Electrical Systems Specialist – Field Engineering

Company Overview

A leading global data centre developer and operator specialising in hyperscale and colocation facilities. The business continues to expand its presence across APAC, delivering large-scale critical infrastructure for some of the world's largest technology companies.

With a strong focus on development, power infrastructure and operational excellence, the organisation is continuing to invest in its regional platform and technical capabilities.

The Position

The Electrical Systems Specialist – Field Engineering is a hands-on technical role responsible for the safety, reliability and performance of mission-critical electrical infrastructure within a live data centre environment.

The position has a particular focus on UPS systems, battery infrastructure and critical power distribution, alongside broader HV/LV systems, transformers, switchboards, generators, protection systems and electrical controls.

Working closely with operations, engineering and risk teams, you will provide technical support during electrical incidents, lead fault investigations, review operational procedures and help improve the technical capabilities of site teams.

Key Responsibilities

Electrical Systems & UPS Expertise

• Act as the technical point of contact for UPS systems, batteries, HV/LV distribution, transformers, switchboards, generators and associated controls.

• Maintain a detailed understanding of system design, operating modes, protection settings, redundancy and recovery strategies.

• Monitor UPS loading, battery condition, autonomy, alarms and overall equipment performance.

• Identify capacity constraints, reliability concerns, lifecycle risks and potential single points of failure.

• Ensure electrical systems operate within approved safety, protection and reliability parameters.

Field Engineering & Fault Response

• Provide hands-on technical support during UPS faults, electrical outages, protection trips and abnormal operating conditions.

• Lead fault isolation, technical diagnosis and restoration planning.

• Analyse UPS event logs, relay records, alarms and power-monitoring data.

• Support electrical switching, UPS bypass operations, load transfers, energisation, commissioning and post-incident recovery.

• Provide technical guidance to operations teams, contractors and equipment vendors.

Engineering Governance

• Develop, review and approve electrical switching procedures, EOPs, MOPs, SOPs, isolation plans and energisation documentation.

• Ensure operational procedures align with system configurations, protection coordination, discrimination, arc-flash requirements and equipment limitations.

• Review and improve procedures based on operational feedback, incidents and lessons learned.

• Support the development of risk assessments, temporary operating procedures and recovery plans.

Reliability & Technical Leadership

• Lead or support electrical incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis.

• Provide technical input into maintenance strategies, asset replacement, capacity planning and electrical system upgrades.

• Review commissioning plans and witness UPS, battery, generator and integrated systems testing.

• Develop the technical capability of site teams through coaching on UPS operation, electrical switching, fault response and safe systems of work.

About You

Essential Experience

• Trade, diploma or degree qualification in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent discipline.

• Extensive experience working with mission-critical electrical systems within data centres, utilities, hospitals, industrial facilities or similar environments.

• Strong hands-on electrical switching and fault-finding capabilities.

• Experience with protection coordination and discrimination studies.

• Proven experience authoring and reviewing electrical switching procedures.

• Strong understanding of electrical redundancy philosophies, including N, N+1 and 2N configurations.

Desirable Experience

• Authorised HV switching experience.

• Previous experience within live data centre operations.

• UPS manufacturer training or certification.

• Experience with VRLA, lithium-ion, nickel-cadmium or other battery technologies.

• Commissioning and energisation experience.

• Familiarity with relay configuration, power quality analysis, EPMS, SCADA or BMS platforms.

• Experience leading or contributing to Root Cause Analysis investigations.

Personal Attributes

• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and responding effectively to urgent technical challenges.

• Able to work collaboratively with diverse teams across different regions and disciplines.

• Strong attention to detail, with a methodical approach to technical documentation and operational safety.

• A collaborative approach to problem-solving, with the ability to provide technical leadership when required.

• Strong forward-thinking and analytical capabilities, with the ability to identify potential issues before they impact operations.

Why Join?

• Competitive compensation package and benefits.

• A culture that values appreciation, recognition and collaboration.

• Opportunity to work within a growing data centre platform.

• The chance to make a direct impact on the reliability and performance of critical infrastructure.

• Opportunity to develop alongside an expanding regional business.

Project Engineer – HV Infrastructure

Company Overview

A leading global data centre developer and operator specialising in hyperscale and colocation facilities. The business is continuing to expand its presence across APAC, delivering large-scale critical infrastructure for some of the world's largest technology companies.

