Senior Electrical Engineer

EdgeConneX

55d•$190,000 - $200,000

About The Position

EdgeConneX is seeking a technically deep, delivery-oriented Senior Electrical Engineer for the Americas within its Global Design & Engineering (GD&E) organization. The role is the senior regional electrical authority across assigned campuses, accountable for electrical design integrity, equipment validation, and energization outcomes. It also serves as GD&E’s designated engineering interface to the behind-the-meter (BTM) power and onsite generation organization. The engineer translates global electrical architecture and standards into validated, energized infrastructure in the field. Working within a one-team site model, the role supports the Technical Program Manager and Delivery Manager, and coordinates data center electrical infrastructure with onsite generation so the combined system is buildable, protectable, and energizable. The role focuses on data center and critical infrastructure engineering; generation experience supports credible coordination rather than making this a power plant design position. The position operates across multiple campuses and engages at key technical milestones, including design reviews, factory acceptance tests, protection studies, commissioning readiness assessments, and energization. It provides technical leadership and mentoring to regional Electrical SMEs, coordinates with internal teams, execution partners, vendors, utilities, and the BTM team, and reports electrical design, validation, interconnection status, and risks. Significant travel is required across assigned campuses in the Americas, vendor facilities, and onsite generation project locations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
At least 10 years of progressive electrical engineering experience in data center or mission-critical infrastructure, spanning design, construction support, and commissioning, with a record of owning electrical outcomes on delivered facilities.
Demonstrated experience on hyperscale or Tier III+ data center projects, including hands-on design review, FAT, protection coordination, and energization.
Meaningful power generation experience sufficient to coordinate credibly with generation engineers and developers; examples include prime or standby generation plants, generator paralleling and controls, gas reciprocating or turbine generation, fuel systems, BESS, or utility-scale interconnection.
Experience working with or alongside EPC or execution-partner engineering teams and driving quality and standards adherence through influence within an integrated team.
Deep expertise in data center electrical systems, including MV/LV distribution architectures, switchgear, UPS systems, generator configurations, N+1 through 2N+1 redundancy strategies, protection coordination, arc-flash analysis, grounding, and energization strategy.
Working knowledge of generation and interconnection engineering, including point-of-coupling design, protection across the meter boundary, paralleling and synchronization, islanding and grid-transition schemes, and interconnection agreements and utility coordination.
Solid understanding of electrical commissioning from individual system testing through IST and energization, including readiness criteria and failure-mode validation.
Familiarity with IEEE standards, including IEEE 1547 where applicable, NFPA 70/70E, NETA, Uptime Institute Tier practices, TIA-942, and regional utility and regulatory requirements.
Ability to coordinate stakeholders across two internal organizations, an execution partner, vendors, and utilities without direct reporting authority.
Clear, concise communication and the credibility to identify when an electrical system or energization plan is not ready, support that judgment with data, and provide a recovery path.
Sound field judgment, including knowing when to resolve issues directly, engage the Principal Electrical Engineer, or escalate through the TPM/DM site team.
Ability to operate across multiple concurrent campuses in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with an expanding portfolio and maturing processes.
Significant travel availability (40–60%) across assigned campuses in the Americas, vendor facilities, and onsite generation project locations, sometimes at short notice.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Professional Engineer (PE) license; strongly preferred.
Certifications such as CDCP, ATD (Accredited Tier Designer), or NETA-affiliated credentials.
Deep generation design experience.
Direct experience with behind-the-meter or bridging power solutions for data centers, such as onsite gas generation, BESS integration, microgrid controls, or utility transition programs.
Experience delivering for hyperscale and neo-cloud customers, including knowledge of their electrical compliance and witnessing expectations.
Familiarity with AI/ML workload infrastructure and the electrical demands of high-density, liquid-cooled deployments.
Collaborative, ownership-driven mindset and experience working as one team with an execution partner and across global GD&E pillars.

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior electrical discipline authority across assigned Americas campuses, ensuring designs, installations, and energization outcomes conform to Technical Strategy & Architecture standards, guidelines, and templates.
Participate in design reviews; resolve submittals and RFIs on critical electrical scope; witness factory acceptance tests; review protection and coordination studies; assess commissioning readiness; and support energization.
Validate electrical readiness, including distribution systems, protection schemes, and energization plans, in support of the site TPM/DM team.
Identify site-specific or customer-driven deviations from electrical standards and route them through the established approval process.
Provide informal technical leadership and mentoring to regional Electrical SMEs.
Act as GD&E’s designated engineering interface to the BTM team and maintain a shared technical picture at campuses where onsite generation is in scope.
Coordinate the electrical integration of onsite generation, including interconnection topology, point of coupling, protection and relay coordination across the meter boundary, grounding and fault-current implications, paralleling and load-transfer schemes, and islanding and grid-transition behavior.
Represent data center design intent, redundancy, reliability standards, availability models, and customer commitments in onsite generation discussions.
Ensure generation milestones and dependencies are visible to site TPM/DM teams and reflected in campus energization planning.
Communicate generation constraints and timelines to GD&E early, and convey GD&E standards, deviation governance, and commissioning expectations to the BTM team.
Review and challenge execution-partner electrical deliverables, including single-lines, equipment specifications, protection studies, arc-flash analyses, cable and raceway designs, and grounding systems.
Validate that customer-specific electrical requirements are captured and reconciled with EdgeConneX standards; escalate conflicts through the deviation process.
Provide field and interconnection lessons learned to the Principal Electrical Engineer to inform global standards, including standards for BTM integration.
Lead electrical vendor and equipment validation for assigned campuses, including witnessing FATs for switchgear, UPS systems, generators, and other critical electrical equipment, and confirming factory-validated performance in the field.
Provide Legal & Procurement with technical input on electrical equipment specifications, vendor evaluations, and contract exhibits, including generation-related scope when relevant.
Support the Commissioning Lead and site teams with electrical startup, functional testing, Integrated Systems Testing, and energization, particularly sequences involving utility and BTM sources.
Drive electrical technical issues during commissioning to closure and engage the Principal Electrical Engineer when deeper architectural judgment is needed.
Confirm electrical readiness criteria before a facility or generation-integrated electrical system is declared Ready for Service.
Report electrical design, validation, interconnection status, and risks to site TPM/DM teams and regional leadership in accordance with GD&E governance and reporting cadence.
Coordinate with Operations on electrical maintainability, operability, and operational implications of onsite generation integration.
Work with the Budgets, Process & Document Management shared service to maintain consistent electrical documentation and deviation records.
Support Site Development Engineers and regional leadership in utility and interconnection discussions where senior electrical expertise is helpful.