Senior Data Center Power Protection Controls Engineering

Senior Data Center Power Protection Controls Engineering Overview

Google is seeking a highly skilled Power Protection and Controls Engineer to join its Data Center Engineering team, focusing on the physical design and operational excellence of data center infrastructure. This role involves developing and refining the architecture of power systems, ensuring their reliability, efficiency, and integration with renewable energy sources. The engineer will lead research efforts, create maintenance procedures, and conduct detailed engineering analyses to optimize data center power protection schemes.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing the overall architecture of data center power protection and control systems, contributing to research and development efforts.
• Developing operational and maintenance procedures for critical infrastructure systems.
• Performing engineering analyses and research to improve equipment and facility designs, ensuring they meet operational standards.
• Ensuring that system designs and installations comply with safety, cooling, and structural requirements.
• Investigating and integrating renewable energy generation and carbon-neutral storage technologies, developing innovative solutions to protect these energy sources.
• Leading technical teams during system commissioning and field testing of complex power protection schemes.
• Analyzing power quality issues and devising solutions to enhance system reliability and efficiency.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to implement infrastructure improvements and ensure compliance with relevant standards.
• Providing expert guidance on protection and control engineering to ensure system safety and operational excellence.

Qualifications and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum of five years working on critical infrastructure projects with a focus on process improvements.
• At least five years of experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing platforms such as RTDS or OPAL-RT.
• Extensive experience in protection and control engineering for mission-critical systems.
• Experience working in environments that operate continuously without failure, such as data centers, power plants, refineries, or chemical processing facilities.
• Preferred candidates will have a master’s degree in engineering.
• Proficiency in writing control system code and programming control solutions.
• Experience with electrical transient analysis software like ETAP, SKM, or PSCAD.
• Knowledge of IT server and network systems supporting data center operations.
• Ability to perform closed-loop testing to validate protection and control system performance.

About the Role

As a Power Protection and Controls Engineer at Google, you will be responsible for safeguarding the infrastructure that powers the world’s information. Your work will involve developing innovative solutions to integrate renewable energy sources, protect power quality, and ensure system resilience. You will lead commissioning efforts, analyze power systems, and collaborate with teams to implement infrastructure improvements that support environmentally sustainable data centers.

Location and Compensation

In Spain, the salary ranges from approximately â?¬84,000 to â?¬86,000 EUR, complemented by a 15% bonus target, equity, and additional benefits. In Ireland, the salary ranges from approximately â?¬110,000 to â?¬112,000 EUR, also with a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits.

Additional Information

Google is committed to equal opportunity employment and fosters a diverse and inclusive workforce. The company does not specify the availability of visa sponsorship for this role, and the posting does not mention sponsorship options. Candidates are encouraged to review the company’s policies on work authorization and sponsorship if applicable.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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