With a strong focus on development, power infrastructure and operational excellence, the organisation is continuing to invest in its regional platform and technical capabilities.

About the Role

The Project Engineer – HV Infrastructure will play a key role in the delivery of high-voltage infrastructure projects, overseeing engineering workstreams and resolving technical issues throughout the project lifecycle, from design through to construction, commissioning and energisation.

Working closely with project management, grid connection and data centre engineering teams, you will coordinate EPC contractors, engineering consultants and equipment suppliers to ensure technical deliverables are completed to programme and in line with project requirements.

The role will cover a range of HV infrastructure, including substations, transformers, switchgear, HV cables, protection and control systems, BESS and associated electrical infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage assigned HV engineering workstreams, technical deliverables and engineering schedules.

• Identify and resolve technical issues, design clashes, non-conformances and equipment interface challenges.

• Review engineering drawings, technical specifications, equipment data and design submissions.

• Coordinate EPC contractors, consultants and OEMs to drive engineering decisions and resolve technical queries.

• Lead technical coordination meetings, design workshops and constructability reviews.

• Manage RFIs, technical submissions, engineering documentation and design review processes.

• Assess proposed design changes and understand their impact on programme, procurement and construction.

• Provide technical support throughout construction, installation, testing and energisation activities.

• Coordinate technical involvement in FATs, SATs, site inspections and commissioning reviews.

• Maintain engineering registers covering technical queries, design changes, interfaces, deliverables and outstanding issues.

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.

• 5+ years' experience within HV engineering, substations, utilities, renewable energy or major electrical infrastructure projects.

• Experience managing engineering deliverables and technical interfaces across the design, construction or commissioning phases of HV projects.

• Background coordinating EPC contractors, engineering consultants and OEMs.

• Strong understanding of HV substations and electrical infrastructure delivery.

• Working knowledge of Australian electrical standards and relevant safety requirements.

• Experience managing technical queries, engineering registers, design changes and construction-related issues.

• Ability to interpret single-line diagrams, technical drawings, equipment specifications and engineering reports.

• Knowledge of transformers, switchgear, HV cables, protection and control systems.

• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently investigate technical challenges and drive solutions through to completion.

Dexterous Hands Lead - Humanoid Robotics

Location: Munich (onsite)

Compensation: Salary + Bonus + Equity + (Relocation Package if needed)

Edison Smart is partnered with a European humanoid robotics start-up that has just come out of stealth.

The role

You will own the roadmap and the architecture (actuation, tactile sensing, embedded electronics), hire the team, and work closely with the AI team on hands built for learning.

What you’ll bring

• 8+ years in robotics hardware or mechatronics
• Hands-on work on robotic hands, grippers or high-DoF manipulation systems
• A track record of taking hardware from concept to tested prototypes
• Experience leading engineers

Interested? Apply or message me directly.

Head of Systems – Humanoid Robotics

Location: Munich (onsite)

Compensation: Salary + Bonus + Equity + (Relocation Package if needed)

Edison Smart is partnered with a European humanoid robotics start-up that has just come out of stealth.

The role

You’ll own how the whole robot works as one machine: architecture, sensing, actuation, compute and safety. You’ll lead the software, systems engineering and robot architecture teams and work directly with the founders.

What you’ll bring

• Industry experience on legged humanoid robots, ideally at more than one company.
• 10+ years in robotics: dynamics, control, kinematics and mechatronic system design.
• Fluency across mechanical, electrical and software trade-offs.
• Experience leading teams and owning roadmaps in a real engineering organisation.
• Bonus: learning-based control and functional safety (ISO 13849, IEC 61508, ISO 25785).

Interested? Apply or message me directly.

Director - Acquisitions

Location: Japan

About the Role

An established global data centre operator is looking to appoint a  Director of Acquisitions to support its continued growth across Japan.

The successful candidate will take ownership of acquisition and investment activities across the Japanese data centre and real estate markets, leading transactions from initial origination through to execution and completion.

This is a senior, commercially focused position requiring strong investment, financial modelling, negotiation and stakeholder management experience, ideally within the data centre or wider commercial real estate sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute acquisition, investment and divestment strategies aligned with the organisation's wider growth objectives.

• Lead the full investment lifecycle, from opportunity origination and structuring through to negotiation and transaction completion.

• Identify and source acquisition opportunities, including land, development sites and existing data centre assets across Japan.

