Principal Electrical SME
Hut 8
Principal Electrical SME
Hut 8
Bitcoin mining and enterprise HPC infrastructure
Hut 8 brings exceptional people together to solve the world’s most consequential problems at the intersection of energy and technology. Today, that means building infrastructure for AI at a pace and scale without precedent. Tomorrow, it could mean powering a new era of innovation through robotics, advanced manufacturing, or an industry that does not yet exist. Whatever the technology demands, our ambition holds: to build the defining physical infrastructure company of our generation.
We look for thinkers and builders with the rigor, humility, and ownership to solve problems at this scale. They start from zero and choose truth over tradition. They back the best idea, whatever its source. They bet on themselves and embrace the hard truths that force them to grow. Our commitment is to keep the path from idea to execution short, trust them with critical decisions and the work that follows, and surround them with colleagues whose curiosity extends beyond their expertise.
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The Electrical SME is Managed Services' electrical expert embedded in a data center build - supporting design review and commissioning witness to ensure electrical systems are operable and maintainable at turnover. The electrical system is the facility's spine; this role makes sure it can be operated, switched, and maintained safely by the team inheriting it. Some of the key responsibilities you should expect are the following:
Review electrical designs - MV/LV distribution, generator plants, UPS systems, EPMS - for operability: maintenance access and working clearances, switching practicality and arc-flash exposure during real operating procedures, redundancy behavior under maintenance conditions, and labeling/mimic clarity. Push back where the design assumes maintenance that can't safely be performed. Construction - Phase Verification Walk electrical installations at key milestones: equipment setting and clearances, terminations and torque documentation, grounding, and cable management quality - flagging operability and quality issues to the MEP superintendent early. Testing & Commissioning Witness Witness NETA acceptance testing and Level 3-5 commissioning: protective device testing, generator and UPS transfer sequences, load bank testing, pull-the-plug scenarios, and integrated systems testing. Drive operational findings into the Cx log and verify closure. Turnover Readiness Verify electrical turnover packages: test records and settings files, one-lines and as-builts, arc-flash labels matching final studies, spare breakers and critical spares, PM program inputs, and switching procedures. Confirm operator training covers real switching and emergency scenarios. Energization & Early Operations Support energization sequences and early operations stabilization: alarm and EPMS tuning input, operating procedure refinement, and first-months troubleshooting with the operations team. Program Feedback Feed operational lessons into Hut 8 electrical standards and future basis-of-design decisions. |
ABOUT YOU
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- What we're looking for: - 8+ years in critical facilities electrical operations, commissioning, or NETA-adjacent field roles. - Deep knowledge of MV/LV switchgear, protective devices, generator and UPS systems, and EPMS/power monitoring. - Commissioning witness experience through integrated systems testing in mission-critical environments. - NFPA 70E fluency and real switching/LOTO experience - you've operated the gear, not just reviewed it. - NETA testing literacy: you can read the reports critically and catch what's missing. - Maintainability instincts in design review: clearances, access, and safe isolation paths. - Turnover documentation rigor, especially settings files and test records. - Electrical license, military power background (Navy nuke/Air Force power pro), or engineering degree all welcome paths. |
ABOUT THE WORK ENVIRONMENT
Full-time on-site based role.
Hut 8 operates in digital asset mining and high-performance computing infrastructure. It mines Bitcoin at scale with vertically integrated operations, owning mining hardware and managing power and facilities to control costs and profitability. In addition to mining, Hut 8 offers enterprise-grade technology services, including cloud and colocation data centers and high-performance computing infrastructure designed for security, reliability, and scalability. The company’s business model blends mining with enterprise data-center services to reduce cryptocurrency market risk while capitalizing on demand for compute-at-scale and digital infrastructure. Hut 8 differentiates itself by owning and operating its own energy and infrastructure, allowing tighter cost control, and by serving enterprise clients with secure, scalable data-center solutions alongside its mining activities.
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