Manager, Electrical Engineering – Power Generation

Brunel; Redwood City (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Brunel, in partnership with SB Energy, seeks a Manager, Electrical Engineering – Power Generation to lead electrical design for hyperscale data centers with onsite generation using gas turbines and gas engines. You’ll guide the integration from concept through commissioning to ensure reliability and efficiency.

This 100% remote role in the US includes up to 20% travel. You’ll collaborate across teams to optimize generation, distribution, and interconnections, delivering scalable power solutions

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of electrical systems for hyperscale data centers, including power distribution, onsite generation, backup and interconnections.
• Lead the electrical design and integration of onsite generation solutions, including gas turbines, gas engines, microgrids, and hybrid energy systems.
• Provide electrical design oversight throughout the full data center lifecycle, from early concept through commissioning.
• Ensure generation, distribution, and backup power systems meet performance, reliability, availability, scalability, and energy-efficiency objectives.
• Review and optimize onsite power generation system designs, including transformer, distribution, protection, synchronization, load sharing, and interconnections.
• Partner with data center clients to balance reliability, scalability, schedules, sustainability, CAPEX and OPEX.
• Support evaluation and selection of equipment.
• Provide technical leadership for studies, including load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, transient stability, reactive power, grid interconnection studies.
• Lead technical due diligence and evaluation of equipment.

Skills

Leadership

Electrical design

Power generation

Data centers

Gas turbines

Job description

Brunel has partnered with SB Energy to hire a Manager, Electrical Engineering – Power Generation to join their growing Engineering team. Backed by SoftBank and Ares, SB Energy develops and delivers large-scale power and data center infrastructure projects across the U.S.

In this role, you will provide technical leadership for the design, integration, and delivery of electrical infrastructure supporting hyperscale data centers, with a primary focus on onsite power generation utilizing gas turbines and gas engines. You will support projects from early concept and engineering through construction, commissioning, and operations, helping deliver highly reliable and scalable power solutions for mission-critical data center environments.

About SB Energy

SB Energy is a fast-growing energy and infrastructure company backed by SoftBank Group and Ares Infrastructure. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company develops, builds, owns, and operates large-scale power and data center infrastructure across the United States.

Since launching in 2019, SB Energy has grown into a leading integrated platform with more than 3 GW in operation and a multi-GW pipeline of energy and data center infrastructure nationwide. Their team combines innovation, technical expertise, and execution excellence to deliver reliable, secure, and forward-thinking infrastructure that helps power America’s future.

About the Role

The Manager, Electrical Engineering – Power Generation will provide technical leadership for electrical systems supporting hyperscale data centers and onsite power generation facilities.

This role will focus heavily on the integration of gas turbines, gas engines, generators, medium-voltage distribution, protection and control systems, microgrids, backup power, and utility interconnections into mission-critical data center environments.

You will work across the full project lifecycle—from concept development and equipment selection through detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness—to ensure electrical infrastructure achieves the highest standards of reliability, availability, scalability, efficiency, and performance.

Locations:100% remote

Travel: Up to 20% domestic and international travel

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of electrical systems for hyperscale data centers, including medium- and low-voltage power distribution, onsite generation, backup and emergency power systems, and utility interconnections.

• Lead the electrical design and integration of onsite generation solutions, including gas turbines, gas engines, microgrids, and hybrid energy systems.

• Provide electrical design oversight throughout the full data center project lifecycle, from early concept through commissioning.

• Ensure generation, distribution, and backup power systems meet required performance, reliability, availability, scalability, and energy-efficiency objectives.

• Review and optimize onsite power generation system designs, including generator step-up transformers, medium-voltage distribution, protection and controls, synchronization systems, load sharing, black start capabilities, and utility interconnections.

• Partner with data center clients to develop power strategies that balance reliability, scalability, construction schedules, sustainability objectives, CAPEX, and OPEX.

• Support the evaluation and selection of gas turbines, gas engines, generators, switchgear, transformers, protection systems, and associated balance-of-plant equipment.

• Provide technical leadership for electrical and power generation studies, including load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, transient stability, reactive power, and grid interconnection studies.

• Lead technical due diligence and evaluation of power generation equipment, assessing performance, reliability, availability, emissions compliance, maintainability, vendor capabilities, lifecycle costs, and suitability