Data Center Electrical Engineer
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Remote location: Finland.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of experience in mission-critical facility design and construction environments.
- Experience supporting construction projects, within an international working environment.
- Experience working with data center equipment/environments including switchgear, generators, controls, security monitoring systems, fire safety systems.
- Experience in facility electrical systems.
Preferred qualifications:
- Understanding of start up/commissioning processes.
- Understanding of standard practices in the design and construction industry.
- Ability to travel up to 15% of the time as needed.
- Ability to communicate fluently in English and Finnish to engage with clients and stakeholders in the region.
- Ability to build excellent relationships and deliver on action-orientated tasks.
- Excellent requirement gathering, resource organization, task prioritization, scheduling, and problem-solving skills.
About the job
Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.As a part of the DC Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for the technical support of the localised design effort, for field engineering support through project delivery and commissioning, and for engineering reviews of the close out documentation. In addition, the EE can be responsible for supporting the electrical design and delivery on Moves, Adds, Retrofits, Changes, Upgrades and Security projects within operational DCs. You will be responsible for liaising with the DC Operations team on all electrical warranty issues.
In this role, you will provide field electrical engineering support and issue resolution for the Finland campus, supporting the Technical Program Manager in the localised design and delivery of the projects in line with the schedule, cost, quality, technical compliance and safety requirements.
You will be responsible for overseeing the appointed SPC’s electrical installation activities and ensuring that the construction operations and their performance is in compliance with project EHS quality and schedule requirements, whilst maintaining relationships when interfacing with stakeholders.The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.
We're behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Finland: €76000 - €78000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Drive project electrical outcomes of issues and scope as a key contributor, integrating feedback from multiple stakeholders when necessary, and provide electrical technical leadership resolving critical field issues.
- Contribute to project electrical scoping and direction, and manage project electrical priorities and allocation of technical resources within the project.
- Provide technical leadership to the projects, support and optimize project design, scope, schedule, quality, commissioning, and safety for electrical discipline, while sharing feedback with the central partner teams on possible improvements.
- Troubleshoot advanced electrical system events, and escalate only the most complex issues.
- Support the development of cross-project, cross-functional, and cross-organizational procedures and ensure alignment of the electrical engineer’s work with multiple teams/projects.
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