Senior Electrical Engineer–Data Center Power SME (Hybrid)

Jacobs; Florida; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 233,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs is hiring a Senior Electrical Engineer – SME to serve as a senior technical authority for electrical infrastructure supporting hyperscale, colocation, and mission-critical facilities. You will shape electrical strategy from utility interconnection to IT load, provide direction, reviews, and mentorship.

Ideal candidates have 15–20+ years in data centers or similar high-reliability facilities, with expertise in MV/LV, UPS, protective coordination, and standards.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an ABET-accredited program; Master's degree preferred.
• PE License (Required): Active Electrical PE license in at least one U.S. jurisdiction, with ability to obtain additional state licenses as required; NCEES record strongly preferred.
• Experience: Typically 15–20+ years of professional electrical engineering experience with significant experience in data centers, mission-critical, semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, or similarly complex high-reliability facilities.
• Critical Power: Advanced expertise in MV/LV distribution, switchgear, transformers, generator plants and paralleling, UPS systems, transfer schemes, redundancy, and critical electrical distribution.
• Power Analysis: Experience with ETAP, SKM PowerTools, EasyPower, or equivalent for short-circuit, load-flow, protective coordination, arc-flash, and related studies.
• Codes & Standards: Strong working knowledge of NEC/NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, NFPA 110, IEEE 1584, IEEE 3000-series, and other applicable electrical standards.
• Leadership & Delivery: Demonstrated ability to make and communicate complex technical decisions with clients and multidisciplinary teams; experience within EPCM, EPC, Design-Build, or similar integrated delivery environments.
• Travel: Willingness to travel to project sites and client locations, typically up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Electrical Architecture Lead design basis from utility service through the IT load.
• Provide senior leadership for MV/LV distribution, substations, transformers, switchgear, generator plants and paralleling, UPS systems, transfer schemes, redundancy, and critical electrical distribution.
• Lead or review power studies: load-flow, short-circuit, protective coordination, arc-flash, and related studies.
• Balance reliability, maintainability, constructability, cost, schedule, and energy performance in solutions.
• Independent design governance: review calculations, studies, drawings, specifications, equipment selections, and major design packages.
• Project execution from concept to turnover; support RFIs, field conditions, substitutions, and technical changes.
• Commissioning support for FAT/SAT and integrated systems testing of critical-power infrastructure.
• AI/HPC, Innovation: advance electrical strategies for AI/GPU-dense environments and data-center architectures.
• Emerging Energy: evaluate BESS, microgrids, distributed energy resources, and renewable integration.
• Client Leadership: act as trusted technical advisor in workshops, design reviews, proposals, and major pursuits.
• Standards & Mentorship: develop standards, reference designs, and technical governance programs; mentor engineers.

Skills

Professional Engineer

Electrical PE license

Critical Power

Data Centers

Leadership

Mentorship

Travel willingness

Education

ABET-accredited B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

ETAP

SKM PowerTools

EasyPower

Job description

Jacobs is hiring a Senior Electrical Engineer – SME to serve as a senior technical authority for electrical infrastructure supporting hyperscale, colocation, and mission-critical facilities. You will shape electrical strategy from utility interconnection to IT load, provide direction, reviews, and mentorship.

Ideal candidates have 15–20+ years in data centers or similar high-reliability facilities, with expertise in MV/LV, UPS, protective coordination, and standards.