Staff Electrical Engineer - Medium Voltage

Lambda Inc.; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, in San Francisco seeks an experienced electrical engineer to own medium‑voltage design standards for large data centers. You will lead design from utility interconnection through campus distribution and coordinate with utilities, equipment manufacturers, construction teams, and data center operators.

You’ll review diagrams, protection schemes, and control systems, applying NEC/NFPA 70E and standards. Proficiency with ETAP/SKM/EasyPower is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience designing MV electrical systems for data centers or large campuses.
• Knowledge of NEC, NFPA 70E, IEEE, NETA standards.

Responsibilities

• Own MV electrical design standards and reference architectures for large-scale data centers.
• Lead design from utility interconnection through campus distribution and MV-to-LV transformation.
• Develop and review single-line diagrams, equipment specifications, protection schemes, and sequences of operation.
• Evaluate designs for capacity, reliability, maintainability, cost and schedule.
• Perform or oversee load-flow, short-circuit, protective-device coordination, grounding and power-quality studies.
• Define requirements for substations, transformers, MV switchgear, relays, generators, and control systems.
• Collaborate with utilities, engineering partners, equipment manufacturers, construction teams, and data center operators.
• Support equipment selection, long-lead procurement, factory testing, sequencing and commissioning.
• Investigate electrical failures and drive corrective actions into standards and future designs.
• Travel to project sites, manufacturers and partner facilities as needed.

Skills

Medium-voltage design

Data center design

Electrical standards

Electrical diagrams

Relays and protection

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

ETAP

SKM

EasyPower

Job description

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.

If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.

*Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco office location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.

What You’ll Do

• Own electrical design standards and reference architectures for medium-voltage systems supporting large-scale AI data centers.

• Lead design from utility interconnection through campus distribution and medium-voltage-to-low-voltage transformation.

• Develop and review single-line diagrams, equipment specifications, protection schemes, sequences of operation, and basis-of-design documents.

• Evaluate greenfield, retrofit, and partner-provided designs for capacity, reliability, maintainability, cost, and schedule.

• Perform or oversee load-flow, short-circuit, protective-device coordination, grounding, arc-flash, and power-quality studies.

• Define requirements for substations, transformers, medium-voltage switchgear, protective relays, generators, and associated control systems.

• Work with utilities, engineering partners, equipment manufacturers, construction teams, commissioning agents, and data center operators.

• Support equipment selection, long-lead procurement, factory testing, construction sequencing, commissioning, and integrated systems testing.

• Investigate electrical failures and operational risks, driving corrective actions back into Lambda’s standards and future designs.

• Travel to project sites, manufacturers, and partner facilities as needed.

You

• Have experience designing medium-voltage electrical systems for data centers, mission-critical facilities, utilities, or large industrial campuses.

• Understand medium-voltage distribution, transformers, switchgear, generators, grounding, protection, and control systems.

• Can develop and review single-line diagrams, technical specifications, relay philosophies, and electrical study reports.

• Have experience with ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, or comparable electrical analysis software.

• Understand applicable electrical and safety requirements, including NEC, NFPA 70E, IEEE, NETA, and utility standards.

• Can balance reliability, capacity, maintainability, constructability, cost, and delivery schedule.

• Communicate clearly across engineering, construction, operations, vendors, and executive stakeholders.

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to Have

• Experience designing hyperscale, colocation, HPC, or AI data center campuses.

• Experience with utility interconnection, large campus substations, or behind-the-meter generation.

• Experience with protective-relay settings, generator paralleling, microgrids, or medium-voltage automation.

• Experience supporting factory acceptance testing, commissioning, integrated systems testing, or failure investigations.

• Experience with PSCAD, other EMT simulation tools or System Stability Analysis

• Professional Engineer licensure or progress toward licensure.

Salary Range Information

The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

About Lambda

• Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast

• Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove

• We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG

• Our values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers

• We offer generous cash & equity compensation

• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents

• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles

• 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)

• Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.