Global Principal Electrical Design Engineer — Data Center

Eaton Group

Dubai

Hybrid

AED 420,000 - 620,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model
Mentoring program
Career development
Global opportunities
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Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Global Principal Electrical Design Engineer for the Data Center Segment in Dubai. You will act as the senior technical authority for electrical system design across global data center programs, providing leadership from concept to closeout and ensuring safety, compliance, and scalability.

You will influence global design direction, support hyperscale and enterprise projects, and collaborate with regional teams and clients.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an accredited institution.
  • 10+ years of electrical engineering experience with significant exposure to mission-critical facilities and data center environments.

Responsibilities

  • Act as global electrical design authority for data center portfolio.
  • Lead design of complex electrical infrastructure for hyperscale and enterprise data centers from concept through execution.
  • Provide guidance on MV/LV distribution, transformers, UPS architecture, protection and coordination, grounding, and system resilience strategies.
  • Develop, implement, and govern global electrical design standards, reference architectures, and quality frameworks.
  • Collaborate within a multidisciplinary global engineering environment and support bids and execution phases.

Skills

MV/LV distribution
UPS architectures
Transformers
Grounding & protection
System coordination
North American codes (NEC/NFPA/IEEE/UL
IEC standards
Stakeholder engagement
Leadership
Travel internationally
English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Electrical design tools

Job description

Eaton is seeking a Global Principal Electrical Design Engineer for the Data Center Segment in Dubai. You will act as the senior technical authority for electrical system design across global data center programs, providing leadership from concept to closeout and ensuring safety, compliance, and scalability.

You will influence global design direction, support hyperscale and enterprise projects, and collaborate with regional teams and clients.

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