Senior Electrical Engineer – Data Center Power Generation

SB Energy; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Generous PTO + holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

SB Energy, a SoftBank Group company, is seeking a Sr. Electrical Engineer - Power Generation to lead design and delivery of electrical systems for hyperscale data centers and onsite generation.

This role focuses on gas turbines, gas engines, microgrids, and advanced power systems across the project lifecycle. Responsibilities include evaluating equipment, coordinating protection and interconnection, and ensuring reliability and energy efficiency.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in Electrical Engineering for data centers, power generation facilities, utility-scale energy projects, or other mission-critical infrastructure.
• Experience designing and integrating onsite power generation solutions for data centers, including backup power, microgrids, renewable generation, and energy storage.
• Strong understanding of power generation systems including gas turbines, gas engines, generators, switchgear, and medium-voltage distribution.
• Knowledge of generator protection, synchronization, and utility interconnection requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver electrical systems for hyperscale data centers, including medium- and low-voltage power distribution, onsite power generation systems, backup power, emergency systems, and utility interconnections.
• Lead the electrical design and integration of onsite generation solutions for data centers, including gasturbine, gasengine, microgrid, and hybrid energy systems.
• Provide electrical design oversight throughout the full data center lifecycle, from concept through commissioning, ensuring performance and energy efficiency.
• Review and optimize onsite power generation system designs, including transformer, distribution, protection, and interconnection requirements.
• Work with data center clients to develop power strategies balancing reliability, scalability, schedules, and opex/ capex.
• Support evaluation and selection of gas turbines, gas engines, generators, switchgear, transformers, and balance-of-plant equipment.
• Lead power generation studies including load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, and grid interconnection studies.
• Support field engineering, startup, commissioning, and performance testing of onsite generation facilities.
• Lead due diligence and selection of generation equipment with lifecycle cost and reliability considerations.

Skills

Gas turbines

Gas engines

Microgrids

Onsite generation

Power distribution

Protection & control

Reliability data centers

Job description

SB Energy, a SoftBank Group company, is seeking a Sr. Electrical Engineer - Power Generation to lead design and delivery of electrical systems for hyperscale data centers and onsite generation.

This role focuses on gas turbines, gas engines, microgrids, and advanced power systems across the project lifecycle. Responsibilities include evaluating equipment, coordinating protection and interconnection, and ensuring reliability and energy efficiency.