Senior Electrical Engineer
Flux Resources · New York, NY · 2 wk ago
Engineering$96.15–$129.81/hrContract
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical oversight for electrical system design across the entire data center power chain
- Review and guide designs for medium-voltage distribution systems, low-voltage distribution architectures, and rack-level power delivery systems
- Ensure compliance with applicable electrical codes, industry standards, and company engineering requirements
- Develop, maintain, and improve electrical design standards, specifications, and engineering best practices
- Perform technical reviews to ensure consistency, reliability, maintainability, and scalability across projects
- Evaluate and recommend electrical distribution topologies based on project requirements and operational objectives
- Support equipment selection, specification development, and technical submittal reviews
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, consultants, utilities, contractors, and vendors throughout project execution
- Identify design risks and implement solutions to improve reliability, efficiency, and constructability
- Maintain design quality across a rapidly growing portfolio of mission-critical facilities
- Support continuous improvement initiatives related to power distribution, resiliency, and operational performance
Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience designing mission-critical electrical infrastructure, data centers, or large industrial facilities
- Proven experience designing end-to-end electrical systems from utility service entrance through rack-level power delivery
- Strong understanding of medium-voltage and low-voltage power distribution systems
- Deep knowledge of common data center electrical topologies including: 2N, N+1, Distributed Redundant, Catcher Bus
- Experience establishing and enforcing engineering standards across multiple concurrent projects
- Strong understanding of electrical reliability, redundancy, and resiliency principles
- Experience performing design reviews and maintaining technical quality across large project portfolios
- Strong knowledge of applicable electrical codes and industry standards
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Experience supporting hyperscale data center developments
- Previous experience with major cloud providers or mission-critical engineering firms
- Experience with SKM, ETAP, or similar power system modeling software
- Experience with equipment specification development and technical submittal reviews
- Experience creating engineering standards, specifications, and design guidelines from the ground up
- Familiarity with liquid cooling infrastructure and emerging high-density compute environments
Compensation & Benefits
- The pay for this W-2 position ranges from [$96.15 – $129.81] per hour
- Medical Coverage: Two United Healthcare plans (PPO and HDHP with HSA), with employer contributions toward premiums; coverage begins the 1st of the month after 60 days of employment
- Dental & Vision: United Healthcare dental with 100% preventive care coverage and vision benefits for exams, frames, lenses, or contacts
- Wellbeing Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering confidential counseling plus additional wellness and care navigation resources
- Retailment & Savings: 401(k) eligible after 30 days with automatic 6% enrollment (opt-out available), 1% annual increases up to 10%, plus HSA with up to $480 employer contribution
- Voluntary Benefits: Employee-paid accident insurance and critical illness coverage for major health events