Power Generation Design Engineer (Electrical & Mechanical)

Quick Facts

• Designs and integrates generation plants and balance-of-plant systems for large AI data center campuses
• Covers electrical and mechanical systems, including generation equipment, campus and grid interfaces, fuel and auxiliary systems, cooling, controls, and data center loads
• Travel: 50%

Description

You will help design and integrate power generation plants for large AI data center campuses as an integrated electrical-and-mechanical system. The role includes establishing technical requirements, assessing vendor and EPC solutions, resolving design interfaces, and carrying designs through commissioning and validated operation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review generation-plant basis-of-design documents, design criteria, specifications, diagrams, calculations, and reference architectures
• Define and coordinate interfaces across generation equipment, substations, campus distribution, grid connections, fuel systems, cooling, controls, and data center loads
• Evaluate generation technologies and operating modes (grid-connected and islanded), including synchronization, load sharing, black start, and restoration
• Lead or review electrical studies (load flow, short circuit, arc flash, protection coordination, transient, grounding, motor starting) and mechanical analyses (thermal performance, hydraulics, pressure drop, ventilation, vibration, acoustics, heat recovery)
• Review OEM/EPC proposals, equipment ratings/performance data, operating envelopes, failure modes, test plans, maintenance strategies, and lifecycle tradeoffs
• Translate data center load profiles into generation-system capacity, redundancy, performance, and control requirements
• Coordinate with cross-functional engineering teams (electrical, mechanical, controls, CSA, fuel, utility, environmental, fire protection, data center) to resolve delivery interfaces
• Support procurement, factory acceptance testing, construction, startup, energization, commissioning, performance testing, and root-cause investigations
• Develop repeatable technical standards and reference designs to improve reliability, maintainability, and deployment speed

Requirements

• 8+ years of engineering experience in power generation, utilities, industrial systems, microgrids, oil and gas, or mission-critical infrastructure
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field
• Deep technical expertise in either electrical power systems or mechanical/process systems, with experience collaborating across the other discipline
• Electrical expertise: generators, transformers, HV/MV switchgear, protection and controls, grounding, auxiliary power, grid interconnection, and power-system studies
• Mechanical expertise: rotating equipment, fuel and fluid systems, piping, heat transfer, cooling, ventilation, lubrication, water treatment, exhaust, and mechanical auxiliaries
• Experience evaluating OEM data, equipment performance, operating scenarios, failure modes, and maintenance requirements
• Experience carrying engineering designs through construction, startup, commissioning, and operational validation
• Ability to communicate technical risks and tradeoffs clearly across engineering, vendors, construction, and operations

Preferred Skills

• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Experience with gas turbines, reciprocating engines, battery systems, combined heat and power, heat recovery, or hybrid generation plants
• Familiarity with codes and standards (NEC, NFPA, IEEE, NERC, ASME, API, ASHRAE, and utility requirements)
• Proficiency with modeling/analysis tools (ETAP, PSCAD, PSS/E, SKM, EasyPower, process simulation, hydraulic modeling, CFD)
• Experience supporting high-density data center loads and rapidly changing AI compute demand