Director, Electrical Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Serve as Volta's electrical subject matter expert and design authority for its global AI factories portfolio.

• Manage electrical engineering contributions across AI factories in EMEA and AMER from initial concept to commissioning and energization.

• Create, implement, and uphold electrical design standards, specifications, and foundational design documents.

• Provide electrical insights for the Reference Design of AI factory infrastructure.

• Oversee power architecture, which includes redundancy topology, UPS systems, energy storage, standby and onsite generation, as well as power distribution to the rack.

• Collaborate with CTO and CPO teams to ensure facility power aligns with rack, GPU, and network needs.

• Assist ongoing projects from concept through detailed design, construction, commissioning, and energization.

• Monitor the evolution of AI hardware and power architecture and translate this into electrical standards.

• Lead electrical design evaluations and technical assurances, including load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, and arc flash studies.

• Coordinate with mechanical, controls, and structural subject matter experts.

• Partner with Procurement to standardize specifications for long-lead electrical equipment.

• Advocate for safety, reliability, maintainability, and energy efficiency in design.

• Integrate lessons learned from delivery and operations into electrical standards.

• Direct external design partners, mentor engineers, and develop the electrical engineering team.

• Report on electrical engineering status, risks, and decisions to the Senior Director, Infrastructure Engineering.

⛳️ Requirements

• A degree in electrical or building services engineering is required.

• Chartered or professional engineer status (e.g., CEng or PE) is preferred.

• Extensive experience in electrical engineering for data centers or mission-critical environments.

• Proven senior technical leadership in electrical design for large-scale programs.

• In-depth technical knowledge of data center power distribution, including medium and low voltage systems, UPS, standby generation, redundancy topologies, and protection mechanisms.

• Demonstrable track record in developing and implementing electrical design standards, reference designs, or basis of design documents for hyperscale, colocation, or large-scale data center developers.

• Practical experience in designing and delivering high-density power solutions for AI and HPC workloads, including power distribution to the rack.

• Awareness of GPU cluster power requirements and load behavior and their implications for facility design.

• Familiarity with electrical design codes and standards in Europe and North America, including IEC standards and NEC.

• Strong commercial acumen in balancing capital expenditure, schedule, reliability, and operability.

• Capability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executives.

• A collaborative mindset and ability to uphold engineering standards.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity in Volta.

• Retirement/pension contributions.

• Comprehensive health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits.

• Generous vacation days each year.

• Discretionary bonus.

• Flexible, supportive work environment that emphasizes growth and work-life balance.