Principal Electrical Engineer

Lancium creates gigawatt-scale campuses for AI data centers. We develop and orchestrate all power infrastructure at our campuses, including grid interconnection, substations and behind-the‑meter energy resources, such as solar, wind, battery energy storage systems and natural gas generation. We currently have 16+ gigawatts of campus capacity in various stages of development and our projects under construction today are some of the largest in the world.

We are backed by leading strategic and financial investors, including Blackstone, Shell, and Arclight.

Principal Electrical Engineer (P&C)

• Lead design and technical oversight of Protection & Control (P&C) systems across HV/MV substations and transmission interconnections
• Review protection philosophies, relay coordination, and settings calculations
• Ensure system selectivity, fault isolation, and reliability across complex power networks
• Oversee substation automation, SCADA integration, and communication protocols
• Collaborate with Substation Design, Studies, and Data Center teams to ensure integrated system performance
• Support and validate power system studies (short circuit, load flow, dynamic stability, protection coordination)
• Ensure compliance with ERCOT/ISO requirements, IEEE, NERC PRC standards, and NEC codes
• Review EPC designs, drawings, and relay settings; provide technical direction and approvals
• Verify commissioning, relay testing, and energization and operational activities, including troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Lead disturbance analysis and misoperation investigations, implementing corrective actions
• Contribute to engineering standards, best practices, and continuous improvement

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required;
  Master’s degree preferred
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required
• 12+ years of experience in power systems engineering
• Demonstrated experience with substations, data centers, grid interconnection, and energy systems
• Expertise in relay protection schemes, including line, transformer, bus, and feeder protection
• Strong experience in relay settings development and coordination studies
• Deep knowledge of substation automation, SCADA, and communication systems
• Proven experience in HV/MV substation design and grid interconnection
• Proficiency with power system analysis tools such as ETAP, ASPEN, PSS E, and PSCAD

• Top of market cash and equity compensation
• Employer‑subsidized health, dental, and vision benefits
• $50,000 of basic term life insurance coverage paid for by Lancium, as well as 100% of short‑term disability premiums. Additionally, we provide options for additional life insurance coverage for employees, their spouses, and children. Employees also have the option to enroll in long‑term disability coverage (LTD) at their own expense.
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Accounts, and Health Savings Accounts (with employer contribution; $400 employee‑only coverage, $700 for all other tiers of enrollment in our HDHP).
• Flexible (Unlimited) Time Off
• Paid parental leave
• 11 paid holidays
• Fidelity safe‑harbor 401(k) with 100% match up to 4%