Principal Electrical Engineer, NA

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world's well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Position Overview

Vantage is looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer to be part of the design engineering team, steering innovative design and engineering solution for our data center projects. In this role, as a subject matter expert, you will be focusing on program improvement initiatives as well as supporting the deployment of new data center from land acquisition to Operation hand-off. These functions collaborate closely with construction, automation, innovation, and engineering to fully deliver large-scale data centers.

As an engineering leader, you will also work closely with other company stakeholders, such as sales, equipment procurement, new site development, and leadership.

You will be presented with complex engineering challenges and will work with teams to bring them to resolution. You will ensure engineering standards are developed, executed, and enhanced for projects. You will evaluate design to meet customer requirements while providing a balance of CAPEX and OPEX costs, engineering innovation, and site application requirements. There will also be some focus on special projects that support data center renovations, troubleshooting, and remediation activities.

These projects tend to be more focused in scope and typically require detailed attention since they can involve a live facility.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead design initiatives that align with the company's strategic direction and goals.

• Drive the development and implementation of processes, equipment, and standards for data center projects.

• Lead Electrical Design review efforts for deployment of new Data Centers, ensuring compliance with corporate standards and customer requirements.

• Participate in all phases of project execution, including conceptual design, basis of design, scope of work, development of construction documents, and commissioning.

• Provide project leadership for electrical design consultants and contractors, ensuring that tasks and milestones are completed on time and within budget.

• Attend project design team meetings and on-site job walks, as needed, to ensure that the constructed product meets engineering standards and specifications.

• Conduct value engineering analyses and provide system recommendations based on return on investment (ROI) and internal rate of return (IRR) analysis.

• Responsible for the review of technical drawings, such as schematic drawings, design and construction documents, main submittals, sequence of operations, commissioning scripts

• Support Site Operations by troubleshooting and tuning existing systems to optimize performance.

• Coordinate heavily with internal engineering teams across all disciplines to ensure products delivered to Operations are streamlined and optimized to meet the needs of the business across all functions.

• Work closely with Operations to balance cost-effective solutions with long-term operational sustainability.

• Provide technical support to Sales during site tours, RFP responses, and customer Build To Suit (BTS) Data Center solutions.

• Participate in product development process flow from idea to implementing the company's Intellectual Property (IP) initiatives.

• Engage in continuous professional development through training, participation in professional societies, associations, and continuing education.

• Assist the Electrical Tech Lead and management in mentoring, developing and coaching junior engineers.

• Review engineering studies, including:

  • Short-circuit and over-current protection device coordination studies.

  • Arc Flash mitigation studies.

  • Rack layout optimization, including fail over analysis.

  • Distribution analysis, including voltage drop and underground duct bank heat effect (Neher-McGrath) calculations

  • Power Usage Effectiveness…