Senior Data Center Electrical Engineer

Google; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 144,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Data Center Electrical Engineer to lead high-complexity electrical design and field execution across multiple data center locations. You will support campus planning through detailed design, and liaise with operations to resolve electrical warranty issues.

You will contribute to MARCUS moves/adds/retrofits and coordinate with global partners, delivering scalable electrical solutions while ensuring safety and quality in fast-paced environments.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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 resolving 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 optimise project design, scope, schedule, quality, commissioning, and safety for electrical discipline, and provide feedback to the central partner teams on possible improvements.
• Troubleshoot advanced electrical system events, and escalate 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 Engineer’s work with multiple teams/projects.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Project management

International collaboration

Facility electrical systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Job description

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• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 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 build excellent relationships and deliver on action-orientated tasks.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time as needed.
• 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 optimises 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 the Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for the technical support of the localized design effort (campus plan through to detailed design) for field engineering support 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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Spain: €108000 - €110000 (EUR) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
France: €120000 - €123000 (EUR) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Netherlands: €144000 - €147000 (EUR) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

• 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 resolving 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 optimise project design, scope, schedule, quality, commissioning, and safety for electrical discipline, and provide feedback to the central partner teams on possible improvements.
• Troubleshoot advanced electrical system events, and escalate 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 Engineer’s work with multiple teams/projects.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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