Fluidstack
Chief Engineer, LV Switchboards & Distribution Busway
$260K–$310K
U.S. Remote · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years; no alternatives stated.
About the job
Owns Fluidstack’s low-voltage switchboard and busway product, setting designs and specifications, leading vendor engineering, and delivering coordination and arc-flash studies for data centers.
What you'll do
- Define standard switchboard lineups, busway runs, tap-off units, and breaker schedules; hold vendors to requirements.
- Write and maintain technical specifications, review vendor drawings, lead factory acceptance tests, and resolve technical exceptions.
- Deliver short-circuit, coordination, and arc-flash studies; coordinate rack power delivery with the rack systems team.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of electrical engineering on low-voltage switchboards, switchgear, or busway, at an equipment manufacturer or specifying and commissioning it for data centers.
- Hands-on experience with UL 891 switchboards, UL 1558 switchgear, UL 857 busway, and low-voltage power circuit breakers and their trip units.
- Experience running short-circuit, coordination, and arc-flash studies in ETAP, SKM, or equivalent and setting trip units from them.
- Working knowledge of NEC, NFPA 70E, and IEEE 1584 as they apply to data center distribution.
Nice to have
- Professional Engineer license.
- Experience with high-density compute power distribution or exposure to 800 V or other DC distribution schemes.
Pay
$260K – $310K (base salary)
Tools
UL 891, UL 1558, UL 857, ETAP, SKM, NEC, NFPA 70E, IEEE 1584
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