Datacenter Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain electrical design criteria, specifications, standard details, and Basis of Design documentation for Cerebras data center deployments.
• Translate AI system, rack, and cluster power requirements into complete facility electrical architectures with appropriate capacity, redundancy, selectivity, and maintainability.
• Partner with internal manufacturing, hardware, mechanical, thermal, controls, networking, and systems engineering teams to define power interfaces and deployment requirements.
• Design and review utility service, medium-voltage and low-voltage distribution, transformers, switchgear, generators, UPS systems, static transfer switches, busway, PDUs, RPPs, and rack-level power distribution.
• Perform or review load flow, short-circuit, protective device coordination, arc-flash, grounding, harmonic, voltage-drop, and reliability studies.
• Develop power capacity models, one-line diagrams, equipment schedules, sequence-of-operations narratives, and technical requirements for high-density AI clusters.
• Review designs, calculations, submittals, equipment selections, and shop drawings produced by colocation providers, consultants, EPC contractors, and vendors.
• Coordinate electrical requirements with liquid-cooling systems, CDUs, pumps, controls, life-safety systems, and other critical mechanical infrastructure.
• Support factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, integrated systems testing, energization, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.
• Identify electrical risks, constraints, long-lead equipment, and constructability issues early and drive practical resolution across internal and external teams.
• Ensure designs comply with applicable codes and standards, including NEC, NFPA, IEEE, UL, NEMA, IEC, local utility requirements, and regional regulations.
• Evaluate new power technologies and vendors and incorporate lessons learned into repeatable global deployment standards.

Skills & Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 7+ years of electrical engineering experience supporting mission-critical, hyperscale, colocation, semiconductor, industrial, or similarly complex facilities.
• Strong knowledge of medium- and low-voltage power distribution, transformers, switchgear, generators, UPS systems, busway, grounding, protection, metering, and rack power systems.
• Experience developing or reviewing electrical Basis of Design documents, specifications, one-line diagrams, calculations, and technical submittals.
• Working knowledge of NEC, NFPA 70E, IEEE standards, UL/NEMA requirements, and applicable electrical safety practices.
• Experience coordinating with multidisciplinary engineering teams, utilities, consultants, contractors, equipment manufacturers, and data center operators.
• Ability to review technical studies such as load flow, short-circuit, coordination, arc-flash, voltage-drop, grounding, and harmonic analyses.
• Strong technical judgment, problem-solving ability, written communication, and attention to detail.
• Ability to travel to project sites, vendor facilities, and partner data centers as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent professional registration.
• Experience with high-density AI, HPC, semiconductor, or liquid-cooled data center deployments.
• Experience with commissioning, integrated systems testing, and energization of mission-critical electrical systems.
• Familiarity with ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, or comparable electrical analysis tools, and with BIM/Revit-based design coordination.
• Experience working with global colocation providers, utilities, EPC firms, and long-lead electrical equipment suppliers.