Electrical Design Engineer - AI Infrastructure

Hamilton Barnes; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Share scheme

Pension scheme

Flexible hybrid working

EMEA based with regular international

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes seeks a Senior Director of Data Center Facilities Design to lead electrical facilities design strategy for hyperscale campuses across Europe and beyond. The role partners with acquisition, due diligence, and construction teams to set high-capacity electrical standards from concept through execution.

You will drive design reviews, guide critical power infrastructure, and collaborate with consultants, utilities, vendors, and operations to deliver scalable, resilient data centers

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing electrical systems for hyperscale data centers.
• Strong background in mission critical environments and global infrastructure programs.
• Experience evaluating site feasibility and electrical design standards.
• Ability to lead design reviews and manage stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel regularly across Europe and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Own end to end electrical facilities design strategy across new hyperscale builds and major campus expansions.
• Travel regularly across EMEA and internationally to assess prospective data center sites.
• Evaluate site electrical infrastructure and identify risks before land or capacity is acquired.
• Define and standardise electrical design principles across global regions.
• Lead design reviews for scalability, efficiency and resilience.
• Provide technical oversight across substations, MV/LV distribution, UPS, generators.
• Act as senior technical authority for complex design decisions.
• Collaborate with consultants, utilities, vendors, construction and operations.
• Support commissioning and transition from construction to live operations.
• Drive long term capacity planning and AI-ready power architecture.

Skills

Hyperscale DC design

Critical power systems

Electrical design leadership

Stakeholder management

Site travel Europe

Vendor/consultant review

Tools

Substations design

MV/LV distribution

UPS systems

Generators

Job description

Keen to join a company that champions growth and development?

Join a rapidly scaling AI-focused hyperscaler delivering powerful,full-stack cloud infrastructure for AI developers,enterprises,and scientific institutions globally.Backed by significant capital and an aggressive international footprint,the organization designs and operates high-density,green energy-powered GPU data center campuses engineered for complex generative AI workloads and large-scale model training.

The company is seeking a Senior Director of Data Center Facilities Design to lead facility engineering strategy and high-density campus design across Europe and international markets.In this senior leadership role,the successful candidate will partner with Site Acquisition,Technical Due Diligence,and Construction teams to evaluate prospective hyperscale sites,validate high-capacity electrical design standards,and define global infrastructure specifications from initial concept through execution.

Responsibilities:

• Own end to end electrical facilities design strategy across new hyperscale builds and major campus expansions
• Travel regularly across EMEA and internationally to assess prospective data center sites alongside the Site Acquisition and Technical Due Diligence teams
• Evaluate site electrical infrastructure, identifying technical risks, constraints and feasibility before land or capacity is acquired
• Define and standardise electrical design principles across multiple global regions
• Lead design reviews, ensuring scalability, efficiency and operational resilience
• Provide technical oversight across substations, MV/LV distribution, UPS, generators and critical power infrastructure
• Act as the senior technical authority for complex design decisions and engineering trade offs
• Collaborate with design consultants, utilities, vendors, construction and operations teams throughout the project lifecycle
• Support commissioning strategy and ensure a seamless transition from construction into live operations
• Drive long term capacity planning, AI ready power architecture and design innovation across the global portfolio

Skills/Must Have:

• Extensive experience designing electrical systems for hyperscale or large scale data centers
• Strong background within mission critical environments, ideally supporting global infrastructure programmes
• Experience assessing technical feasibility of new sites or supporting early stage data center development projects
• Deep understanding of substations, MV/LV distribution, UPS, generators and critical electrical infrastructure
• Experience influencing designs from concept through construction and commissioning
• Comfortable travelling regularly across Europe with occasional wider international travel
• Confident reviewing and challenging consultant and vendor designs at a senior level
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience working across engineering, acquisitions and executive leadership teams

Benefits:

• Bonus scheme
• Share scheme
• Pension scheme
• Flexible hybrid working
• EMEA based with regular international travel
• Opportunity to influence the global rollout of next generation AI hyperscale campuses

Salary:

• Up to €130,000 gross per year