Senior HV/MV Protection & Controls Engineer - Data Centers

Fluidstack; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 169,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive total compensation package

Retirement or pension plan

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous PTO

Equity/stock options

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking a senior Protection & Controls Engineer to support protection and control design across its data center campuses—from the utility interface and HV substation through the MV distribution backbone. This role defines Fluidstack's protection philosophy and reviews work by utilities, EPCs, and third-party firms, serving as the escalation point when the power system misbehaves.

You will own the technical quality of protection schemes, relay settings, and substation automation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 7+ years of experience in power systems protection and control across utility, industrial, or data center environments.
• Strong working knowledge of protection coordination principles, relay settings development and review, and sequence of operations.
• Hands-on proficiency with SEL relay platforms plus at least one other major vendor.

Responsibilities

• Lead protection and control design for HV/MV systems across capital projects, defining relay protection functionality and schemes in accordance with Fluidstack standards and utility requirements.
• Review contractor- and consultant-provided relay settings, coordination studies, logic diagrams (including IEC 61850 GOOSE messaging), and operational descriptions prior to energization.
• Own protection coordination across the site power system - evaluating changes in fault duty and system performance as campuses grow, including settings for temporary builds and construction sequencing.
• Lead substation automation and integration design: SCADA point indexes, HMI screens, IED data maps, and substation-level operational descriptions.
• Serve as the technical escalation point for protection misoperations, fault events, and inadvertent operations - owning root cause analysis, event record review, and corrective action across the fleet.
• Provide design support through implementation, testing, and commissioning, and feed lessons learned back into Fluidstack design standards.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SEL relay platforms

ABB Relion

Siemens Siprotec

GE

Schneider/Micom

Job description

Fluidstack is seeking a senior Protection & Controls Engineer to support protection and control design across its data center campuses—from the utility interface and HV substation through the MV distribution backbone. This role defines Fluidstack's protection philosophy and reviews work by utilities, EPCs, and third-party firms, serving as the escalation point when the power system misbehaves.

You will own the technical quality of protection schemes, relay settings, and substation automation