Data Center Electrical Engineer, Google Data Centers
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineer, a technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 3 years of experience in fast-track mission critical facility design and construction
- Experience in design, construction, and commissioning of medium/low voltage electrical distribution systems, AC/DC systems, and associated power management/SCADA tools
Preferred qualifications:
- Professional Engineering (PE) license
- Experience in large-scale mission critical facilities and their electrical/mechanical infrastructure
- 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
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).
In this role, you will work with other electrical and mechanical engineers, provide project design and field engineering services, project implementation, and participate in all phases of a project life-cycle. You will act as the interface between internal customers and the project team. You will be Involved in all the site capital projects from green field construction to modification of existing infrastructures and participation and preparation all types of documents, including Statement of Work (SOW), TCO analysis, drawing mark-ups, budget, schedule, final startup/commissioning reports, and review and acceptance of as-builts and review of submittals.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical support to data center services and operations teams to define electrical system design requirements for multiple and simultaneous Data Center (DC) projects from inception through completion.
- Collaborate with Data Center Delivery and Engineering (DCDE) core teams to develop, implement, and manage the DC electrical designs at site starting from Basis of Design (BOD) to Issued for Construction (IFC) data center services documents for new DC projects build outs, infrastructure upgrades, and renovations.
- Gain a detailed understanding of the electrical project requirements on-going at the site. Manage site bug process and coordinate with DCDE cross-functional teams for technical support.
- Participate in new technology insertions through collaboration with the core engineering team to provide site specific requirements during the development of site specific BOD.
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