Electrical Engineer - ALS-U Cable & Infrastructure Lead

Cephas Consultancy Services Private Limited; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Essnova Solutions, Inc. is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to support the ALS-U Cable Plant and associated electrical infrastructure at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

The role covers the full engineering lifecycle—from design to commissioning—in a highly technical research environment. The engineer will collaborate with subsystem leads, engineers, designers, technicians, contractors, and operations personnel to ensure electrical and cabling requirements are documented,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 2+ years of related engineering experience.
• Experience designing electrical, electronics, and facility systems.
• Working knowledge of NEC requirements applicable to AC distribution and electrical equipment installation.
• Experience with CAD software such as AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and engineering of AC distribution, electrical equipment, cable distribution, cable routing, cable tray and raceway systems, grounding, and related electrical infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, rack and equipment layouts, cable-routing plans, parts lists, bills of materials, specifications, interface documents, and installation work instructions.
• Develop and evaluate practical cable-routing and cable tray/raceway solutions for ALS-U equipment and systems.
• Apply NEC requirements and established LBNL, ALS, and ALS-U engineering practices to electrical distribution, equipment installation, grounding, cabling, and related infrastructure.
• Select and evaluate electrical components and equipment based on technical requirements, reliability, maintainability, safety, and applicable codes and standards.
• Use CAD, 3D CAD, BIM, and electrical engineering tools to develop, evaluate, and maintain designs.
• Participate in electrical design reviews and multidisciplinary technical reviews.
• Coordinate electrical and cabling interfaces across engineering disciplines.
• Support installation planning, readiness reviews, inspections, material requirements, procurement, and kitting activities.
• Evaluate field conditions and review installed work, cable routing, tray and raceway systems, equipment installation, and infrastructure against approved designs and requirements.
• Review contractor and subcontractor technical documentation, respond to field questions, monitor work, and support verification of compliance with approved designs.
• Resolve electrical design, installation, and technical-interface issues encountered during execution.
• Support electrical system integration, testing, troubleshooting, and commissioning.
• Maintain accurate field markups, as-built information, testing and commissioning records, calculations, and other configuration-controlled engineering documentation.
• Perform all work in accordance with applicable Berkeley Lab environment, health, safety, electrical-safety, cybersecurity, training, and site-access requirements.

Skills

Electrical system design

NEC knowledge

CAD software

Revit

BIM

Schematic drawing

U.S. Citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

3D CAD software

BIM

SKM

ETAP

E-CAD tools

Job description

Essnova Solutions, Inc. is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to support the ALS-U Cable Plant and associated electrical infrastructure at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

The role covers the full engineering lifecycle—from design to commissioning—in a highly technical research environment. The engineer will collaborate with subsystem leads, engineers, designers, technicians, contractors, and operations personnel to ensure electrical and cabling requirements are documented,