Power Systems Engineer

Teradata is a leading company in cloud analytics and data platforms for AI. The Power Systems Engineer will define and lead system-level power architecture across global datacenter environments, ensuring compliance and performance at scale while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and govern system-level power architecture standards ensuring global compliance, resiliency, and manufacturability
• Influence platform roadmaps through industry awareness and technical insight
• Lead qualification of electrical and electromechanical components including power supplies, PDUs, breakers, and cabling
• Approve engineering change orders (ECOs) and factory deviations affecting system performance
• Influence high-density GPU and AI-optimized configurations, including liquid and advanced air-cooled systems
• Provide technical leadership to manufacturing partners to resolve production and integration issues
• Develop and maintain power characterization, load profiling, and validation automation scripts
• Lead complex system-level debugging and root-cause analysis across hardware, firmware, OS, networking, and storage
• Contribute to cross-domain platform design and supplier lifecycle evaluation

Requirements:

• Deep expertise in datacenter power architecture and high-availability system design
• Experience designing redundant power subsystems, breaker coordination, and protection strategies
• Strong knowledge of rack-level PDUs, grounding schemes, and facility interfaces
• Hands-on power validation using analyzers, oscilloscopes, and current/voltage probes
• Experience supporting EMC compliance (conducted emissions and immunity)
• Familiarity with global safety and regulatory standards (UL, CE, CB Scheme)
• Experience with thermal characterization across air and liquid-cooled systems
• Working knowledge of Linux and command-line tools
• Foundational experience with C, Bash, and/or Python for automation and diagnostics, with desire to expand system-level capability
• Demonstrated ability to operate beyond domain expertise into architectural ownership
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience (Master's preferred)
• 12–15+ years of experience in power subsystem architecture and validation
• Experience supporting enterprise or datacenter-scale platforms
• Experience working with global regulatory standards and manufacturing partners
• Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional engineering initiatives