Principal Electrical Engineer

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects, and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers, and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

As integral part of the EMEA Development Group, the core objective of the Design team is to drive design innovation, standardization, and continuous improvement to enable the delivery of cost‑effective and high‑quality infrastructure, delivered safely and always on time. Striving for operational excellence, we specialize in pioneering technical design solutions to meet the evolving needs of our customers.

Vantage is looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Mission Critical engineering team, positioned at the forefront of an exciting growth market. In this role, you will act as the client‑side electrical technical authority for VDC design projects, driving electrical design direction, providing technical leadership, developing specifications, managing design consultants, supporting contractor interfaces, and leading the transition from design to installation and eventual operations.

Collaboration with various teams is expected as you navigate complex engineering challenges, ensuring project standards are met and enhanced. Your role will include providing electrical engineering support for early‑stage feasibility, test‑fit, and concept design before external consultants are engaged, while helping to shape future VDC design solutions in response to new customer requirements, delivery strategies, and emerging technologies. Within Vantage’s collaborative environment, you will interface with stakeholders and work closely with customer experts to translate requirements into practical, scalable solutions.

VDC leads design intent internally, and when design consultants are appointed, you will direct and challenge them to develop solutions that best align with VDC standards, business objectives, and customer needs. This position will significantly contribute to Vantage’s profitability and success.

• Lead electrical design element for internal development of early‑stage feasibility, test‑fit and concept design.
• Manage external electrical engineering partners while setting technical direction and driving them toward solutions that best align with VDC standards, customer requirements, and business objectives.
• Collaborate with product team to develop future VDC electrical design solutions by responding to new customer requirements, emerging technologies, and value engineering opportunities for implementation across projects.
• Drive & be accountable for project‑level tasks and milestones.
• Act as the client‑side electrical technical authority for VDC‑led design direction and review of design consultant design documents.
• Support design consultant review of technical submittals, RFIs and engineering studies/assessments during construction, providing support where necessary.
• Visit job sites for field investigations and coordination meetings.
• Lead on the development of the standardized and optimized electrical equipment in the OFCI inventory program and actively support the OFCI procurement teams with technical advice and direct collaboration with vendors.
• Create and evaluate high‑value engineering and innovation ideas, and provide recommendations based on business‑related cost‑benefit analyses.
• Proactively engage with internal and external partners to identify and exploit lessons to implement good ideas and resolve recurring issues.
• Deliver electrical designs using Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) principles, focusing on modular, standardized, and prefabricated solutions (MV, LV, UPS, Generator, HAC, etc.).
• Support development of fungible building blocks, enabling scalable and repeatable design across projects.
• Represent the business in technical workshops with the…