--- title: 'Power Delivery Lead (MV Distribution) at Fluidstack' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/power-delivery-lead-mv-distribution-fluidstack-austin-nqtme7kma8n0' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-18' --- # Power Delivery Lead (MV Distribution) at Fluidstack - **Company:** [Fluidstack](https://feeny.ai/companies/fluidstack) - **Location:** Austin, TX - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-10-06 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/fluidstack/739ef420-11a1-4a9c-bd63-bcc046518550 ## Job description ## 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 - Be a barrel. Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role. - Insane urgency. We drive everything forward as fast as possible. - Reason from 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. - Build something that actually matters. If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world. The Power Generation Team Examples of key problems the team is working on - Build an islanded grid at gigawatt scale, from a blank sheet. Generation, storage and compute running with no utility behind them, where the machine you design is the only thing holding voltage. No playbook exists at this size, so the architecture you set becomes the reference. - Get power online in months, not years. Interconnection queues are measured in years and we do not have them. Generating our own power is how a site goes from signed lease to live compute inside six months, and the power system is the long pole in that plan. - Make one power block, then build it a thousand times. A repeatable block and cluster unit, validated once and stamped across the fleet, is the only route to the scale we are targeting. Every bespoke site is schedule we do not get back. - Design a grid whose largest load answers back. Compute is not passive demand here. Load behaviour, curtailment and shedding are design variables you negotiate and specify, a lever almost no power system engineer has ever been handed. ## Role Scope - Design the medium-voltage network that carries power from each generation block to the data halls, inside the system design basis, as one standard that every site deploys and that grows by adding blocks rather than by redesign. - Design the cluster tie and MV substations that bundle blocks together, covering bus arrangement, transformer selection, tie and transfer schemes, and the switching sequences that let a new block energize next to live ones without an outage. - Size feeders, cable and transformers to the load and run the network studies behind them yourself, including load flow, voltage drop, short circuit, protection coordination, and EMT studies of switching, energization and islanded transients, as models that rerun for each site's layout and block count. - Set the protection philosophy and relay settings for an inverter-dominated network with limited fault current, and write the standard specifications for MV switchgear, transformers, cable and relaying that ship with every block. - Define the envelope the standard holds for, covering block count, feeder length, fault level and load step, set the triggers that send a site to a site-specific study, and fold what each energized site teaches back into the next revision. ## 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](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/fluidstack/05c2e69c-42f9-4fcb-9cf0-a467aaf98f1c). - You've personally built ETAP or SKM PowerTools models of an MV network and produced the load flow, short circuit and cable sizing results that went into issued-for-construction drawings. - You've built PSCAD models of switching, energization or islanded events, such as transformer inrush, ferroresonance or inverter-dominated fault response, and changed a design because of what they showed. - You've set the protection philosophy and relay settings for a system with limited or variable fault current, and you can walk through the coordination that proved it. - You've designed MV distribution down to the hardware, including metal-clad switchgear, transformers, cable and duct bank ampacity, and grounding, and defended those choices against NEC, NFPA 70E and IEEE requirements with engineers of record and AHJs. - You've designed an MV substation or bus tie scheme that let new capacity energize next to live load, and written the switching sequence the operators followed. - You've turned a one-off design into a standard that other engineers applied across multiple projects, and written its design basis clearly enough that they could use it without calling you. - Bonus: Transmission-side study and protection work (IBR interconnection studies, EMT studies, transmission relaying). Grid-forming and islanded systems (grid-forming inverters, microgrids, remote and mining power). Licensure to stamp electrical work (PE). Utility-scale PV and BESS collection systems (34.5 kV collector design). Data center electrical distribution (MV through UPS). 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 careers@fluidstack.io 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. ## About Fluidstack ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Fluidstack builds and operates gigawatt-scale AI data centers and provides fully managed GPU cloud clusters for frontier AI labs, governments, and enterprises. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A stage; total funding of $11.0B) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States - **Founded**: 2017 - **Founders**: Gary Wu (CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: AI Infrastructure / Data Center Construction & Operations / Cloud Computing - **Target Customers**: Leading AI labs (e.g., Anthropic, poolside), governments, and large enterprises requiring massive-scale compute for training and inference. - **Mission Statement**: "We exist to make humanity more free... Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built — but only if models are aligned with that objective." ## Products & Services - **Fully Managed GPU Clusters**: Multi-thousand GPU clusters delivered with zero setup, fully managed (no node touching by the customer), with 15-minute engineering response SLAs and built-in monitoring and remediation. Purpose-built for AI workloads. - **Custom Data Centers**: Design, build, and operate greenfield data centers from the ground up, delivering gigawatts of compute in 6 months versus the industry standard of 18-24 months. Includes power acquisition, site selection, and civil/electrical/mechanical engineering. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Total Funding**: $11.0 billion (across 14 rounds). Key rounds include a $750M venture round (March 2026) and a $200M Series A led by Cacti (February 2025). - **Key Metric**: $11.0B in total funding; leading the deployment of Anthropic’s $50B compute buildout, one of the largest infrastructure projects in US history. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Cacti (lead investor), Anthropic (customer/partner), poolside (customer). - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 516.7% year-over-year to 143 employees. Currently has 270 active job postings. Expanding rapidly across the US (NY, SF, Austin, Seattle, Buffalo) and internationally (UK, France, Sweden, Nigeria, Switzerland). ## Competitive Advantages - **Speed of Deployment**: Can deliver gigawatts of compute in 6 months vs. the industry’s 18-24 months, giving them a massive first-mover advantage in a capital-constrained market. - **Full-Stack Control**: They acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them — owning the entire hardware and software stack from power generation to GPU orchestration. - **Tier-1 Customer Base**: Trusted by the world’s most ambitious AI labs (Anthropic, poolside), providing both credibility and a feedback loop for product improvement. - **Purpose-Built Platform**: Not general-purpose cloud; their platform is specifically optimized for AI researchers, removing all infrastructure friction (no K8s configs, no bare metal management). ## Strategic Focus - **Massive Scale Buildout**: Deploying Anthropic’s $50B data center project across New York and Texas, representing one of the largest infrastructure projects in US history. - **Global Expansion**: Expanding operations across 8 countries and multiple US states, with a heavy focus on data center site acquisition, power generation, and modular design. - **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring across engineering, construction, operations, security, and project management roles to support hypergrowth. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven Work**: Directly building the physical infrastructure for the next generation of AI — a rare opportunity to work on frontier technology with tangible, large-scale impact. - **Rapid Growth Trajectory**: 516.7% headcount growth YoY with 270 open positions signals massive opportunity for career acceleration and ownership. - **Technical Depth**: Work spans hardware (electrical, civil, mechanical engineering for data centers) and software (GPU cluster orchestration, monitoring, infrastructure platform engineering), offering diverse technical challenges. - **Top-Tier Talent Pool**: Employees come from AWS, Tesla, Crusoe, Palantir, Oracle, and Meta, indicating a high-caliber, ambitious work environment. - **Work Policy**: Remote-friendly for many roles, with hubs in San Francisco, New York, Austin, Seattle, and Buffalo. Departments span Engineering, Operations, Data Center, Security, and more. - **Culture**: Emphasis on speed, autonomy, and removing friction — "We build technology to enable delivery of gigawatts of compute in 6 months" — reflecting a bias for action and operational excellence. ## Sources 1. [fluidstack.io](https://www.fluidstack.io/) 2. [fluidstack.io/about-us](https://www.fluidstack.io/about-us/about) 3. [fluidstack.io/jobs](https://fluidstack.io/jobs) 4. [LinkedIn](https://es.linkedin.com/company/fluidstack) 5. 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