Data Center Solution Architect

GE Vernova; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 108,600 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) retirement savings plan

Tuition assistance

Paid parental leave

Disability benefits

Job summary

GE Vernova, located in California, is seeking a Technical Architect to deliver innovative power solutions for data centers. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of relevant experience, particularly in AI-centric environments, and will serve as a customer-facing technical authority.

This position includes responsibilities such as developing reference architectures, leading technical sessions, and collaborating on new product designs. The role requires significant travel across North America and Europe.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant data center power train architect experience.
• Experience with designing electrical systems for hyperscale AI training campuses.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical architect for AI training and hyperscale data centers.
• Lead technical discovery sessions and document power requirements.
• Develop power reference architectures for data centers.

Skills

AC/DC power train architecture

MV/LV switchgear

Battery Energy Storage Systems

System TCO/design tradeoffs

Facility cooling design

Infrastructure facility monitoring

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Job Description Summary

Job Description

GE Vernova is in a rapid growth phase in the data center market. Come join a global operation delivering innovative power solutions uniquely from "generation to GPU", to the world\'s leading AI data center gigawatt-scale infrastructure projects. You will be a pivotal hyperscaler and colocation data center solution technical advocate and have a pulse on the latest architecture and design trends and tradeoffs to usher GEV into the next exciting era in data center evolution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a “grid-to-GPU” power train technical architect for hyperscalers (AI training, AI inference, general purpose cloud), colocation (AI-centric and general tenancy models). Should be very knowledgeable about industry migration to 800V DC architectures.
• Serve as GEV's primary customer-facing technical authority for all AI training campus and hyperscale DC opportunities. Must have good customer presence and confident in solution architecture.
• Develop and own GEV "Campus Power Reference Architectures" — experience in designing and documenting single-line diagrams and power system designs for each of the data center archetypes using GEV products.
• Lead technical discovery sessions with hyperscaler DC engineering teams — documenting power requirements, site constraints, and competitive install base.
• Author technical proposals and power system studies (load flow, fault analysis, arc-flash) in support of RFP responses.
• Collaborate with NPI/PM team to validate new product designs against real customer power systems (system design, sizing, and integration).
• Conduct internal technical training sessions for COE BD team and BU sales (minimum quarterly) on Data Center power architecture.
• Represent and drive standards for GEV in OCP, Nvidia, other relevant organizations (joint role with Standards Liaison).
• Build and maintain a library of GEV data center customer case studies and reference designs for use in proposals and marketing. Help generate detailed competitive analysis.
• Serve as the center of competency for data center infrastructure design and operations/maintenance (full lifecycle perspective and knowledge). Disseminate knowledge withing GEV technical community.
• Be able to guide roadmap, optimizations, TCO planning and analysis.
• Must be able to travel, particularly within North America and EU, plus other locations.
• Should have experience in infrastructure facility monitoring, telemetry, AI training and inference workload profiles.
• Exposure in designing facility cooling and liquid cooling at the rack a plus.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or related field from an accredited college or university.
• Overall 10+ years of relevant data center power train architect experience at hyperscaler, colocation, or top-tier OEM supplier with extensive hyperscale experience.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time including local and international.
• Must have personally designed, peer-reviewed, and/or operated/maintained the electrical systems for at least one hyperscale AI training (>=500MW) campus.
• Must have experience with: AC/DC (esp 800VDC) power train and distribution architecture; MV/LV switchgear and distribution architectures and equipment; MV/LV UPS, solid-state transformers; Battery Energy Storage Systems; Source/load Power Quality issues and ways to resolve; System TCO / design tradeoffs; Aware of relevant Open Compute Project, NVidia/AMD, IEEE, NEMA, UL/IEC, ASHRAE, Uptime/TIA standards, protocols, and practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Selected candidate preferred to be based in a major US Data Center markets: Pacific Time Zone (esp. SF Bay Area, Seattle).
• Real-world Uptime / Reliability standards and compliant implementations.
• Grid and islanded/microgrid architecture.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position. Application Deadline: July 31, 2026. For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $108,600.00 and $181,000.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus. This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on June 12, 2026. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/8 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off. GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs. GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.