Senior Electrical Engineer, HV/MV Protection & Controls

Fluidstack; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive total compensation

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement or pension plan

Generous PTO policy

Job summary

An innovative AI Cloud Platform is seeking an experienced electrical engineer to lead the design of substations and interconnections within their data centers. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in HV/MV systems, with at least 8 years of experience in electrical power system design. Responsibilities include collaborating with utilities and ensuring the technical quality of designs. The role offers a competitive compensation package ranging from $180,000 to $270,000 per year, along with various benefits including health insurance and a generous PTO policy.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in electrical power system design.
• Strong focus on HV/MV systems and substations.
• Experience in data center or mission-critical MV distribution design.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical projects for utility-scale interconnections.
• Collaborate with utilities and engineering firms.
• Maintain technical quality of HV/MV designs.

Skills

Electrical power system design

HV/MV systems

Protection coordination principles

Power systems analysis software

Tools

ETAP

SKM PowerTools

SEL relay platforms

Schneider relay platforms

Siemens relay platforms

ABB relay platforms

Job description

Overview

About Fluidstack Fluidstack is the AI Cloud Platform. We’re building the infrastructure for abundant intelligence. We partner with top AI labs, governments, and enterprises, including Mistral, Poolside, Black Forest Labs, Meta, and more, to unlock compute at the speed of light. We’re working with urgency to make AGI a reality. Our team is highly motivated and committed to delivering world-class infrastructure. We treat our customers’ outcomes as our own, taking pride in the systems we build and the trust we earn. If you’re motivated by purpose, obsessed with excellence, and ready to work very hard to accelerate the future of intelligence, join us in building what’s next.

The Role

This role is focused on substation and interconnection design through the MV distribution backbone of our data center campuses and protection schemes.

Responsibilities

• Be a technical leader on projects involving utility-scale interconnections at 138kV+.
• Work directly with utilities, ISOs, third-party engineering firms, and equipment manufacturers.
• Support design for Data Center medium voltage distribution.
• Own the technical quality of HV/MV designs and help establish engineering standards that scale across dozens of sites.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in electrical power system design with a strong focus on HV/MV systems, substations, and/or utility-scale interconnections.
• Experience in data center or mission-critical MV distribution design.
• Strong working knowledge of protection coordination principles, relay setups and sequence of operations.
• Proficiency with SEL, Schneider, Siemens, or ABB relay platforms, digital substations, rugged server and various protection protocols.
• Proficiency with power systems analysis software such as ETAP, SKM PowerTools, or others.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with utility interconnection processes in at least one ISO region (ERCOT, PJM, MISO, or CAISO).
• Familiarity with NERC reliability standards and bulk electric system interconnection requirements is a plus.
• Experience Testing and Commissioning HV/MV systems.
• Experience with emerging power generation technologies such as fuel cells, on-site generation, or battery energy storage integration at the MV level is a plus.
• Prior experience at a utility, EPC firm, or hyperscale data center operator (AWS, Google, Meta, Microsoft) is a plus.

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
• Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.

The salary range for this position is $180,000 - $270,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options. 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.

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Compensation Range: $150K - $270K