Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

About the role

Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. Location options include Anoka, MN / St. Louis, MO / Tucson, AZ / Raleigh, NC. Relocation assistance is provided for this role.

Responsibilities

• Define and architect innovative rack-level power distribution topologies (AC, DC, HVDC).
• Investigate new technologies in solid-state protection, intelligent power switching, and metering, and AI-enabled load balancing.
• Evaluate and integrate breakthrough approaches such as power sidecar systems, in-rack busbars, and modular busway systems.
• Translate innovative ideas into manufacturable, standards-compliant solutions.
• Guide engineering teams in rapid prototyping and proof-of-concepts to validate new concepts.
• Anticipate industry shifts (AI-scale, 1MW+ racks, OCP-HPR standards) and propose next-gen architectures.
• Partner with market-leading technology vendors (compute, rack, power components) where appropriate to accelerate development and ensure interoperability.
• Represent nVent as a leader with a point of view in customer innovation forums and industry standards bodies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field required.
• 10+ years of experience required, with 15+ years preferred—ideally within data center environments, power electronics, or telecom power systems.
• Experience in architecting innovative electrical systems and bringing new concepts to market.
• Strong collaborator with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in data center environments, power electronics, or telecom power systems.
• Ability to anticipate industry shifts and propose next-gen architectures.
• Collaboration with market-leading technology vendors.
• Representation as a leader in customer innovation forums and industry standards bodies.

Skills

• Technical visionary shaping the next generation of power distribution architectures.
• Anticipating evolving needs of compute platforms and designing innovative solutions.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Partnership with market-leading technology vendors.
• Representation as a leader in customer innovation forums and industry standards bodies.

Benefits

At nVent, we provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

Pay

Pay range: $123,500.00 - $229,500.00 Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.

Schedule

Flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of the role and the customer.