• Evaluate potential investments, conducting financial modelling, underwriting, valuation and risk/return analysis.

• Prepare and present investment proposals and recommendations to senior leadership and investment committees.

• Lead negotiations with counterparties, developers, landowners, joint venture partners and other stakeholders.

• Oversee all aspects of due diligence, transaction structuring and closing processes.

• Work closely with legal, compliance, finance and asset management teams throughout the transaction lifecycle.

• Review existing portfolio assets and identify potential divestment opportunities to optimise portfolio performance and value.

• Build and maintain relationships with landowners, developers, investors, joint venture partners and external advisors.

• Monitor the Japanese data centre and real estate markets, identifying investment trends, development opportunities and market conditions.

• Collaborate with regional and global stakeholders to support wider investment and portfolio strategies.

Requirements

Experience

• Minimum 5+ years' experience in acquisitions, investments and/or divestments within commercial real estate and/or the data centre sector.

• Proven experience managing transactions from origination through to completion.

• Strong understanding of site selection, land acquisition, financial modelling, underwriting, valuation and due diligence.

• Experience leading negotiations and managing multiple stakeholders throughout complex transactions.

Technical Skills

• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, with the ability to assess investment opportunities and identify associated risks.

• Experience preparing investment proposals, financial models and commercial recommendations.

• Ability to interpret complex market and financial data to support investment decisions.

Languages

• Native-level Japanese.

• Fluent professional English, with the ability to independently lead meetings, present investment recommendations and negotiate with senior stakeholders.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.

• Master's degree desirable.

Additional Experience

• Direct experience in data centre site selection and land acquisition would be highly advantageous.

• Experience working with investment committees, joint ventures, shareholders and international stakeholders.

• Willingness to travel within Japan as required.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a commercially minded investment professional with strong leadership, negotiation and presentation skills.

They will be confident engaging with senior stakeholders, building relationships across the real estate and data centre ecosystem, and driving investment decisions within a complex, international organisation.

Strong communication skills, commercial judgement, emotional intelligence and the ability to influence decision-making are essential.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience and current remuneration.

• Annual performance-related bonus.

• Annual salary reviews.

• Commuting allowance.

• Flexible working arrangements for management-level employees.

• Corporate defined contribution pension plan.

• Flexible benefits programme.

• Language and professional development support.

• Annual health checks and flu vaccination support.

• 10 days' annual leave in the first year, increasing to 20 days annually from the second year.

• Weekends and Japanese national holidays off.

• Year-end holiday period (29 December – 3 January).

• Additional leave provisions, including maternity, paternity, childcare, nursing care and bereavement leave.

Working Hours: 9:15am – 5:30pm

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Laser Scientist - Semiconductor Lasers & Photonics

Location: California or Remote

We're working with an ambitious, VC backed technology company developing advanced high power semiconductor laser technology.

This is an opportunity for a Laser Scientist to work on some genuinely challenging problems in semiconductor laser physics, helping develop new device architectures and push the performance limits of photonic crystal surface emitting lasers (PCSELs) and other vertical emitting devices.

The focus is on the underlying physics. You'll be expected to work from first principles, extend existing theoretical frameworks and develop new device concepts that improve performance, manufacturability and long-term reliability.

This isn't a role focused on operating simulation software or making incremental changes to established designs. We're looking for someone with the depth in physics and mathematics to understand why a device behaves as it does, challenge existing approaches and develop something fundamentally new.

What you'll be doing

• Develop and extend the theoretical frameworks underpinning PCSELs and other vertical-emitting semiconductor lasers.
• Investigate new device architectures, including hybrid photonic-crystal structures, external cavity designs and injection locking.
• Apply first-principles physics and mathematical modelling to understand and improve device performance, including mode control, gain-cavity interactions, phase and wavelength control, and thermal effects.
• Work closely with modelling, simulation and AI teams, providing the underlying physics, analytical models and assumptions that guide design exploration.
• Challenge simulation results and connect theoretical predictions with experimental measurements.
• Develop device structures that are more robust to manufacturing variation and improve long term reliability.
• Establish and develop reliability testing and diagnostics, including HAST and other accelerated stress testing.
• Work with process, packaging and optics teams to translate device concepts into practical designs and manufacturing requirements.
• Develop physics-based reliability models and identify the root causes of device and package-level issues.
• Document technical findings, develop internal know-how and contribute to invention disclosures.

