Principal Data Centre Electrical Engineer

About the job

Posted 4 days ago

Competitive USD / Year

Are you looking to join the team building the backbone of AI?

CrimsonXT has partnered with an AI Cloud Platform company, which, due to growth, is looking to hire a variety of positions across the data centre space. We are seeking a Principal Data Centre Electrical Engineer to join the team, ideally based on the West Coast or the Central time zone.

Role responsibilities:

If successful, you will have the opportunity to own the data centre power system design from the utility to the racks. You will define the power infrastructure that enables high-density GPU campuses and craft resilient topologies that deliver clean, rapid-response power while meeting stringent uptime, safety and efficiency targets. You will also:

• Manage all aspects of the electrical engineering system for data centres
• Create a strategy for data centre electrical system design and deployment
• Develop electrical design standards for power distribution to high-density liquid-cooled and air-cooled racks, mechanical equipment and systems within data centres
• Lead innovation for electrical engineering systems
• Develop and maintain the basis of design, master specification and master drawings
• Facilitate developing project-specific drawings and documentation
• Develop one-line diagrams for MV/HV utility feeds, substations, generator farms and UPS topologies (2N, N+1)
• Lead power-quality studies for GPU workloads
• Author sequence-of-operations, FAT/SAT protocols and energisation plans
• Produce electrical bill-of-materials, sequence-of-operations and commissioning scripts
• Interface with Mechanical Controls and Construction teams
• Willing and able to travel (domestic and international) to support projects (20% travel is expected for this role)

What we are looking for:

We are looking for someone with a B.S/B.E./B. A degree in the electrical engineering discipline and at least 10 years of experience designing data centre and mission-critical electrical systems. You should also have:

• Knowledge on AI / HPC data centres
• Expert in NEC, IEC and IEEE standards; ETAP or SKM modelling proficiency
• Familiar with liquid-cooled rack power delivery, blind-mate busbars and 48 VDC architectures
• PE/Chartered Electrical Engineer strongly preferred

What’s in it for you?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small, highly motivated team providing world-class supercomputing experience to its customers. You will be offered a competitive total compensation package (salary + equity), retirement or pension plan, health, dental, and vision insurance and a generous PTO policy.

Sound interesting? Get in touch to find out more information regarding this opportunity.