Data Center Electrical Systems & Rack Integration Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Rack-Level Electrical Architecture & Integration

• Define rack-level electrical architectures supporting high-density compute platforms.
• Translate hardware electrical requirements into deployable rack specifications compatible with OCI data center power infrastructure.
• Define integration requirements for rack electrical components including power shelves, rPDUs, busbars, cabling, and high-current connectors .
• Establish rack-level power distribution, redundancy models, and protection boundaries in coordination with data center electrical infrastructure teams.
• Participate in design reviews with hardware engineering teams to ensure new platforms integrate cleanly into OCI rack standards.

Hardware Power Characterization & Validation

• Define and support electrical characterization testing for new IT hardware platforms.
• Develop testing methodologies to measure power consumption, transient load behavior, and electrical compatibility with rack power infrastructure.
• Ensure characterization data supports rack design specifications, capacity planning models, and infrastructure planning.
• Work with lab teams and vendors to validate electrical performance prior to deployment.

Electrical Telemetry & Cross-Functional Systems Integration

• Define requirements for rack-level power telemetry and instrumentation .
• Partner with software and data engineering teams to ensure telemetry from power shelves, rPDUs, and hardware sensors is accessible and usable at fleet scale.
• Serve as the electrical domain expert within DCEAM across hardware engineering, facilities engineering, and operations teams.
• Support development of rack standards and electrical interface specifications that enable consistent global deployments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering , Power Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in electrical engineering related to data center infrastructure, hardware platforms, or high-density power systems .
• Strong understanding of:
  • rack-level power distribution architectures
  • high-current electrical systems
  • power supply or power shelf architectures
  • electrical reliability and failure modes
• Experience working with data center power infrastructure , including familiarity with electrical one-line diagrams, UPS architectures, and transformer-based power distribution.
• Experience writing technical specifications, requirements, or engineering standards .
• Ability to translate complex technical requirements into clear engineering specifications and documentation .

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting high-density AI or GPU compute platforms (>40 kW racks) .
• Familiarity with data center power quality metrics , including ITHD and related harmonic or power quality considerations.
• Experience with AC/DC power supply input stage design or power electronics integration.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies such as solid-state transformers or advanced power conversion architectures .
• Understanding of AI training workloads and their impact on power demand patterns at the data center or grid level .
• Experience working with hardware ODMs, OEMs, or rack integrators.
• Familiarity with hyperscale rack standards (e.g., ORv3 or Open Compute designs).