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Lead Engineer, Data Center Electrical

AMD· Engineering
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San Jose, CA$188.2k - $282.2kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Lead Engineer to provide technical leadership for the electrical design and validation of large-scale AI data centers, from grid interfaces to GPU rack connections, developing reusable electrical requirements and guiding design, validation, and readiness.

Responsibilities

  • Own the electrical content of AMD’s AI data center Basis of Design (BOD), including design criteria, reference single-line diagrams, modular power blocks, and concept through approximately 30% design guidance.
  • Translate GPU, server, network, storage, and rack requirements into capacity plans; define measurable peak-load and diversity assumptions with appropriate operating guardrails.
  • Validate the power path from utility service or behind-the-meter generation through interconnects, substations, transformers, medium-voltage feeders, low-voltage switchgear, and data hall distribution.
  • Assess generators, fuel and startup assumptions, energy storage, UPS and battery options, transfer systems, bypass arrangements, and alternative architectures for specific workloads.
  • Review busways and tap-offs, PDUs and RPPs, breakers, rack PDUs, whips, grounding, metering, and final rack connections; confirm power capacity and configuration at each handoff.
  • Review load-flow, short-circuit, protection-coordination, selectivity, grounding, arc-flash, harmonic, and power-quality studies, including the response to dynamic AI loads.
  • Evaluate voltage and frequency stability, load-step response, UPS ride-through, generator synchronization, transfer behavior, failure domains, maintainability, and expansion capability.
  • Define EPMS telemetry, alarms, metering, and reporting needed to verify capacity, manage diversity limits, and diagnose electrical events.
  • Compare developer and OEM proposals for technical fit, equipment availability, cost, constructability, schedule, and impact on GPU capacity; recommend appropriate design variations.
  • Validate procurement, factory acceptance tests, installation quality, energization plans, load-bank tests, Level 3–5 commissioning, integrated systems testing, and phased ready-for-service acceptance.
  • Identify missing design information, unsupported utility or energization assumptions, equipment lead-time risks, change impacts, and unresolved electrical punch-list items.
  • Partner with mechanical, controls, compute, and tenant fit-out teams so electrical capacity and commissioning boundaries align with cooling and GPU deployment phases.
  • Prepare concise risk assessments, design-option comparisons, technical hold points, and readiness recommendations for leadership.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Power Systems Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience.
  • Master’s degree and/or Professional Engineer license are preferred where relevant to the responsibilities of the role.
  • Equivalent experience delivering large-scale data center, utility, industrial, or mission-critical electrical infrastructure will be considered.

Skills

Required:Electrical design and validation for large-scale data centersPower systems analysisBOD and single-line diagrams
Nice to have:ETAP/SKM or comparable toolsVendor and project management

Benefits

  • AMD benefits at a glance (see linked page)
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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