Principal Electrical Engineer

Role Overview

• Lead design initiatives that align with the company's strategic direction and goals.
• Drive the development and implementation of processes, equipment, and standards for data center projects.
• Lead Electrical Design review efforts for deployment of new Data Centers, ensuring compliance with corporate standards and customer requirements.
• Participate in all phases of project execution, including conceptual design, basis of design, scope of work, development of construction documents, and commissioning.
• Provide project leadership for electrical design consultants and contractors, ensuring that tasks and milestones are completed on time and within budget.
• Attend project design team meetings and on-site job walks, as needed, to ensure that the constructed product meets engineering standards and specifications.
• Conduct value engineering analyses and provide system recommendations based on return on investment (ROI) and internal rate of return (IRR) analysis.
• Responsible for the review of technical drawings, such as schematic drawings, design and construction documents, main submittals, sequence of operations, commissioning scripts
• Support Site Operations by troubleshooting and tuning existing systems to optimize performance.
• Coordinate heavily with internal engineering teams across all disciplines to ensure products delivered to Operations are streamlined and optimized to meet the needs of the business across all functions.
• Work closely with Operations to balance cost-effective solutions with long-term operational sustainability.
• Provide technical support to Sales during site tours, RFP responses, and customer Build To Suit (BTS) Data Center solutions.
• Participate in product development process flow from idea to implementing the company’s Intellectual Property (IP) initiatives.
• Engage in continuous professional development through training, participation in professional societies, associations, and continuing education.
• Assist the Electrical Tech Lead and management in mentoring, developing and coaching junior engineers.
• Review engineering studies, including: Short-circuit and over-current protection device coordination studies. Arc Flash mitigation studies. Rack layout optimization, including fail over analysis. Distribution analysis, including voltage drop and underground duct bank heat effect (Neher-McGrath) calculations Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) calculations.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent, from an accredited university or college
• Professional Engineering license in any state within the United States.
• 10 years of experience in design and construction is required, and 15+ years is preferred.
• Working knowledge of critical electrical and cooling infrastructure within a data center is required.
• Data Center design and/or construction experience is required.
• Familiarity with building codes, regulations, and standards, such as NEC, NERC, IEEE, NFPA and local building codes.
• Experience with NA construction markets is required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to conduct feasibility studies and technical analyses.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Understanding of AutoCAD, Revit, BIM, Navisworks and SCCS modeling software environments
• Ability to multitask and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• High level of integrity and professionalism.
• Travel required is expected to be up to 25% but may increase over time as the business evolves.

Tech Stack

• Flash

Benefits

• Comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations
• Array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community
• Opportunities to inject fun into work and appreciate each other’s strengths and respect each other’s weaknesses.