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Senior Data Center Electrical Engineer, Special Projects

As an experienced and highly motivated Electrical Engineer, you will join our growing team to play a key part in the design, implementation, and management of electrical systems for our data centers. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our facilities are built to the highest standards of safety, reliability, and efficiency.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of experience in mission critical facility design and construction environments.
• 12 years of experience with mission-critical facilities and their electrical infrastructure.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 50% of the time as required.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering, Business or other relevant field or a professional engineering license 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).
• Experience with medium voltage systems.

Responsibilities:

• Provide expert technical support to data center services and operations teams, defining Mechanical system design requirements for multiple data center projects from inception to completion.
• Develop, implement, and manage the mechanical designs at the site level, starting from the basis of design through to the issuance of construction documents for new builds, infrastructure upgrades, and renovations.
• Collaborate effectively with the Engineer of Record (EOR) to respond to site-specific engineering Requests for Information (RFI) and ensure alignment between Google's requirements and the overall design.
• Own and manage site-level power system issues during projects execution, collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve challenges effectively.
• Work closely with the core engineering team to provide site-specific requirements during the development of the Basis of Design (BOD) and coordinate system-level schematics with the EOR.

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