Electrical Engineering Lead

hscale; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

hscale is seeking an Electrical Engineering Lead based in the Design and Engineering arm to drive electrical design standards and architecture for our EMEA data centre programme. You will be the electrical authority, interfacing with external consultants and internal stakeholders to ensure scalable, high-capacity power architectures.

The role demands 12–18 years of mission-critical or data centre experience, Chartered status preferred, and a track record of delivering complex electrical systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• Chartered or Professional Engineer status preferred.
• 12–18 years of experience in mission critical or data centre electrical engineering.
• Deep hands-on expertise in critical power systems, distribution, protection, and utility interfaces.
• Experience delivering projects across EMEA regulatory and utility environments.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% across EMEA.

Responsibilities

• Define, own, and govern HSCALE electrical design standards, reference architectures, and engineering processes.
• Lead electrical system architecture and key technical decisions across all projects.
• Own electrical inputs to the Basis of Design and ensure consistency across projects and phases.
• Drive lean and scalable electrical designs that maximise usable power capacity and minimise trapped capacity.
• Optimise designs for total cost of ownership, balancing CAPEX, OPEX, resilience, and operational flexibility.
• Lead development of next generation power distribution systems suitable for high density and AI driven workloads.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership for schematic design, specifications, and design reviews.
• Manage and technically assure external electrical designers and specialist consultants.
• Act as the electrical single point of accountability across Development, Design Management, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, and Operations.
• Support procurement, commissioning, and transition to operations.
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and standard refinement.

Skills

Electrical design leadership

Power systems

Cross-functional leadership

Project governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

The Technology team at hscale builds the systems, standards, and frameworks behind our hyperscale data centre platform across EMEA. We cover Design, Engineering, Commissioning, Procurement, IT & Cybersecurity, Sustainability, Compliance, and Governance.

We link innovation with delivery: setting design, procurement, and commissioning standards to accelerate new builds, while running secure, resilient IT and compliance environments. With a customer-first, commercially smart approach and strong vendor partnerships, we scale fast and build for the future.

Position Overview

The Electrical Engineering Lead leads and represents the electrical discipline across HSCALE’s EMEA data centre development programme.

The role is accountable for electrical design strategy, standards, and technical assurance, with a focus on lean, scalable, and high capacity power architectures suited to next generation data centres.

Based in Design and Engineering, the role is the electrical authority within the Engineering Centre of Excellence and the primary interface to external electrical consultants and internal stakeholders.

Your Role

• Define, own, and govern HSCALE electrical design standards, reference architectures, and engineering processes.
• Lead electrical system architecture and key technical decisions across all projects.
• Own electrical inputs to the Basis of Design and ensure consistency across projects and phases.
• Drive lean and scalable electrical designs that maximise usable power capacity and minimise trapped capacity.
• Optimise designs for total cost of ownership, balancing CAPEX, OPEX, resilience, and operational flexibility.
• Lead development of next generation power distribution systems suitable for high density and AI driven workloads.
• Provide hands on technical leadership for schematic design, specifications, and design reviews.
• Manage and technically assure external electrical designers and specialist consultants.
• Act as the electrical single point of accountability across Development, Design Management, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, and Operations.
• Support procurement, commissioning, and transition to operations.
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and standard refinement.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Chartered or Professional Engineer status preferred.
• 12 to 18 years of experience in mission critical or data centre electrical engineering.
• Deep hands on expertise in critical power systems, distribution, protection, and utility interfaces.
• Demonstrated experience designing for high density and AI enabled data centres.
• Strong understanding of power efficiency, capacity utilisation, and lifecycle cost optimisation.
• Experience delivering projects across EMEA regulatory and utility environments.
• Comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor with programme level accountability.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% across EMEA.