Data Center Electrical Engineer

Google; Groningen; On-site; EUR 92,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Netherlands is seeking an Electrical Engineer to support the localized design effort for field engineering—from campus planning through detailed design—and to oversee MARCUS projects within operational data centers. You will liaise with facilities teams to ensure safe, reliable electrical delivery and contribute to commissioning and close‑out reviews.

In this role, you will drive electrical solutions across moves, adds, retrofits, changes, upgrades, and security initiatives, collaborating

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience with data center equipment/environments including switchgear, generators, controls, security monitoring systems, and fire safety systems.
• Experience managing construction projects in an international environment.
• Experience in facility electrical systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive high‑complexity electrical project outcomes and provide technical leadership.
• Contribute to electrical scoping, direction, priorities, and resource allocation.
• Lead projects to ensure design, scope, schedule, quality, commissioning, and safety.
• Troubleshoot advanced electrical system events and escalate complex issues.
• Develop cross‑project procedures and align work across teams.

Skills

Data center equipment

Construction project management

Electrical systems

International collaboration

Facility electrical systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Equivalent practical experience

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Groningen, Netherlands; Winschoten, Netherlands.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience working with data center equipment/environments including switchgear, generators, controls, security monitoring systems, and fire safety systems.
• Experience managing construction projects, within an international working environment.
• Experience in facility electrical systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Understanding of start up/commissioning processes.
• Understanding of standard practices in the design and construction industry.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Ability to build excellent relationships and deliver on action‑orientated tasks.
• Effective skills in requirement gathering, resource organization, task prioritization, scheduling, problem‑solving, and achieving goals.

About the job

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting‑edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state‑of‑the‑art, environmentally‑friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior‑level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

As an Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for the technical support of the localized design effort (i.e. campus plan through to detailed design) for field engineering through project delivery and commissioning, and for engineering reviews of the close out documentation. In addition, and depending on the campus activities, you will support the electrical design and delivery on Moves, Adds, Retrofits, Changes, Upgrades, and Security projects (MARCUS) within operational data centers. You will liaise with the Data Center Operations team on all electrical warranty issues.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.Individual pay is determined by factors including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Netherlands: €92000 - €94000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Drive project electrical outcomes of high complexity and scope as a key contributor, integrating feedback from multiple stakeholders when necessary, and provide electrical technical leadership to resolve critical field issues.
• Contribute to project electrical scoping and direction, and manage project electrical priorities and allocation of technical resources within the project.
• Provide technical leadership to the projects, support and optimize project design, scope, schedule, quality, commissioning, and safety for the electrical discipline, and provide feedback to the central partner teams on possible improvements.
• Troubleshoot advanced electrical system events, and elevate only the most complex issues as appropriate.
• Contribute to the development of cross‑project, cross‑functional, and cross‑organizational procedures and ensure alignment of the Electrical Engineers' work with multiple teams/projects.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .