Data Center Electrical Engineer Jobs in Austin, TX

We’re hiring a Data Center Electrical Project Engineer to join Sabey Data Centers’ Design team in Round Rock, TX!

This is a great opportunity for an Electrical Engineer who wants to deepen their technical expertise while working on critical infrastructure projects across Sabey’s growing data center portfolio. You’ll support new development and existing facility improvements, working on electrical design, power distribution systems, equipment selection, engineering standards, commissioning, and more.

You’ll join a team where you can take ownership, solve complex technical problems, and continue growing your engineering expertise while gaining exposure to projects across Sabey’s portfolio.

Salary: $82,900–$124,351 + bonus eligibility
Round Rock, Texas

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Another Source's client, Sabey Data Center Properties, LLC is recruiting a Data Center Electrical Project Engineer to join their team in Austin, Texas. This is an opportunity to help shape the electrical infrastructure behind mission-critical environments where reliability, resiliency, and thoughtful engineering are essential. You’ll contribute across the facility lifecycle—from design and construction through commissioning, operations, and continuous improvement. 

Who is Sabey Data Center Properties, LLC? 

Sabey Data Center Properties, LLC is a premier multi-tenant data center provider, setting the standard for operational excellence, efficiency, and sustained uptime. With over 20 years of expertise and three million square feet of mission-critical space, Sabey is the largest privately-owned data center owner and operator in the United States. Their cutting-edge facilities—located in Tukwila, WA (20 minutes outside Seattle); East Wenatchee, WA; Quincy, WA; New York, NY; Ashburn, VA; and Austin, TX, with a new location coming soon in Umatilla, OR—support top-tier financial institutions, technology giants, media powerhouses, and healthcare leaders, delivering unparalleled reliability, security, and scalability. By prioritizing sustainability and innovation, Sabey Data Centers continues to shape the digital infrastructure of the future. 

SDC is one of the few companies in the industry that both builds and operates its own facilities, giving employees a unique end-to-end view of the data center world. We foster a culture where people who are humble, hungry, and smart are truly valued, supported, and promoted from within. Sabey is deeply committed to being a responsible community partner, returning unused energy to grids and collaborating with local utilities for sustainable impact. While competitors may offer higher salaries, few can match Sabey's positive culture, purpose-driven mission, and long-term career growth opportunities. 

About This Role 

As the Data Center Electrical Project Engineer, you will join Sabey's Data Center Design team and support the design, operation, and continuous improvement of mission-critical electrical infrastructure. Working alongside internal teams and external engineering partners, you'll help ensure electrical systems are reliable, efficient, constructable, and aligned with applicable codes and Sabey's design standards. 

This role offers broad exposure to the systems that keep data centers running—from medium- and low-voltage distribution to UPS systems, generators, switchgear, and power system studies. It's an opportunity for an electrical engineer with 3+ years of experience to deepen their mission-critical expertise while contributing to projects from early design through commissioning and turnover to operations. 

Your Contribution Will Likely Include 

• Supporting electrical system design for new and expanding data center projects, including medium- and low-voltage distribution, UPS systems, standby generators, switchgear, and associated infrastructure. 

• Partnering with Architecture & Engineering (A&E) firms to ensure designs align with Owner Project Requirements (OPR), Sabey design standards, and project specifications. 

• Developing and maintaining electrical design standards, technical specifications, and engineering guidelines. 

• Participating in equipment sizing and selection, technical evaluations, and design optimization. 

• Reviewing engineering drawings, calculations, specifications, and studies for technical accuracy, completeness, constructability, and compliance. 

• Maintaining facility electrical models and supporting arc flash hazard analyses, protective device coordination studies, and other power system analyses. 

• Providing engineering support for infrastructure improvements, capacity expansions, modernization projects, and energy-efficiency initiatives. 

• Supporting reliability engineering efforts, including failure investigations, root cause analyses, lifecycle planning, and recommendations to improve system redundancy and resiliency. 

• Collaborating with operations, commissioning, construction, controls, mechanical engineering, and external consultants throughout project execution. 

• Supporting commissioning, functional testing, startup activities, and turnover to operations. 

• Staying current with applicable codes, industry standards, and emerging technologies related to mission-critical electrical infrastructure. 

• Traveling to job sites as needed and safely navigating active construction environments. 

Experience You Will Bring 

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field. 

• 3+ years of electrical design or project engineering experience within commercial, industrial, mission-critical, or data center facilities. 

• Working knowledge of low- and medium-voltage power distribution systems, including switchgear, transformers, generators, UPS systems, transfer switches, panelboards, grounding, feeders, and branch circuits. 

• Ability to support electrical calculations, equipment sizing, single-line diagram development, construction documents, submittal reviews, RFI responses, and construction administration. 

• Understanding of electrical power systems and core electrical engineering principles. 

• Ability to coordinate electrical design across mechanical, architectural, structural, civil, controls, telecom, fire protection, and construction disciplines. 

• Familiarity with data center redundancy, resiliency, maintainability, and critical power distribution concepts. 

• Strong analytical, engineering, mathematical reasoning, organizational, and problem-solving skills. 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams, consultants, and business partners. 

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced environment without compromising quality. 

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and Microsoft Project. 

• Commitment to continuous learning, including a willingness to learn and utilize AI tools and emerging technologies.