Commissioning Electrical Engineer, Data Centers

Fluidstack

$90K — $130K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in commissioning electrical systems at large-scale data centers.
  • Demonstrated expertise in HV, MV, and LV electrical systems including generators, switchgear, and transformers.
  • Proven track record of managing full commissioning cycles from pre-functional checks to live service.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose issues quickly in high-pressure environments.
  • Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders in concurrent projects with a focus on conflict resolution.
  • Strong documentation skills for maintaining test results and commissioning reports.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the commissioning process for various electrical systems across multiple sites.
  • Review and develop Testing & Verification programs to ensure compliance with design intent.
  • Act as the commissioning lead, coordinating with contractors, designers, and vendors to mitigate conflicts.
  • Conduct on-site inspections, enforce safety protocols, and track progress during commissioning phases.
  • Facilitate final operational handover, ensuring all documentation is complete and systems are ready for service.

Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation package (cash + equity).
  • Retirement or pension plan, adhering to local practices.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Generous PTO policy aligned with local standards.
Full Job Description
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 Commissioning Team

Examples of key problems the team is working on
  • Help stand up a Cx program for 10s to 100s of GWs of DCs this decade.
  • Develop plans for Cx and QA/QC for first-of-a-kind modular data center designs.
  • Drive development and implementation of automated L4/L5 commissioning.
Role Scope
  • Lead pre-commissioning through Level 5 commissioning for HV, MV, and LV electrical systems, including generators, generator paralleling switchgear, transformers, UPS and battery systems, switchgear, ATS/STS, PDUs, busways, RPPs, grounding, and lighting control, across multiple sites.
  • Review and develop the Testing & Verification program with commissioning agents and engineers, confirming every electrical system meets design and operational intent before it goes live.
  • Act as the owner's commissioning lead for electrical scope, coordinating general contractors, designers, and vendors across concurrent projects and resolving conflicts before they hit the schedule.
  • Run site commissioning end to end: inspections, safety enforcement, progress tracking, and issue resolution from first energization through functional testing.
  • Lead the final operational handover, ensuring every electrical system, its test record, and its documentation is ready for live service.
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.
  • You've personally commissioned HV, MV, and LV electrical systems, generators, switchgear, transformers, UPS, ATS/STS, PDUs, busways, and grounding, at hyperscale or mission-critical data centers.
  • You've run commissioning phases end to end, from factory witness testing and pre-functional checks through integrated systems testing.
  • You've diagnosed and resolved issues during startup under time pressure, and you can trace a fault through a control scheme without waiting for someone else to find it.
  • You've coordinated general contractors, designers, and vendors across multiple live projects at once without losing track of open items.
  • Test results, punch lists, and commissioning reports are something you maintain as you go, not something you reconstruct after the fact.
  • You write clearly enough that a test report or handover package reads as decision-ready, not just data.
  • Bonus: ASHRAE or BCxA commissioning guidelines. NETA test specifications. PLC and EPMS control systems, automatic and semi-automatic switching schemes. Mechanical systems commissioning exposure.


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.

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