Principal Electrical Engineer
About The Position
Iron Mountain Data Centers is seeking an accomplished Principal Electrical Engineer to serve as the global technical authority for utility, high-, medium-, and low-voltage distribution, standby generation, UPS, energy storage, earthing, and power-quality systems. The role serves as an enterprise specialist and strategic technical leader across new developments, customer deployments, and the existing operational portfolio. The engineer establishes technical direction, governs global standards and specifications, assures high-risk engineering decisions, and resolves complex issues that extend beyond individual projects. The position partners with executive and cross-functional leadership on technical strategy, investment trade-offs, capacity constraints, operational risks, and long-term infrastructure technology roadmaps. It also governs owner-furnished equipment requirements and product strategy, leads technical investigations of major operational incidents, represents the company in customer and industry forums, and mentors technical practitioners without direct line-management responsibility. The role requires the ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.
Requirements
- Typically 15+ years of relevant experience, including multi-project and multi-market technical leadership across major data center or mission-critical capital programs.
- Industry-recognized expertise across utility strategy, high-, medium-, and low-voltage systems, protective relaying, energy storage, and power quality.
- Proven ability to govern global approval frameworks and manage systemic risk while balancing electrical resilience, CapEx/OpEx, speed to market, and utility constraints.
- Exceptional communication, influencing, and negotiation skills to frame complex engineering decisions for executive leadership, customers, regulatory authorities, and Tier 1 manufacturers.
- University degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.
Nice To Haves
- Professional Engineer or Chartered Engineer license is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Establish design principles, performance outcomes, and decision criteria for utility interconnects, HV/MV/LV distribution, UPS, battery energy storage, earthing, and standby generation across the global platform.
- Own and govern Basis of Design requirements, global standard designs, technical specifications, and discipline assurance frameworks; serve as the final authority on precedent-setting deviations and risks.
- Partner with VPs, SVPs, and cross-functional leadership on technical strategy, investment trade-offs, capacity constraints, operational risks, and long-term infrastructure technology roadmaps.
- Govern technical requirements and product strategy for owner-furnished equipment in partnership with Supply Chain.
- Provide technical leadership for major operational incidents and incorporate root-cause findings into global standards.
- Represent the company in strategic customer and industry forums.
- Sponsor a global electrical community of practice and mentor Senior Engineers and technical practitioners without direct line-management responsibility.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and executive total rewards packages aligned with experience level.
- Generous paid time off and holiday schedules.
- Flexible work options.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans.
- Wellness and retirement plans.
- Continuous learning, technical leadership opportunities, and global career advancement within Iron Mountain.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
