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Electrical Engineer - Data Centers - Northern Virginia / D.C. Area (Hybrid)
Metric DCX are partnered with a global engineering and consultancy firm to support the continued growth of their data center division.
This Electrical Engineer position will specialize in data center facility design to be embedded directly with a major end-user client.
Responsibilities:
- Assessing third-party and colocation facilities being considered for acquisition, evaluating their suitability against the client's portfolio requirements.
- Taking ownership of power systems across all project phases, identifying and resolving issues as they arise in collaboration with the relevant client stakeholders.
- Reviewing data center designs with a critical eye on redundancy architecture, availability targets, and potential single points of failure.
- Working closely with operations, planning, and energy strategy teams to push electrical solutions forward on third-party data center projects.
- Conducting technical due diligence and maintaining quality standards in line with client expectations.
- Keeping internal documentation, specs, and standards current based on live project feedback and lessons learned.
- Liaising with internal teams on power loading, rack deployment, and load balancing within shared facilities.
- Contributing to cross-discipline coordination with mechanical and controls engineers, and supporting consistency across regional teams.
Background Required
- Degree-qualified in Electrical Engineering; a postgraduate qualification or PE license would be a strong advantage.
- At least five years working within mission-critical environments, with solid hands-on exposure to colocation and multi-tenant data center projects specifically.
- Confident in power systems analysis and the software tools that come with it.
- Practical experience across the full electrical distribution stack — from high voltage transformers down to branch circuits — covering design, procurement, commissioning, and operations.
- Comfortable working across disciplines and engaging with structural, mechanical, civil, and IT/Telecom teams as needed.
- Grounded in US electrical codes and standards, with some awareness of IEC standards beneficial.