OpenAI

Data Center Infrastructure Electrical Engineer San Francisco

Comp$257K – $327K

Classified Tasks (28)

Automate 0%Augment 57%Human-Only 43%

Augment (16)

AI assists, human decides

Define electrical power systems that support high-density AI compute

technical

Scale electrical power systems for large-scale deployment

operational

Translate evolving compute requirements into practical facility and rack-power architectures

technical

Evaluate new technologies and vendor solutions for electrical power systems

analytical

Design and optimize electrical topologies and equipment strategies to reduce cost, accelerate schedules, improve efficiency, and increase scalability while maintaining reliability and maintainability

technical

Review and develop basis-of-design documents

technical

Develop single-line diagrams

technical

Develop equipment specifications

technical

Develop commissioning plans

operational

Perform power system studies including load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, and grid transient compliance

analytical

Review submittals, schematics, certifications, quality records, and test reports

technical

Evaluate AC and DC power distribution options for high-density compute, including rectifier architectures, busway, rack power shelves, power supplies, cable management, redundancy strategies, serviceability, and fault isolation

technical

Define telemetry and controls requirements including metering, waveform capture, breaker and relay status, UPS and battery health, generator status, rack power, CDU status, coolant conditions, alarms, and control states

technical

Analyze lab data, operational incidents, and power quality events

analytical

Perform long-range electrical architecture planning

technical

Conduct detailed engineering reviews

technical

Human-Only (12)

Requires human judgment

Lead the development of reliable, scalable, and efficient power architectures for high-density, liquid-cooled AI data centers

leadership

Validate electrical power systems through lab and field testing

operational

Drive technical decisions across design, manufacturing validation, construction, commissioning, deployment, and operations

leadership

Lead technical evaluation of equipment vendors, manufacturers, design consultants, commissioning agents, contractors, and test labs

leadership

Partner with mechanical, cooling, controls, hardware, networking, construction, and operations teams to ensure electrical systems support liquid-cooled GPU rack deployments and reliable facility operation

communication

Drive factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), witness testing, burn-in, reliability testing, interoperability testing, and integrated systems testing for critical infrastructure and rack deployments

operational

Guide and operate an R&D program to validate new equipment, rack designs, telemetry, operating envelopes, failure scenarios, and facility-to-hardware interactions

leadership

Coordinate facility infrastructure, hardware requirements, controls, telemetry, reliability, and operations

operational

Execute lab validation activities

operational

Perform vendor qualification activities

operational

Oversee field deployment of electrical systems

operational

Troubleshoot operational electrical issues and incidents

operational

Job description

--- BEGIN UNTRUSTED EXTERNAL CONTENT (source: https://openai.com/careers/data-center-infrastructure-electrical-engineer-san-francisco/) --- Skip to main contentResearchProductsBusinessDevelopersCompanyFoundation(opens in a new window)Log inTry ChatGPT(opens in a new window)ResearchProductsBusinessDevelopersCompanyFoundation(opens in a new window)Data Center Infrastructure Electrical Engineer | OpenAICareersData Center Infrastructure Electrical EngineerDatacenter Design - San FranciscoApply now(opens in a new window)About the TeamOpenAI is building the infrastructure foundation for the next generation of AI. The Data Center Engineering team defines the strategy, reference architectures, technical requirements, and delivery standards for the large-scale data centers that support OpenAI research, products, and infrastructure partners.As a Data Center Infrastructure Electrical Engineer, you will help define, validate, and scale the electrical power systems that support high-density AI compute. You will translate evolving compute requirements into practical facility and rack-power architectures, evaluate new technologies and vendor solutions, and drive technical decisions across design, manufacturing validation, construction, commissioning, deployment, and operations.This role is best suited for a senior hands-on engineer with deep experience in mission-critical power systems, strong judgment under ambiguity, and the ability to connect facility infrastructure, hardware requirements, controls, telemetry, reliability, and operations.About the RoleWe are seeking a senior electrical infrastructure engineer to lead the development of reliable, scalable, and efficient power architectures for high-density, liquid-cooled AI data centers.The ideal candidate has strong practical experience with critical electrical systems at data centers or comparable industrial scale, including medium-voltage and low-voltage distribution, utility interfaces, backup power, UPS and battery systems, rack power delivery, grounding, protection, controls, and monitoring systems.You should be comfortable moving between long-range architecture, detailed engineering review, lab validation, vendor qualification, field deployment, and operational troubleshooting.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and optimize electrical topologies and equipment strategies that reduce cost, accelerate schedules, improve efficiency, increase scalability, and maintain high reliability and maintainability.Review and develop basis-of-design documents, single-line diagrams, equipment specifications, commissioning plans, and power system studies including load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, and grid transient compliance.Lead technical evaluation of equipment vendors, manufacturers, design consultants, commissioning agents, contractors, and test labs. Review submittals, schematics, certifications, quality records, and test reports.Evaluate AC and DC power distribution options for high-density compute, including rectifier architectures, busway, rack power shelves, power supplies, cable management, redundancy strategies, serviceability, and fault isolation.Partner with mechanical, cooling, controls, hardware, networking, construction, and operations teams to ensure electrical systems support liquid-cooled GPU rack deployments and reliable facility operation.Drive FAT, SAT, witness testing, burn-in, reliability testing, interoperability testing, and integrated systems testing for critical infrastructure and rack deployments.Help guide and operate an R&D program to validate new equipment, rack designs, telemetry, operating envelopes, failure scenarios, and facility-to-hardware interactions.Define telemetry and controls requirements including metering, waveform capture, breaker and relay status, UPS and battery health, generator status, rack power, CDU status, coolant conditions, alarms, and control states.Analyze lab data, operational incidents, power quality events, nuisance tr

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