Electrical Equipment Design, Technical Lead

About the role

The Product Engineering, Electrical Equipment Team at Fluidstack is responsible for defining the electrical equipment that powers the largest AI compute buildout in history. This includes designing LV/MV switchgear, BBU, and busway lineup specifically tailored for AI data centers, rather than adapting legacy utility gear.

Responsibilities

• Define 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 test shot.
• Lead the gear design team across EE, ME, controls, and drafting, making decisions on team structure and staffing as the lineup grows.
• 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.

Requirements

• 12+ years in switchgear and electrical equipment design, with time leading design teams at an OEM such as Powell, IEM, Eaton, ABB, or equivalent.
• Personal experience in taking gear through UL 891/1558 or IEC 61439 listing, including witness testing at KEMA or PowerTech-class labs.
• Lived through a short-circuit test failure, driven it to root cause, and led the redesign that passed the retest.
• Experience owning product architecture across an LV/MV lineup, including BBU integration and the certification path each integration option implies.
• Ability 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.
• Knowledge of how to defend a ratings philosophy, short-circuit, withstand, and temperature-rise, against both a test lab and a cost target.

Qualifications

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

Skills

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Experience with product development and certification processes.
• Technical expertise in switchgear and electrical equipment design.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation range: $208K - $263K.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.
• Health and wellness programs.
• Work-life balance initiatives.

Pay

Compensation Range: $208K - $263K.

Schedule

Full-time position.