STACK Infrastructure builds, owns, and operates hyperscale and colocation data centers that power the world’s most ambitious technology companies. With a rapidly expanding footprint across APAC, STACK combines deep development expertise, flexible capital, and operational discipline to deliver critical digital infrastructure at scale.
Our clients include the largest hyperscale cloud platforms. We are building a regional platform defined by speed of delivery, power reliability, and long-term partnership — and we are assembling the team to lead that effort.
The Position:
The Electrical Systems Specialist – Field Engineering is a hands-on subject matter expert responsible for the reliability, safety, and performance of mission-critical electrical infrastructure within a live data centre environment.
This role operates at the intersection of operations, engineering, and risk, providing deep technical leadership on electrical systems while remaining actively engaged in the field. The position is accountable for engineering ownership, fault investigation, procedural governance, and uplift of operational capability across site teams.
Key Responsibility:
Electrical System Ownership
Act as technical owner for critical electrical systems including:
HV and LV distribution systems
Transformers and switchboards
Generators and fuel systems
UPS systems and battery infrastructure
Maintain deep system knowledge including design intent, protection philosophies, discrimination studies, and recovery strategies
Ensure systems operate within defined engineering, protection coordination, and reliability thresholds
Field Engineering & Fault Response
Provide hands-on field engineering support during:
Major electrical events and outages
Protection trips and nuisance alarms
Complex fault scenarios
Commissioning, recommissioning, and post-incident recovery
Lead on-site fault isolation, protection review, and restoration strategy
Support live operations during elevated risk activities such as switching, load transfers, and energisation
Engineering Governance & Procedures
Peer-review, and approve:
Electrical switching procedures
EOPs, MOPs, and SOPs
Isolation and energisation documentation
Temporary operating procedures and risk mitigations
Ensure switching documents align with protection settings, arc flash studies, and discrimination design
Own continuous improvement of procedural quality based on operational feedback and incidents
Must-have Qualifications:
Essential:
Trade, diploma, or degree qualification in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Extensive experience with mission-critical electrical systems (data centres, utilities, hospitals, industrial facilities, or similar)
Strong hands-on switching and fault-finding capability
Experience with protection coordination and discrimination studies
Proven experience authoring and reviewing switching procedures
Strong understanding of redundancy philosophies (N, N+1, 2N, etc.)
Desirable:
Authorised HV switching experience
Experience in live data centre operations
Commissioning and energisation exposure
Familiarity with relay configuration and event analysis software
Experience contributing to or leading RCAs
This might be right for you if:
You don’t get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple high-level priorities with competing timelines while welcoming a new, urgent challenge with ease.
Are culturally sensitive and enjoy working with a diverse group of individuals from multiple regions.
You pay attention to the details – meticulously, and every time. Nothing falls through the cracks on your watch.
You’re collaborative. You enjoy working with others to solve problems – and people enjoy working with you. You can shift from being a leader to a contributor when needed.
You’re smart. You think five steps ahead and see issues from multiple angles. You’re not just a problem solver – you’re a problem preventer.
Equal Opportunity Employer
STACK provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
