Jobs Companies Fluidstack Electrical Equipment Design, Technical Lead

About this Electrical Equipment Design, Technical Lead role at Fluidstack

Fluidstack · Onsite · New York, NY

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.


We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!

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 Product Engineering, Electrical Equipment Team

You'll define the electrical equipment that powers the largest AI compute buildout in history.

Examples of key problems the team is working on:

  • Design an LV/MV switchgear, BBU, and busway lineup purpose-built for AI data centers instead of adapting legacy utility gear.

  • Get first-of-a-kind gear through NRTL certification on schedules where a failed test shot costs months, not weeks.

  • Decide product by product what we design in-house, what we co-develop with OEMs, and what we simply buy.

  • Converge the lineup on the minimum set of frame sizes and bus ratings that covers the overwhelming majority of site demand.

Role Scope

  • Own product architecture across the LV/MV switchgear, BBU, and busway lineup, including the frame-size and bus-rating matrix that covers 90% of demand with the fewest SKUs.

  • Run the certification strategy end to end: NRTL relationships, test campaign sequencing, lab bookings, and budgets that account for the real cost of a failed shot.

  • Lead the gear design team across EE, ME, controls, and drafting, with team structure and staffing decisions that hold up as the lineup grows.

  • Set the ratings philosophy for the lineup: short-circuit, withstand, and temperature-rise design standards rigorous enough to pass witness testing on the first campaign.

  • Make the make-vs-buy recommendation per product category, including the call that we shouldn't build a category at all, backed by cost, schedule, and certification-risk math.

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, tell us where you would.

  • 12+ years in switchgear and electrical equipment design, with time leading design teams at an OEM such as Powell, IEM, Eaton, ABB, or equivalent.

  • You've personally taken gear through UL 891/1558 or IEC 61439 listing, including witness testing at KEMA or PowerTech-class labs.

  • You've lived through a short-circuit test failure, driven it to root cause, and led the redesign that passed the retest.

  • You've owned product architecture across an LV/MV lineup, including BBU integration and the certification path each integration option implies.

  • You know how to structure a 9-person gear team: which seats can double up, which can't, and where the first hire goes when the lineup expands.

  • You can defend a ratings philosophy, short-circuit, withstand, and temperature-rise, against both a test lab and a cost target.

  • Bonus: BBU or energy storage integration into gear, busway product experience, arc-resistant designs, or deep NRTL relationships.

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.

You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email [email protected] with your resume/CV, the role you've applied for, and the date you submitted your application-- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.

Ready to apply to Fluidstack?
Apply to Fluidstack

How this Tech Lead salary compares

This role pays $235,500/yrin line with the typical range for Tech Lead roles.

$175,000 median $235,500 $304,800

Typical range $209,250–$284,000/yr, from 48 comparable Tech Lead listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Tech Lead salary insights →

Similar jobs

Fluidstack
Rack Systems Architect, Technical Lead
Fluidstack
⚡ Apply early New York, NY Onsite $208,000–$263,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 9h ago
Fluidstack
MV DC Systems, Technical Lead
Fluidstack
⚡ Apply early New York, NY Onsite $208,000–$263,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 9h ago
Fluidstack
SST Systems Architect, Technical Lead
Fluidstack
⚡ Apply early New York, NY Onsite $208,000–$263,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 9h ago
Point72
Enterprise Applications Engineering Lead
Point72
⚡ Apply early New York, NY Onsite $170,000–$250,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
Pico
Site Reliability Engineer- Team Lead
Pico
⚡ Apply early New York City, NY Onsite $170,000–$190,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Formation Bio
Lead Technical Recruiter
Formation Bio
⚡ Apply early New York, NY; Boston, MA Hybrid $154,500–$202,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Chime Financial, Inc
Tech Lead Manager, AI & App Experience
Chime Financial, Inc
⚡ Apply early New York, NY, USA; San Francis... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Anthropic
Pre-Sales Program Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA | New York C... Onsite $270,000–$365,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Anthropic
Tech Lead Manager, Agent Runtime Platform
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA | New York C... Onsite $405,000–$485,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago

Sign up for suggestions tailored to the jobs you open and the searches you save.

More jobs at Fluidstack

See all jobs at Fluidstack →

Apply now
🤖

Whoa — hold up

JobsRadar was built for real people having a rough time in their job search — not for automated requests. You're clicking way too fast and you're now temporarily blocked.

Come back later. If you're genuinely job hunting, we've got your back — just act like a human.

Catch your next role the second it’s posted.

Create a free account and we’ll watch the boards for you — the instant a job matches your search, it lands in your inbox or Telegram. No digging, no refreshing.

Create free account

Free forever · takes 30 seconds · already have one?

Get an edge on your job hunt.

Join our Telegram channel for the stuff that helps you land the role — salary benchmarks, the weekly market pulse, and new-feature drops. No spam, just signal.

Join the channel — it's free