign at high-power laboratories, covering short-circuit, internal arc, BIL, and temperature rise, and own every redesign loop as needed.
• Define the platform's ratings ladder, protection and IED integration, and racking and interlock architecture so one design covers MV distribution across 10s of GW of buildings a year.

Skills

Metal-clad MV switchgear design

Type-test campaign leadership

Insulation coordination

Bus bracing

Creepage and clearance decisions

End-to-end design ownership

Job description

Fluidstack seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to own the clean-sheet design of its metal-clad MV switchgear platform. You will lead a team through design, testing, and compliance, ensuring a fully type-tested lineup aligned with IEEE standards.

You will manage high-power type-test campaigns, drive insulation, bus bracing, creepage decisions, and integration of third-party components to deliver scalable MV distribution for data-center scale builds.