Principal Data Center Electrical Engineer

Oracle•United States,

1d•$102,300 - $209,500

About The Position

The Principal Data Center Electrical Engineer supports Oracle’s Commercial, AI Infrastructure, and Go Big initiatives by ensuring deployment readiness, engineering compliance, and operational reliability as the company expands its data center footprint. The role supports critical-environment maintenance, incident management, site selection and construction, data center operations, engineering design and governance, and training and knowledge sharing. The engineer oversees tenant-improvement work for white-space fit-outs, reviews sites and proposed designs, validates electrical plans and failover designs, develops digitized electrical models and distribution templates, and supports supplier-led fit-out activities. The role partners with design, construction, commissioning, colocation, field engineering, and operations teams to integrate electrical systems, validate on-site operations, and maintain mission-critical system performance. It also supports investigations and post-incident root-cause analysis, prepares technical reports, reviews changes and commissioning activities, and advances safe, compliant, efficient operations. Travel is typically approximately 25%.

Responsibilities

Manage critical-environment maintenance support to defined SLAs and address faults promptly.
Use practical operating knowledge of engineering systems, including standard diagnostics and repairs, to resolve routine issues.
Suggest system-level enhancements and contribute to evaluating components and action plans for deployments.
Manage incidents affecting OCI services, address root causes, and support investigations into large-scale events.
Collaborate with design, construction, commissioning, facility engineering, data center operations, health and safety, compliance, field engineering, and colocation teams to integrate electrical systems into existing data centers.
Conduct site reviews and assessments and review proposed fit-out designs.
Prepare technical reports documenting findings, recommendations, progress, and project or design decisions.
Participate in design reviews and oversee or support commissioning activities, reviewing data for alignment with engineering standards and project requirements.
Review mechanical simulations, including CFD analyses, to assess airflow and thermal performance and identify design adjustments.
Support and validate on-site data center operations related to electrical infrastructure and serve as the electrical SME for mission-critical systems, operations, and performance.
Partner with colocation providers’ engineering teams to ensure systems are adequately designed, specified, and installed.
Review documentation, participate in commissioning activities and design summits, and adhere to engineering standards and policies.
Review critical-impact changes and represent engineering in change advisory board meetings.
Oversee tenant-improvement work associated with white-space fit-outs and support supplier-led fit-out activities.
Ensure electrical plans are accurate and failover designs meet compliance requirements.
Develop digitized electrical models and distribution templates to support rack-placement planning.
Ensure documentation is captured, stored, referenced, and shared with field engineering and operations teams.
Drive operational optimization and efficiency improvements while reinforcing safety, security, and compliance.
Coordinate internal and external project team members and provide engineering input to align projects with company expectations.
Support contract administration, including generation and review of contracts, change orders, cost forecasts, and related documents.
Contribute to policy and procedure development, maintenance, and review.
Contribute to identifying training programs, act as a subject matter expert on standard systems, and train team members.
Travel typically approximately 25%.