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Data Center Electrical Engineer, Google Data Centers

Data Center Electrical Engineer, Google Data Centers

2 Weeks ago • 3 Years + • Facilities Management

About the job

Summary

The Data Center Electrical Engineer at Google will design, develop, construct, and commission large-scale data center projects. Responsibilities include supporting all electrical systems (AC/DC power distribution and control), coordinating with multiple teams, managing project changes, and ensuring on-time completion. The role requires experience in managing large-scale technical projects, problem-solving leadership, and understanding data center facility delivery from inception to commissioning. The engineer will define operational processes, validate designs, produce analyses to ensure requirements are met, and develop maintenance procedures. They will also lead the validation of new designs and construction methods for data center equipment and facilities.

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Must have:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
3+ years experience in mission critical facility design/construction
Experience with data center electrical infrastructure
Project management skills
Problem-solving and leadership abilities

Good to have:

Master's degree in Engineering or Business
PE license
Experience with substations, switchgear, and power systems
Experience with high-voltage substations and power management tools

Perks:

Bonus
Equity
Benefits

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Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
3 years of experience in mission critical facility design and construction environments.
Experience in mission critical facilities and their electrical infrastructure.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree in Engineering, Business or a relevant field or a Professional Engineering (PE) license.
Experience in Estimating, Electrical design, Operation, and Commissioning of substations, switchgear, ATP/ATS, emergency power systems and their control systems, power monitoring, and electrical protection.
Experience in design, construction, and commissioning of high voltage substations, medium or low voltage electrical distribution systems, AC/DC systems, and associated power management or SCADA tools.
Experience working with data center equipment and environments (e.g., switchgear, generators, transformers, controls, security monitoring systems, fire safety systems).

About the job

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).

As a Data Center Services Electrical Engineer you will have experience with data center design, development, construction and commissioning projects. You will provide support for all electrical systems of large-scale data centers, networking, AC/DC power distribution and control systems. You will be tasked with coordinating the needs of multiple partner teams, while managing changes and maintaining a focus on keeping the project on schedule.

You will have experience managing large scale technical projects in a rapidly changing industry, ability to grow in ambiguity and demonstrated problem-solving leadership. You should be able to conceptualize and describe the delivery of a data center facility from start to commissioning and understand the nuances and risks that you need to manage.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $117,000-$172,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about .

Responsibilities

Work across teams to define and develop data center operational processes, and validate conceptual design and programming requirements from problems.
Lead the validation of new designs, materials, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities at the project level.
Produce defined analysis that ensures designs or installations satisfy requirements, including predicted electrical and operational concerns on global data center systems and processes.
Deliver components within multi-system projects, from project inception to final commissioning and turn over and carry new design concepts through exploration, development, and contribute to delivery of full projects into production.
Define and develop operating and maintenance procedures for systems owned in conjunction with data center operations.

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$117.0K - $172.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$144.5K/yr avg.

Worldwide

About The Company

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