Senior Data Center Engineer, Electrical Architecture

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• 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 field or a Professional Engineering (PE) license.
• 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.
  
• Experience with medium voltage systems.
  
• Experience in design, construction, and commissioning of high voltage substations, medium or low voltage electrical distribution systems, AC/DC systems, and associated power management or SCADA tools.
  
• Experience with cross-discipline teams (e.g., structural, civil, IT/Telecom, security, mechanical, architectural).
  
• Experience working with data center equipment and environments (e.g., switchgear, generators, transformers, controls, security monitoring systems, fire safety systems), with an understanding of start up/commissioning processes.

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).

As an Electrical Architecture Engineer on EMEA's research and development (R&D) team, you will be responsible for defining and designing the electrical system for Google's Data Centre program while developing the latest technology to suit future requirements
As the pace of AI Data Centers grow, how these systems are powered, energized and protected are one of the most complex and exciting issues we face. Therefore, you will define how the future of energisation will work, and lead teams to deliver these design beyond the technology.
You will have a proven record of embracing new electrical engineering technologies, working comfortably in ambiguity, strong commitment to detail, dedicated to delivery, and capable of influencing teams to meet a goal.

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. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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).

As an Electrical Architecture Engineer on EMEA's research and development (R&D) team, you will be responsible for defining and designing the electrical system for Google's Data Centre program while developing the latest technology to suit future requirements
As the pace of AI Data Centers grow, how these systems are powered, energized and protected are one of the most complex and exciting issues we face. Therefore, you will define how the future of energisation will work, and lead teams to deliver these design beyond the technology.
You will have a proven record of embracing new electrical engineering technologies, working comfortably in ambiguity, strong commitment to detail, dedicated to delivery, and capable of influencing teams to meet a goal.

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. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Spain: €84000 - €86500 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Ireland: €110000 - €113000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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• Define the electrical system architecture from grid connection, through electrical distribution to rack level power requirements including system requirements for cooling and telecommunication assets.
• Model electrical systems, developing design drawings and documentation, providing detailed cable, earthing, protection and load flow calculation reports.
• Collaborate with operational, construction, commissioning and planning teams to understand regional requirements for power and electrical and delivering detailed designs in a timely manner.
• Lead on research of latest electrical technologies and developing strategies for cut in to meet future electrical engineering challenges of hyper scale data centers.
• Keep up to date on latest regional requirements for data centers across EMEA utilities and regional government requirements and developing designs to meet future requirements.

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