What we're looking for

• PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline. Equivalent industry experience will also be considered.
• Strong foundations in physics, advanced mathematics, electromagnetics and semiconductor device physics.
• Demonstrated experience in semiconductor laser device design, ideally with PCSELs, VCSELs or other vertical-emitting architectures.
• Ability to work from first principles, read and extend foundational research, and develop original theoretical approaches.
• Strong Python skills for scientific computing and analytical modelling, including NumPy/SciPy and related tools.
• Understanding of PDEs, eigenvalue problems and electromagnetic or semiconductor formulations.
• Experience working across simulation, process engineering, packaging and reliability teams.

Particularly interesting experience

• Photonic crystal lasers and advanced semiconductor laser architectures.
• Hybrid photonic-crystal structures, external cavity lasers and injection locking.
• III-V semiconductor materials, epitaxy and MOCVD.
• Semiconductor laser reliability, HAST and accelerated testing.
• Device diagnostics such as PL, EL, XRD, thermography and lifetime testing.
• Experience developing new device architectures, with a track record of technical publications or invention disclosures.

You'll be joining a highly technical team working to push the limits of semiconductor laser performance. The role offers the opportunity to influence fundamental device architecture, work closely with advanced modelling and AI teams, and take new concepts through to validated, manufacturable hardware.

For someone with a strong background in laser physics who wants to work on genuinely new device technology, this is an opportunity to tackle problems where the existing literature doesn't necessarily have the answers.

**Candidates must be US Persons as defined by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Senior Solutions Architect | Up to $155K base, up to $185K OTE | Atlanta, GA (Remote)

I'm working with a fast-growing eSIM-as-a-Service provider, looking to add a Senior Solutions Architect to its team.

The ideal candidate would have a background in:

• Hands-on eSIM / Remote SIM Provisioning (SGP.22, SGP.32, SM-DP+, eIM, IPA).
• Troubleshooting cellular modules with AT commands and device logs (Comprion).
• Customer-facing solutions or pre-sales work in IoT, cellular or telecom.
• Explaining complex technology clearly to customer engineers and executives.
• Electrical engineering or hardware (a plus).

📍 Location: Remote across the US, Atlanta, GA preferred. Up to 20% travel across the US and Canada. Must be based in the US.

💰 Package: Up to $155K base + bonus, up to $185K OTE.

Interested? Drop me a message or apply directly.

Business Development Manager – BMS

Location: Melbourne, VIC

About the Role

We’re looking for a driven Business Development Manager to join a growing Building Management Systems (BMS) business in Melbourne.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded individual with experience in building automation, HVAC controls or the wider building services industry. You’ll be responsible for developing new business opportunities, building long-term client relationships and expanding the company’s presence across the Victorian market.

The ideal candidate will have an established industry network, a proactive approach to sales and the ability to identify opportunities to deliver smarter, more efficient building automation solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new business opportunities across the Melbourne market.

• Build relationships with building owners, facilities managers, consultants, mechanical contractors and system integrators.

• Promote BMS and building automation solutions across commercial building projects.

• Generate new leads through networking, client meetings, industry events and targeted business development.

• Manage the full sales cycle, from initial engagement and opportunity development through to proposal and contract negotiation.

• Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of prospective clients and projects.

• Work closely with engineering and project delivery teams to develop tailored solutions for clients.

• Identify opportunities within existing accounts to drive repeat business and long-term partnerships.

• Monitor market trends, competitor activity and emerging opportunities within the building automation sector.

About You

• Proven experience in business development, sales or account management within the BMS, HVAC, building automation or building services industry.

• Established relationships with building owners, facilities managers, consultants, mechanical contractors or other relevant industry stakeholders.

• Strong understanding of BMS, HVAC controls and building automation solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to generate new business and convert opportunities into revenue.

• Confident communicating with both technical and commercial decision-makers.

• Commercially driven, self-motivated and comfortable working autonomously.

• Strong negotiation, presentation and relationship-building skills.

What’s on Offer?

• Competitive salary package, with additional performance-based incentives.

• Opportunity to take ownership of business development across Melbourne and Victoria.

• The chance to make a genuine impact on business growth and market expansion.

• Work with a technically focused team delivering modern building automation solutions.

• Long-term career development within the growing smart buildings and BMS sector.

Interested?

If you have a background in BMS, HVAC or building services and enjoy building relationships, winning new business and developing a market, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion.