Sr. Electrical Engineer- Power Generation

About the role

Join us at SB Energy, a leading company backed by SoftBank and Ares, where we combine cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution to provide reliable, affordable energy at scale to support America's growing energy demands.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver electrical systems for hyperscale data centers, including medium- and low-voltage power distribution, onsite power generation systems, backup power, emergency systems, and utility interconnections.
• Lead the electrical design and integration of onsite generation solutions for data centers, including gas turbine, gas engine, microgrid, and hybrid energy systems.
• Provide electrical design oversight throughout the full data center lifecycle, from early concept through commissioning, ensuring generation, distribution, and backup power systems meet performance, reliability, availability, and energy-efficiency goals.
• Review and optimize onsite power generation system designs, including generator step-up transformers, medium-voltage distribution, protection and controls, synchronization systems, load sharing, black start capabilities, and utility interconnections.
• Work with data center clients to develop power strategies that balance reliability, scalability, construction schedules, sustainability goals, capex, and opex, with a particular focus on onsite generation and energy resilience.
• Support the evaluation and selection of gas turbines, gas engines, generators, switchgear, transformers, protection systems, and associated balance-of-plant equipment.
• Provide technical leadership for power generation studies including load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, transient stability, reactive power, and grid interconnection studies.
• Support field engineering, startup, commissioning, performance testing, and operational readiness of onsite generation facilities and associated electrical infrastructure.
• Lead technical due diligence, evaluation, and selection of gas turbines, gas engines, and associated balance-of-plant equipment, including assessment of performance, reliability, availability, emissions compliance, maintainability, vendor capabilities, lifecycle costs, and suitability for hyperscale data center applications.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in Electrical Engineering for data centers, power generation facilities, utility-scale energy projects, or other mission-critical infrastructure.
• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission-critical facilities, including data centers, gas turbine power plants, gas engine power plants, microgrids, and distributed energy systems.
• Strong understanding of power generation systems including gas turbines, gas engines, generators, generator protection, synchronization, medium-voltage distribution, and utility interconnection requirements.
• Experience designing and integrating onsite power generation solutions for data centers, including backup power systems, microgrids, renewable generation, and energy storage.
• Knowledge of electrical systems associated with power generation facilities, including generator step-up transformers, switchyards, substations, protection and control systems, SCADA, and telecommunications.
• Experience with data center electrical infrastructure and power architectures, including utility-connected and islanded generation configurations designed to support high-availability operations.
• Experienced in designing data center electrical buildings, onsite generation facilities, renewable energy systems, microgrids, Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), and energy storage systems.
• Strong understanding of reliability and redundancy strategies for data centers utilizing onsite generation, including N+1, 2N, and distributed generation architectures.

Location

The position requires up to 20% domestic and international travels. Locations available are Denver, Texas, or Remote.

Base Pay

The base pay range for this role is $140,000 - $165,000. Final details will be discussed during the later stages of the hiring process.

Benefits

• Full-time employees enjoy: 100% Company-Paid Medical, Dental & Vision (for employees and dependents)
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Generous Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays
• 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Life, AD&D & Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Medical, Dependent Care, Transit & Parking (with company contributions)
• Mental, Physical & Social Wellness Support (with company contributions)
• Flexible Work Arrangements & Hybrid Office Setup
• Monthly Reimbursement for Phone, Internet & Data
• Optional Legal & Pet Insurance Plans
• Device Purchase Support

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.