Senior Electrical Engineer-Data Center

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Title-Senior Electrical Engineer-Data Center

Basic Function 

As a part of the Engineering team, the Sr. Electrical Engineer-Data Center will provide subject matter expertise on Electrical Engineering design, final engineering, and construction permitting of data center projects as well as utility-scale solar and energy storage projects. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure that all electrical designs are optimized for efficiency, safety, and compliance with industry standards. 

 Responsibilities: 

• Create and manage Electrical Engineering design standards to set requirements for quality, presentation standards, and cost-effectiveness 

• Perform project design reviews at specific milestones throughout the final design process and coordinating other internal reviews and approvals by key stakeholders, as needed 

• Design and deliver electrical systems for hyperscale data centers, including medium- and low-voltage power distribution, backup power, and emergency systems. 

• Prepare and maintain electrical schematics, bills of materials, and construction / installation drawings. 

• Ensure all designs comply with applicable codes and standards, including the National Electrical Code (NEC) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) requirements. 

• Partner with engineers and key stakeholders to define technical specifications, design criteria, and project budgets. 

• Provide electrical design oversight throughout the full data center lifecycle, from early concept through commissioning, ensuring systems meet performance, reliability, and energy-efficiency goals. 

• Lead and manage large-scale, multi-site projects across multiple regions, delivering electrical engineering solutions on schedule. 

• Work closely with mechanical, architectural, structural, network, controls, and operations teams to seamlessly integrate electrical systems with overall data center infrastructure. 

• Track emerging technologies and industry trends in data center electrical engineering, with an emphasis on energy efficiency, resilience, and future scalability. 

• Support field engineering and commissioning teams to test, validate, and verify proper installation, operation, and performance of electrical systems and equipment. 

• Develop and edit electrical specifications, and support the selection of equipment, systems, and devices. 

• Establish and continuously improve electrical design standards and guidelines to ensure consistency, reliability, and efficiency across all data center projects. 

• Review Low Voltage (LV), medium voltage collection systems (MVac/MVdc), interconnection, and also substation system designs (HVac/HVdc) for data center, solar, and energy storage projects 

• Optimize project designs by drawing upon knowledge of LV, MV collection, transformers, switching, relaying, back-up power, and substation design including best practices, specific