Staff Electrical Operator — Data Center Operations

We exist to make humanity more free. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built—but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them—with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators.

About the role

The Data Center Operations team keeps live, mission-critical facilities running while the buildings around them are still being built.

• Operate 480V to 15kV+ electrical distribution, generators, switchgear, and UPS systems in facilities running live AI training workloads where downtime is not an option.
• Run safe switching, lockout/tagout, and energization procedures in buildings where construction, commissioning, and production operations overlap on the same electrical systems.
• Build the operating procedures, emergency response playbooks, and operator training programs for facilities that are scaling faster than any standard runbook covers.
• Drive incident response and root-cause analysis on electrical events so the same failure never takes capacity offline twice.

As a member of this team, you will:

• Own day-to-day operation and troubleshooting of medium and high-voltage electrical distribution, including switchgear, generators, UPS systems, and associated protection and controls, in live data center environments.
• Run switching operations, lockout/tagout, and energization work to NFPA 70E and arc flash standards, with documentation rigorous enough to stand up to a safety audit.
• Lead electrical incident response on shift and on call, isolating faults, restoring power, and producing root-cause reports that change how the facility is operated.
• Build and maintain SOPs, MOPs, and EOPs for electrical systems, and keep them accurate as new capacity comes online.
• Drive alarm monitoring and response through BMS and EPMS platforms, tuning thresholds and escalation paths so real problems surface before they become outages.
• Train and mentor junior operators to the point where they can run switching and response procedures without you in the room.

Requirements

• You've spent years operating and troubleshooting 480V to 15kV+ electrical distribution equipment hands-on in live hyperscale or large colocation data centers.
• You have deep working experience with generators, medium-voltage switchgear, UPS systems, and the BMS/EPMS platforms that monitor them.
• You know NFPA 70E, arc flash boundaries, and lockout/tagout procedures well enough to write them, enforce them, and catch a shortcut before it becomes an incident.
• You have a track record of shift-based or on-call critical facility operations, and you've been the person who restores power at 3am.
• You operate independently. Given a new facility with incomplete documentation, you build the procedures rather than wait for them.
• You've trained junior operators and can raise a team's standard, not just your own output.
• You're comfortable running live operations inside an active build environment where construction and commissioning share the floor with production load.
• Bonus: NETA certification, journeyman or master electrician license, or commissioning experience on greenfield data center electrical systems.

Pay

Compensation Range: $220K - $260K