Reliability Engineer - Electrical

Switch; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Karma culture

Remote opportunities

Generous benefits

Career growth

Job summary

Switch is seeking a Reliability Engineer - Electrical to own complex reliability analyses for mission-critical electrical systems. You will develop electrical BIA and FMEA packages, define monitoring requirements, and recommend maintenance, testing, spare-parts, and design-change actions.

Your work will improve infrastructure reliability, maintenance quality, operational readiness, and risk-based investment decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Four+ years of electrical reliability, design, commissioning, or critical-facilities operations experience.
• Experience with power systems, protection and controls, switchgear, UPS, generators, batteries, transfer systems, or electrical distribution.
• Ability to interpret one-line diagrams, protection requirements, operating modes, and redundancy.
• Experience with electrical maintenance, testing, condition monitoring, or failure analysis.
• Ability to facilitate SME workshops, validate field conditions, and communicate risk.
• Ability to write clear technical findings, recommendations, and action plans.
• Ability to work across office or remote settings with 25–40% travel.

Responsibilities

• Define electrical system boundaries, functions, performance standards, redundancy assumptions, and criticality.
• Analyze utility service, transformers, generators, switchgear, transfer systems, UPS, batteries and related controls.
• Validate one-line diagrams, protection intent, operating modes, bypass paths, and common-cause vulnerabilities.
• Develop electrical BIA and FMEA packages documenting failure modes, effects, causes, indicators, and actions.
• Define telemetry and condition-monitoring requirements for critical failure modes.
• Recommend preventive, condition-based, and predictive maintenance strategies by failure mode.
• Recommend inspections, testing, spare-parts strategies, redesigns, or run-to-failure decisions when appropriate.
• Support event reviews, root-cause analyses, commissioning, and vendor technical reviews.
• Facilitate technical workshops and document assumptions, decisions, risks, owners, and follow-up actions.
• Track completed analyses, telemetry gaps, peer-review findings, risk reduction, and maintenance improvements.

Skills

Electrical reliability

One-line diagrams

Failure analysis

Technical workshops

Risk-based decisions

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

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At Switch, we don’t just design, build and operate data centers—we are enabling the technology of the future. Led by Founder & CEO, Rob Roy, we believe in revolutionary innovation, operational excellence and the principle of karma. Switch is where talented people come together to EVOLVE the digital world.

We believe that innovation isn’t just about technology—it’s about the people, culture, and purpose that make it happen. Every Switch team member contributes to a mission greater than themselves: to create the world’s most advanced digital infrastructure that powers the progress of humanity.

The Role: Reliability Engineer - Electrical

As a Reliability Engineer - Electrical at Switch, you will own complex reliability analysis for mission-critical electrical systems. This role sits within RCM Analysis & Maintenance Strategy in the Reliability Engineering department. You will develop electrical BIA and FMEA packages, define monitoring requirements, and recommend maintenance, testing, spare-parts, and design-change actions. Your work will improve infrastructure reliability, maintenance quality, operational readiness, and risk-based investment decisions. This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports, but you may provide technical guidance during assigned work.

What You’ll Do

• Define electrical system boundaries, functions, performance standards, redundancy assumptions, and criticality.
• Analyze utility service, transformers, generators, switchgear, transfer systems, automatic transfer switches, UPS systems, batteries, distribution equipment, and related controls.
• Validate one-line diagrams, protection intent, operating modes, bypass paths, and common-cause vulnerabilities.
• Develop electrical BIA and FMEA packages that document failure modes, effects, causes, leading indicators, detection methods, and action thresholds.
• Define telemetry and condition-monitoring requirements for critical electrical failure modes.
• Recommend preventive, condition-based, and predictive maintenance strategies by failure mode.
• Recommend electrical inspections, testing, spare-parts strategies, redesigns, or run-to-failure decisions when appropriate.
• Support event reviews, root-cause analyses, commissioning, vendor technical reviews, and design-change evaluations.
• Facilitate technical workshops and document assumptions, decisions, risks, owners, and follow-up actions.
• Track completed analyses, telemetry and maintenance gaps, peer-review findings, risk reduction, and preventive maintenance improvements.

What We’re Looking For

• Operating in Mission-Critical Mode: Balances reliability, safety, maintainability, cost, and operating constraints in each recommendation.
• Clear in Communications: Translates complex technical evidence into clear, decision-ready information.
• Compelled to Contribute: Moves from identifying risk to proposing practical monitoring, maintenance, testing, or design changes.
• Supportive of the Team: Works constructively with operations, design, controls, commissioning, vendors, and technology partners.
• Consistently Reliable: Follows through on commitments, documents decisions, and raises risks early.

What You’ll Bring

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or an equivalent combination of technical education and relevant experience.
• Four or more years of experience in electrical reliability, electrical design, commissioning, or critical-facilities operations.
• Experience with several of the following: power systems, protection and controls, switchgear, UPS systems, generators, batteries, transfer systems, or electrical distribution.
• Ability to interpret one-line diagrams, protection requirements, operating modes, and electrical system redundancy.
• Experience with electrical maintenance, testing, condition monitoring, or failure analysis.
• Ability to facilitate subject matter expert workshops, validate conditions in the field, review vendor recommendations, and communicate operational risk.
• Ability to write clear technical findings, recommendations, and action plans.
• Ability to read and follow technical documents, site procedures, safety requirements, and change-control processes.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the electrical safety training and site qualifications required for assigned work.
• Ability to work across office or remote settings and active data center sites, with 25% to 40% travel and selected maintenance-window support.
• Ability to work in environments that may include extended walking or standing, stairs, ladders, mechanical and electrical rooms, noise, temperature changes, and required PPE. The role may require carrying field equipment or documents weighing up to 35 pounds. Work near energized or operating systems is performed only under approved procedures and qualifications. Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Preferred

• Professional Engineer license, NETA-related expertise, CMRP, or CRL credential.
• Experience with large-scale data center power systems, protection studies, NETA testing, or brownfield work in operating facilities.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every preferred qualification.

Why Switch?

• A Culture of Karma – We are self-motivated by karma, ensuring our actions contribute to a positive, supportive and forward-thinking environment.
• Industry Leading Designs – Work with the most advanced data center technology on the planet and be a part of emerging technology development.
• Flexibility & Remote Opportunities – Whether in-office, hybrid, or fully remote, we offer the technology and support to keep teams connected and productive.
• Career Stability & Growth – In this expanding industry, we invest in our people, providing opportunities & advancement in a stable, growing company.
• Generous Benefits Package - Switch provides comprehensive coverage for you and your family that can be tailored to fit your personal needs, and more!

Join Us & Make a Difference

This is more than a job—it’s a mission. If you’re ready to be part of a culture that values innovation, karma, and limitless potential, we want to hear from you.