Principal, Electrical SME

Hut 8; Corpus Christi (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hut 8 is seeking a senior electrical operations professional for an on-site, full-time role in Corpus Christi. You will review MV/LV switchgear, protective devices, generator and UPS systems, and EPMS for operability, conduct commissioning witness activities, and ensure turnover with accurate test records and settings.

You will lead NETA testing, support energization sequences, and provide feedback to Hut 8 standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in critical facilities electrical operations, commissioning, or NETA-adjacent field roles.
• Deep knowledge of MV/LV switchgear, protective devices, generator and UPS systems, and EPMS/power monitoring.
• Commissioning witness experience through integrated systems testing in mission-critical environments.
• NFPA 70E fluency and real switching/LOTO experience - you've operated the gear, not just reviewed.
• NETA testing literacy: you can read the reports critically and catch what's missing.
• Maintainability instincts in design review: clearances, access, and safe isolation paths.
• Turnover documentation rigor, especially settings files and test records.
• Electrical license, military power background (Navy nuke/Air Force power pro), or engineering degree all welcome paths.

Responsibilities

• Review electrical designs for operability: maintenance access and working clearances, switching practicality, and arc-flash exposure during real procedures.
• Walk electrical installations at key milestones: equipment setting, terminations, torque, grounding, and cable management quality.
• Witness NETA acceptance testing and Level 3-5 commissioning: protective device testing and transfer sequences.
• Verify electrical turnover packages: test records, settings files, one-lines and as-builts, and operator training coverage.
• Support energization sequences and early operations stabilization with EPMS tuning and SOP refinement.
• Feed operational lessons into Hut 8 electrical standards and future DB decisions.

Skills

Electrical operations

Commissioning

NETA testing

NFPA 70E

LOTO

Power systems

Education

Electrical license

Engineering degree

Tools

EPMS

Job description

Hut 8 brings exceptional people together to solve the world’s most consequential problems at the intersection of energy and technology. Today, that means building infrastructure for AI at a pace and scale without precedent. Tomorrow, it could mean powering a new era of innovation through robotics, advanced manufacturing, or an industry that does not yet exist. Whatever the technology demands, our ambition holds: to build the defining physical infrastructure company of our generation.

Operability Design Review

Review electrical designs - MV/LV distribution, generator plants, UPS systems, EPMS - for operability: maintenance access and working clearances, switching practicality and arc-flash exposure during real operating procedures, redundancy behavior under maintenance conditions, and labeling/mimic clarity. Push back where the design assumes maintenance that can't safely be performed.

Construction - Phase Verification

Walk electrical installations at key milestones: equipment setting and clearances, terminations and torque documentation, grounding, and cable management quality - flagging operability and quality issues to the MEP superintendent early.

Testing & Commissioning Witness

Witness NETA acceptance testing and Level 3-5 commissioning: protective device testing, generator and UPS transfer sequences, load bank testing, pull-the-plug scenarios, and integrated systems testing. Drive operational findings into the Cx log and verify closure.

Turnover Readiness

Verify electrical turnover packages: test records and settings files, one-lines and as-builts, arc-flash labels matching final studies, spare breakers and critical spares, PM program inputs, and switching procedures. Confirm operator training covers real switching and emergency scenarios.

Energization & Early Operations

Support energization sequences and early operations stabilization: alarm and EPMS tuning input, operating procedure refinement, and first-months troubleshooting with the operations team.

Program Feedback

Feed operational lessons into Hut 8 electrical standards and future basis-of-design decisions.

ABOUT YOU

• What we're looking for:
• 8+ years in critical facilities electrical operations, commissioning, or NETA-adjacent field roles.
• Deep knowledge of MV/LV switchgear, protective devices, generator and UPS systems, and EPMS/power monitoring.
• Commissioning witness experience through integrated systems testing in mission-critical environments.
• NFPA 70E fluency and real switching/LOTO experience - you've operated the gear, not just reviewed it.
• NETA testing literacy: you can read the reports critically and catch what's missing.
• Maintainability instincts in design review: clearances, access, and safe isolation paths.
• Turnover documentation rigor, especially settings files and test records.
• Electrical license, military power background (Navy nuke/Air Force power pro), or engineering degree all welcome paths.

ABOUT THE WORK ENVIRONMENT

Full-time on-site based role.