Staff Electrical Operator — Data Center Operations

FluidStack; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation + equity

Retirement plan

Health, dental, vision insurance

Generous PTO

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking a hands-on Data Center Operations professional to manage and optimize the electrical infrastructure at our NYC-area data centers. You will own day-to-day operation, perform maintenance, and troubleshoot HV/MV systems in a live 24/7 environment.

You will develop and execute MOPs/EOPs, coordinate contractors on-site, and monitor EPMS/BMS for performance and capacity while ensuring accuracy of as-built drawings.

Qualifications

• Experience with electrical systems in mission-critical environments.
• Comfortable with switchgear lineup and design reviews.
• Hands-on operation and troubleshooting of the full electrical stack in a live 24/7 environment.
• Ability to read and interpret one-lines and submittals for design and field issues.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of HV and MV electrical systems: utility feeds, transformers, switchgear, generators, ATS/STS, UPS, PDUs, RPPs, and busway.
• Develop, review, and execute MOPs, EOPs, and AOPs for planned and emergency electrical work, coordinating third-party contractors and on-site vendors.
• Monitor EPMS and BMS for electrical performance, alarms, and capacity, and keep drawings updated after modifications.
• Perform design reviews and support new construction, capacity upgrades, and site audits from an ops perspective.
• Take personal ownership of the reliability of everything connected to the single-line.

Skills

Electrical systems

Live 24/7 operations

Troubleshooting

MOPs execution

Reading one-lines/submittals

Root cause analysis

Tools

EPMS

BMS

Job description

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.

How We Operate

• Extreme ownership. Full autonomy. Own things end to end often taking on scope outside your core role without being asked to get things done.

• Velocity. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.

• First principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.

• Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.

The Data Center Operations Team

Examples of key problems the team is working on

• Operate at the scale of a nation, not a building. Accelerating toward 10s to 100s of GWs by the end of the decade, more than the entire electricity consumption of many countries. You won't just run a data center; you'll run infrastructure the size of a G7.

• Fly the plane while it's being built. Running flawless operations inside a live construction zone, adapting in real time and turning the pace of build-out into our advantage. You will redefine operational excellence.

• Write the playbook, don't inherit it. Most operators step into someone else's system. Here you build one, leaving your fingerprints on how the whole company runs. As we scale 100x, you'll set the standards, shape the operating model, and grow the team by the thousands.

Role Scope

• Own day-to-day operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of HV and MV electrical systems: utility feeds, transformers, switchgear, generators, ATS/STS, UPS, PDUs, RPPs, and busway.

• Develop, review, and execute MOPs, EOPs, and AOPs for planned and emergency electrical work, and coordinate third-party contractors and vendors on site.

• Monitor EPMS and BMS for electrical performance, alarm response, and capacity tracking, and keep as-builts and one-line diagrams accurate after every modification.

• Perform design and submittal reviews, and support new construction, capacity upgrades, and site audits from an operations perspective.

• Take personal ownership of the reliability of everything connected to your single-line.

What We're Looking For

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly,

• You've come up through electrical systems in mission-critical environments and you're as comfortable in a switchgear lineup as in a design review.

• You operate and troubleshoot the full electrical stack (switchgear, generators, ATS/STS, UPS, PDUs) hands-on in a live 24/7 environment.

• You write and execute high-risk electrical MOPs and manage contractors through them safely.

• You read one-lines and submittals well enough to catch problems in design review, not just in the field.

• Bonus: Hyperscale or large data center operations. NETA and NFPA 70E. EPMS platforms. Arc-flash and electrical safety programs.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (cash + equity).

• Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.

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.