Senior Data Center Electrical Lead — On-Site Memphis

Pantera Capital; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceXAI in Memphis, TN seeks a Lead Engineer for Data Center electrical to design, build, operate, and maintain high-capacity power systems on a schedule driven by compute demand. You will lead a small on-site team and interface closely with compute, mechanical, and facilities groups.

You will own MV distribution architecture (10–35 kV), set redundancy baselines, and drive design reviews with EPCs and OEMs, ensuring safety and NFPA/IEEE compliance at all times.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of electrical power design experience.
• Experience owning medium-voltage distribution architecture 10–35 kV.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical architecture from the medium-voltage bus to the GPU rack — topology, redundancy, and standards.
• Set and defend the redundancy basis; prove split-feed and cross-feed schemes against bus-fault, transformer-loss, and switchgear-loss contingencies.
• Establish the campus electrical design standard: equipment tagging, drawing conventions, approved vendor list, insulation coordination, grounding, and arc-flash boundaries.
• Own the interface with the compute organization on rack density, step-load behavior, power-capping strategy, and actual-versus-nameplate utilization.
• Own the interface with mechanical and cooling engineering on CDU, sidecar, and pump electrical loads and their contribution to hall demand.
• Lead design reviews with EPCs, OEMs, and owner's engineers; approve vendor drawings and factory acceptance test procedures.
• Direct Design, Commissioning, R&D, BIM/Designer, and Protection & Controls engineers on the Data Center team as those seats fill.
• Collaborate with Transmission & Distribution and Battery Storage leads so hall design, interconnection, and storage dispatch stay on one model of record.
• Ensure compliance with NFPA 70, 70B, 70E, NESC, and IEEE standards, prioritizing safety and engineering excellence.

Skills

Electrical power design

Medium-voltage distribution

Leadership

Equipment tagging

Grounding and safety

On-site construction support

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

PE license preferred

Tools

ETAP

SKM

EasyPower

PowerWorld

Matlab

PSCAD

Simulink

Job description

SpaceXAI in Memphis, TN seeks a Lead Engineer for Data Center electrical to design, build, operate, and maintain high-capacity power systems on a schedule driven by compute demand. You will lead a small on-site team and interface closely with compute, mechanical, and facilities groups.

You will own MV distribution architecture (10–35 kV), set redundancy baselines, and drive design reviews with EPCs and OEMs, ensuring safety and NFPA/IEEE compliance at all times.