Lead Engineer, Data Center - Memphis
xAI· Data Center
Memphis, TNfull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Lead Electrical Engineer responsible for designing, building, and operating electrical infrastructure for AI training campuses, focusing on high-capacity power systems and medium-voltage distribution to support AI compute workloads.
Responsibilities
- Own the electrical architecture from the medium-voltage bus to the GPU rack — topology, redundancy, and standards — for halls scaling with AI compute load.
- Set and defend the redundancy basis; prove split-feed and cross-feed schemes against bus-fault, transformer-loss, and switchgear-loss contingencies.
- Establish the campus electrical design standard: equipment tagging, drawing conventions, approved vendor list, insulation coordination, grounding, and arc-flash boundaries.
- Own the interface with the compute organization on rack density, step-load behavior, power-capping strategy, and actual-versus-nameplate utilization.
- Own the interface with mechanical and cooling engineering on CDU, sidecar, and pump electrical loads and their contribution to hall demand.
- Lead design reviews with EPCs, OEMs, and owner's engineers; approve vendor drawings and factory acceptance test procedures.
- Direct Design, Commissioning, R&D, BIM/Designer, and Protection & Controls engineers on the Data Center team as those seats fill.
- Collaborate with Transmission & Distribution and Battery Storage leads so hall design, interconnection, and storage dispatch stay on one model of record.
- Ensure compliance with NFPA 70, 70B, 70E, NESC, and IEEE standards, prioritizing safety and engineering excellence.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or another engineering discipline.
- 10+ years of electrical power design experience, with a focus on high-power, high-voltage or mission-critical systems.
- Experience owning medium-voltage distribution architecture at 10 kV to 35 kV class.
Skills
Required:Electrical design leadershipMedium-voltage distribution
Benefits
- (not explicitly listed in description)
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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