Electrical Reliability Engineer (Data Center Infrastructure)
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What the team is looking for.
SpaceXAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence.
As a member of the facility operations team, you will design, build, and activate some of the world’s most technically advanced facilities and data centers. As an electrical engineer, you will design and build power systems that directly contribute to new infrastructure projects.
Responsibilities:
- Work in a team environment with other engineering disciplines to provide detailed electrical design and specification for the installation of various equipment and systems, including:
+ Electrical power distribution systems + Switch-gear and motor control centers + Exterior and interior lighting + Ground support system controls and ladder logic + Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units + Standby and emergency generators + Automatic transfer switches + Power monitoring hardware and software + Data/phone distribution and wiring + Building and site grounding systems + Fire alarm systems and lightning protection systems
- Provide electrical engineering support to facility technicians to troubleshoot existing electrical equipment and controllers
- Provide engineering support for the design, operation, and troubleshooting of all the facility's electrical components and systems, including:
+ Load flow analysis of electrical power distribution systems + Electrical equipment evaluation + Building and facility equipment grounding
- Ensure that all equipment interfaces properly with other mechanical and electrical systems, including compatibility with facility power budgets
- Coordinate all electrical installations and maintenance activities with local electrical utilities personnel
- Ensure all electrical designs and installations conform to applicable codes and regulations
- Provide code review and analysis utilizing NFPA 70E, NFPA 70 NEC, NFPA 497, NFPA 101, Vol 5 & 6 AFSPCMAN 91-710, and IBC
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline
- 3+ years of professional experience working on electrical projects, power distribution systems, switchgear, UPS's, and/or generators
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- 5+ years of years of professional experience in a similar role
- Professional Engineering (PE) license
- Ability to read and understand power and control schematics
- Ability to read and understand highly technical equipment operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals
- Experience with variable frequency drives (VFDs) and industrial pumps
- Experience with controls in MODBUS communication
- Experience with medium voltage distribution
- Experience with control panel design and production
- Working knowledge of power coordination and arc flash
- Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently
- High level of self-motivation, with the ability to work under minimal supervision
- Good organizational skills
- Ability to prioritize and schedule workload
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- electrical engineering
- power distribution systems
- switchgear
- UPS
- generators
- Professional Engineering (PE) license
- variable frequency drives (VFDs)
- industrial pumps
- MODBUS communication
- medium voltage distribution
- control panel design
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