
Data Center Electrical Engineer
Atlanta, GAJob$144–208K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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The Data Center Electrical Engineer serves as the primary technical liaison during construction, resolving design ambiguities and field-fit challenges while ensuring installations follow engineered drawings, specifications, codes, and safety standards. The role includes site walk-throughs, installation-quality reviews, and coordination with electrical contractors. The engineer also conducts data center equipment and facilities analysis and helps define system architecture and develop operations and maintenance procedures.
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Data Center Electrical Engineer
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XApplicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees.
Benefits for this role include:
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Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
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Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
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Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
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Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
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Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
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Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
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Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Addison, TX, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Reston, VA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA .
Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
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5 years of experience in electrical engineering emphasizing power distribution and construction support for mission-critical facilities.
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Experience with Low and Medium Voltage systems, including switchgear and transformers.
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Ability to travel up to 50% of the time, work in the field wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and inspect equipment during critical construction phase.
Preferred qualifications:
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Understanding of mechanical and control systems to facilitate effective cross-discipline collaboration.
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Ability to translate complex engineering concepts into actionable instructions for field crews.
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Ability to evaluate technical risks and make authoritative decisions under tight construction deadlines.
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Ability to focus on electrical safety standards, particularly regarding medium voltage hazards.
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Ability to analyze NETA reports and determine necessary mitigations, and manage contractors, lead technical resolution meetings, guide complex brownfield or greenfield installations.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to navigate a complex matrix organization.
About the job
Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.
With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).
In this role, you will serve as the primary technical liaison during construction. Resolve design ambiguities and provide engineering solutions to field-fit challenges. You will perform rigorous, periodic site walk-throughs, review installation quality to ensure strict adherence to engineered drawings and specifications. You will identify and resolve conflicts between design intent and physical site constraints before they impact the construction schedule. You will apply a deep understanding of local codes (e.g., NEC/NFPA) and industry standards to ensure every installation is compliant and safe. You will act as a technical mentor and advisor to electrical contractors, ensuring the RFI process is streamlined and technically sound.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $144000 - $208000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Define data center system-level, product architecture, and research and development, while helping to develop operations and maintenance procedures for systems/processes.
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Conduct engineering analysis, research designs and methods of data center equipment and facilities.
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Ensure designs and installations meet requirements (e.g., predicted cooling, structural, operational concerns, etc.).
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Bring technical authority to the construction site. Serve as the bridge between design and execution, ensuring that complex power infrastructure is built safely and correctly.
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How this job compares
Set against the 10,325 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$144–208K/yr
- Georgia median$116–166K/yr132 salary ranges
- US median$108–170K/yr6,636 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $176K, is 26% above the Georgia median midpoint ($140K) — in the top quarter of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in Georgia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 239 open Electrical Engineer jobs in Georgia and 10,325 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Georgia
- Amazon30 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (8,618 postings).
- Education
- 6,881 of the 10,325 open Electrical Engineer jobs (67%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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