Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Data Center Electrical R&D Design Engineer to develop and validate next-generation power architectures for high-density AI infrastructure.
This role is focused on research, advanced design, modeling, prototyping, and technical validation rather than ongoing facility operations. You will investigate emerging electrical technologies, develop system-level architectures, and evaluate new approaches to utility integration, power distribution, backup generation, energy storage, controls, and rack-level power delivery.
Develop advanced electrical architectures for high-density AI data centers, from utility interconnection through rack-level power delivery.
Translate evolving compute-platform requirements into electrical capacity, topology, redundancy, power-quality, protection, and control requirements.
Create conceptual designs, basis-of-design documents, specifications, one-line diagrams, design standards, and reusable reference architectures.
Model electrical-system performance, capacity, efficiency, reliability, fault conditions, transient behavior, and failure scenarios.
Evaluate emerging technologies such as medium-voltage distribution, solid-state power conversion, advanced UPS systems, energy storage, alternative generation, and direct-current architectures.
Build technical and economic comparisons across competing design approaches, including reliability, efficiency, scalability, cost, constructability, maintainability, and deployment speed.
Develop prototypes, test plans, acceptance criteria, and validation frameworks for new electrical technologies and system architectures.
Lead laboratory, factory, pilot-site, and field testing to validate design assumptions and identify performance or integration gaps.
Partner with mechanical and thermal engineers to optimize power and cooling architectures as an integrated system.
Collaborate with AI hardware and compute teams to understand workload behavior, rack density, utilization, power variability, and future platform requirements.

Qualification

Experience designing experimentsAbility to reason across electricalExperience with ETAPExperience with power electronicsFamiliarity with digital twinsKnowledge of electrical codes

Required

10+ years of experience in electrical engineering, power-system design, data-center infrastructure, industrial power, or another critical-infrastructure environment.
Deep expertise in electrical power distribution, including medium- and low-voltage systems, substations, transformers, switchgear, protection, UPS systems, generators, and rack-level power delivery.
Demonstrated experience developing electrical designs for large, complex, or high-availability facilities.
Strong understanding of power-system modeling, short-circuit analysis, load flow, coordination studies, arc-flash analysis, power quality, grounding, and reliability.
Experience translating uncertain or evolving technical requirements into testable engineering concepts and system architectures.
Experience designing experiments, prototypes, pilots, or validation programs for new equipment or infrastructure technologies.
Ability to reason across electrical, mechanical, controls, compute hardware, construction, commissioning, and operational boundaries.
Experience evaluating engineering tradeoffs using quantitative analysis, simulation, testing, and field data.
Strong technical writing and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex engineering decisions to technical and executive audiences.
Experience directing engineering consultants, equipment manufacturers, and external technology partners.
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related engineering discipline.

Preferred

Master’s degree or PhD in electrical engineering, power systems, power electronics, energy systems, or a related field.
Professional Engineer license or equivalent professional certification.
Experience supporting high-density data centers, AI infrastructure, semiconductor manufacturing, advanced industrial facilities, or hyperscale computing environments.
Experience with ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, PSCAD, MATLAB/Simulink, or comparable power-system analysis tools.
Experience with power electronics, energy storage, microgrids, alternative generation, or advanced grid-interconnection technologies.
Familiarity with digital twins, hardware-in-the-loop testing, real-time simulation, and data-driven infrastructure optimization.
Experience carrying a new technology from research or prototype through qualification, commissioning, and scaled deployment.
Knowledge of electrical codes, utility requirements, safety standards, and regulatory requirements across multiple geographies.

Data Center Electrical R&D Design Engineer at OpenAI · LumiJobs

Data Center Electrical R&D Design Engineer

Responsibilities

Qualification

Required

Preferred

Company

OpenAI

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