Senior Transmission Engineer for Hyperscale Data Centers

Worldwide Mission Critical; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

WorldWide Mission Critical is seeking a Director/Principal, Transmission Electrical Engineering to serve as the company's senior in-house technical authority on electric transmission systems supporting hyperscale data center campuses across the United States.

This role leads planning analyses, substation design review, and construction-phase oversight, working with the Power Interconnection team and development/engineering groups to ensure standards-compliant, on-schedule delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in electric transmission engineering across utility, owner, or EPC firms.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Deep knowledge of transmission planning studies and substation design fundamentals.
• Direct experience with utility interconnection processes and queue studies.
• Familiarity with major US market planning criteria and reliability standards.
• Proven ability to communicate complex analysis to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as WMCC's senior technical authority on electric transmission engineering.
• Review and validate interconnection and facility studies by utilities and consultants.
• Provide technical oversight of substation design packages to ensure standards compliance.
• Support construction-phase oversight for transmission lines and high voltage equipment.
• Partner with Development teams to translate requirements into engineering scope.
• Evaluate risk and schedule impact of constraints for stakeholders.
• Maintain knowledge of NERC/IEEE standards and regional planning criteria.
• Represent WMCC in technical sessions with utility and transmission counterparts.

Skills

Load flow analysis

Short circuit analysis

Stability analysis

Electrical engineering

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

NERC standards

NESC standards

IEEE standards

Job description

WorldWide Mission Critical is seeking a Director/Principal, Transmission Electrical Engineering to serve as the company's senior in-house technical authority on electric transmission systems supporting hyperscale data center campuses across the United States.

This role leads planning analyses, substation design review, and construction-phase oversight, working with the Power Interconnection team and development/engineering groups to ensure standards-compliant, on-schedule delivery.