Principal Electrical Engineer
Crusoe is an AI infrastructure company that designs, builds, and operates AI data centers and a cloud platform. It provides managed AI services, GPU compute, model fine-tuning and inference, and infrastructure operations for organizations building and deploying AI workloads.
Maintainer signals as of 8/14/2026
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About Crusoe
Crusoe, the AI factory company, provides Crusoe Cloud and Crusoe Intelligence Foundry for AI development and production. Its offerings include managed inference, serverless fine-tuning, high-performance NVIDIA and AMD compute, accelerated storage, RDMA networking, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, and operations tooling. The company also designs, builds, and operates modular AI data-center infrastructure using an energy-first approach, serving customers that need scalable training, inference, and AI platform infrastructure.
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About the Role
You will serve as the technical authority for power distribution, power protection, and switchgear design. You will define engineering standards, architect low- and medium-voltage power systems, oversee short-circuit, coordination, arc-flash, and load-flow studies, and design protection schemes using protective relays. You will review designs before fabrication, mentor electrical engineers, and align technical capabilities with manufacturing and product requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- 10–15+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience
- Experience focused on switchgear design and modular infrastructure
- Deep understanding of low- and medium-voltage switchgear construction
- Mastery of power protection theory
- Ability to lead technical teams through complex engineering challenges
- Exceptional communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Professional Engineer license strongly preferred
- Master's degree in Power Systems strongly preferred
- Knowledge of NEC, IEEE, and UL standards
- Experience with EPlan or AutoCAD Electrical is beneficial
- Experience with PLC/SCADA integration is beneficial
- Drug and alcohol program participation
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical authority for power distribution and switchgear design
- Lead system architecture for modular data centers and power distribution centers
- Interpret electrical codes and ensure compliance with NEC, UL, and IEEE standards
- Perform and oversee short-circuit, coordination, arc-flash, and load-flow studies
- Design and validate protection schemes
- Select and configure protective relays
- Conduct technical design reviews before fabrication
- Mentor Staff and Senior Electrical Engineers
- Develop and maintain electrical design standards and specifications
- Partner with Manufacturing and Product Management on modular power solutions
Benefits
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Employer contributions to HSA account
- Paid parental leave
- Paid life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Professional development
- Tuition reimbursement
- Mental health and wellness support
- Commuter benefits
- Cell phone stipend
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
- Volunteer time off