Data Center Electrical Engineer, Google Data Centers

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience in mission critical facility design and construction.

• Experience in design, construction, and commissioning of medium or low voltage electrical distribution systems, AC/DC systems, and associated power management or SCADA tools.

Preferred qualifications:

• Professional Engineering (PE) license.

• Experience in 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 electrical and mechanical engineers, provide project design and field engineering services, project implementation, and participation 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 construction to modification of existing infrastructures in participation and preparation of all types of documents including, Statement of Work (SOW), Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis, drawing markups, budget, schedule, final startup/commissioning reports, and review and acceptance of as-builts and review of submittals.

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 $139,000-$207,000 + 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 for new hire 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.

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Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to Data Center Services and Operations teams to define electrical system design requirements for multiple data center projects from inception through completion.

• Develop, implement, and manage the data center electrical designs at site starting from basis of design to issued for construction data center services documents for new data center projects build outs, infrastructure upgrades, and renovations.

• Respond to site specific engineering Requests For Information (RFI) in coordination with the Engineer of Record (EOR).

• Collaborate with the core Engineering team to provide site specific requirements during the development of specific Basis of Design (BOD) and coordinate system level schematics with EOR.

• Own and manage site-level power system issues during the project execution phase. Identify and resolve issues with cross-functional teams, maintain all data center related electrical system design requirements and interface documents.

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