Data Center Infrastructure Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize electrical topologies and equipment strategies to improve efficiency, scalability, and reliability for high-density AI data centers.
• Review and develop basis-of-design documents, single-line diagrams, equipment specifications, and power system studies.
• Lead technical evaluations of equipment vendors, manufacturers, design consultants, and commissioning agents.
• Evaluate AC and DC power distribution options, including rectifier architectures, busway, and rack power delivery.
• Partner with mechanical, cooling, controls, and hardware teams to support liquid-cooled GPU rack deployments.
• Drive FAT, SAT, witness testing, and integrated systems testing for critical infrastructure.
• Define telemetry and controls requirements for monitoring UPS, battery health, and rack power.
• Provide senior technical escalation support during design reviews, construction, and operational events.

Requirements

• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience in mission-critical facilities such as data centers or comparable critical infrastructure.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, power systems, or a related discipline.
• Strong hands-on experience with MV/LV distribution, transformers, switchgear, generators, UPS systems, and batteries.
• Experience producing and reviewing electrical designs, studies, equipment specifications, and commissioning plans.
• Experience leading FAT, SAT, and integrated systems testing.
• Strong understanding of electrical codes, standards, and safety requirements.
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Advanced degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or comparable professional certification.
• Direct experience with hyperscale data centers, GPU clusters, or liquid-cooled compute environments.
• Experience with BMS, EPMS, DCIM, SCADA, or reliability analytics platforms.

Benefits

• Competitive salary ($257K – $327K) and generous equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental leave and flexible PTO.
• Daily meals in the office and mental health support.
• Annual learning and development stipend.

About the Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products.