Senior Data Center Engineer, Electrical Engineering

Note:

Google's hybrid workplace includes remote roles.

Remote location:
United Kingdom.

• 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 environments.
• Experience in electrical infrastructure.

• Master's degree in Engineering, Business, or other relevant fields, or a Professional Engineering (PE) license.
• Experience with medium voltage systems.
• Experience with cross‑discipline teams (e.g., structural, civil, IT/Telecom, security, mechanical, architectural).
• Experience in design, construction, 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., switch gear, generators, transformers, controls, security monitoring systems, fire safety systems).
• Experience in estimating, electrical design, operation, and commissioning of substations, switch gear, ATP/ATS, emergency power systems and their control systems, power monitoring, and electrical protection.

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 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 Senior Data Center Engineer, you will provide field electrical engineering support and issue resolution for the UK campus, supporting the Technical Project Manager in the localized design and delivery of projects in line with the schedule, cost, quality, technical compliance, and safety requirements.

You will serve as the primary contact between Google, the Project Management Consultancy, and Specialist Contractors, coordinating with stakeholders for all electrical field engineer efforts. You are responsible for overseeing the appointed electrical installation activities, ensuring that construction operations and performance comply with project or corporate expectations and EHS, quality, and schedule requirements, while maintaining relationships when interfacing with project stakeholders.

You will identify the workload and manage specific discipline owner representatives to support the delivery of projects as per the expectations.

• Define data center system‑level, product architecture, research and development, while helping to develop operations and maintenance procedures for systems/processes.
• Conduct engineering analysis and research designs and methods of data center equipment and facilities.
• Ensure designs and installations meet requirements (e.g., predicted cooling, structural, operational concerns, etc.).
• Provide technical leadership to the projects, support and optimize project design, scope, schedule, quality, commissioning, and safety for the electrical discipline, and provide feedback to the central partner teams on possible improvements.
• Contribute to the development of cross‑project, cross‑functional, and cross‑organizational procedures and ensure alignment of the Electrical Engineers' work with multiple teams/projects.

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