Data Center Facilities Technician, Electrical

This role is not eligible for U.S. immigration sponsorship.

Minimum qualifications

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of electrical experience (e.g., electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) in an industrial or commercial environment.
• Experience with electrical maintenance and electrical safety.
• Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lb of equipment, and use OSHA‑standard safety equipment such as limited‑weight‑bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools, and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses.
• Ability to work non‑standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.

Preferred qualifications

• 5 years of experience in maintenance of electrical distribution systems or construction/technical environment or a related field.
• Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
• Knowledge of electrical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units).
• Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, and troubleshooting utilizing standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration/diagnostic equipment.
• Ability to communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work on the data center systems.

About the role

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and HVAC systems in the world. Facilities Technicians at Google data centers operate, monitor, and support physical facilities conditions, including heating and cooling of air and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems. Technicians regularly inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and non‑critical electrical or mechanical components, develop creative approaches to reducing operational costs while improving efficiency, ensure environmental and safety standards, and manage performance issues and outages to minimize recovery time. The role is part of the AI and Infrastructure team, which empowers Google customers with AI and infrastructure capabilities at scale.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians by reading blueprints/schematics/sequence of operations, conducting tours of systems, and assessing their working order.
• Manage the uptime and maintenance of UPS, generators, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems.
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new electrical equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.

Pay

US: $105,000 – $145,000 (USD) plus a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits.