# Electrical Engineer, Power Systems , R&D

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $203k – $232k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** power systems, generator interconnections, microgrids, islanded operation, protection coordination, stability studies, inverter-based resources, rotating machines, commissioning, pscad, psse, bess
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Electrical Engineer designing and integrating behind-the-meter power generation, storage, and microgrid systems for AI data centers. Requires experience with generator interconnections, islanded operation, stability/protection studies, and plant commissioning.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Engineer the electrical side of behind-the-meter generation: collection, interconnection, and integration with the data center.
- Design the electrical balance of plant: generator connections, transformers, and switchgear for fast-build plants.
- Run the studies for islanded and grid-parallel operation: stability, grounding, and protection coordination.
- Integrate storage and generation electrically into one controllable campus system.

## Requirements
- Engineered electrical systems for power generation, microgrids, or utility-scale storage.
- Designed generator interconnections and the studies behind them.
- Understand islanded operation and what it does to protection and stability.
- Integrated inverter-based resources with rotating machines.
- Taken plant designs through commissioning.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Microgrid controls.
- Grid codes and interconnection standards.
- PSCAD or PSSE.
- BESS electrical design.

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