Senior Data Center Power Protection Controls Engineering
Hybrid (Dublin), Hybrid (Madrid), Hybrid (London)€84k - €86kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Senior Data Center Power Protection Controls Engineering role at Google, focused on power protection, control engineering and data center infrastructure with opportunities to lead design, testing, and integration of renewable energy and carbon-free storage technologies.
Responsibilities
- Define data center system-level, product architecture, and research and development, while helping to develop operations and maintenance procedures for systems/processes.
- Conduct engineering analysis and research designs and methods of data center equipment and facilities.
- Ensure designs and installations meet requirements (e.g., predicted cooling, structural, operational concerns, etc.).
- Investigate and integrate renewable power generation and carbon-free storage technologies, developing innovative ways to protect and control these new energy frontiers.
- Act as the technical lead for execution and field testing teams, driving the commissioning efforts for complex power system protection schemes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience working on critical infrastructure projects related to process improvements.
- 5 years of experience in Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing using RTDS, OPAL-RT, or similar platforms.
- 5 years of experience in protection and control engineering.
- Experience with mission critical systems (24x7 and no-fail) and operations (e.g., power generation, data center, refinery, chip fabrication, chemical plant processing, etc.).
Skills
Required:Engineering design and architectureData center equipment and facilities analysisRenewable power integrationProtection and control engineeringHardware-in-the-Loop testing
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
More open roles at Google
- Staff Network Security Engineer, Google Enterprise Network3d agoHybrid (Austin, TX; Sunnyvale, CA)
- Group Product Manager, Google Lens AI Shopping3d agoMountain View, CA, USA · Product Management
- UX Program Manager3d agoHybrid (New York, NY; San Bruno, CA) · UX Programs & Operations
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Android Automotive OS3d agoHybrid (Kraków, Poland; Munich, Germany)
- 3d ago