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Location: San Jose, California, United States

About Supermicro:

Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.

Job Summary:

Supermicro seeks an experienced Staff Data Center Electrical Engineer to lead the design and development of high-density data centers for AI, cloud, and hyperscale use. This position will shape Supermicro’s electrical standards, OPR, and BOD documentation for new and expanding projects in the U.S. and globally.

The engineer will apply expertise across voltage systems, coordinate with mechanical, civil, and controls teams, and work directly with consultants, utilities, and construction partners to deliver efficient, reliable, cost-effective, and compliant data centers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee electrical design for new and retrofit data centers covering power, grounding, lightning protection, and controls.
• Create and update global electrical standards, OPRs, and BOD templates for consistency.
• Prepare and check SLDs, load calculations, power analyses, and arc flash studies.
• Select equipment including generators, switchgear, transformers, UPS, PDUs, busways, and battery backup or supercapacitors.
• Work with mechanical, network, and architectural teams on integrated layouts.
• Manage consultants and vendors to meet specs, codes, and permitting requirements.
• Support site selection and utility coordination, assessing grid options, redundancy, and costs.
• Review documents and shop drawings for technical accuracy.
• Lead electrical engineering during construction and commissioning; oversee testing and issue resolution.
• Champion energy efficiency and sustainability, adopting advanced monitoring and control tech.
• Analyze failure modes and resiliency to boost uptime and lower risks.
• Collaborate with Supermicro and Modular Data Center teams on rack-level and modular power integration.
• Develop tools and processes for capacity planning and optimization.
• Document lessons learned and drive continuous improvement in design and delivery.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Serve as SME for electrical design, code interpretation, and equipment selection.
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Deliver technical training and support design summits and commissioning reviews.
• Join vendor qualification, factory testing, and component evaluation.

Connect with industry to monitor new technologies in renewable integration, energy storage, and intelligent power distribution.

Qualifications:

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s in Electrical, Power Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years’ experience in electrical design for large-scale data centers.
• Expertise in MV/LV systems: switchgear, transformers, UPS, PDUs, busways, and backup power.
• Track record managing consultants and vendors from concept to construction.
• Proficient with power modeling (ETAP, SKM) and CAD/Revit.
• Knowledge of safety codes, grounding, lightning protection, and short-circuit/coordination analysis.
• Experience collaborating with mechanical, civil, and network teams.
• Strong project management and communication; able to lead technical meetings with stakeholders.
• Willing to travel domestically and internationally (~20%).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s in Electrical Engineering
• PE license
• High-voltage substation, renewables, and grid interconnection experience
• Knowledge of OCP, Uptime Institute, ASHRAE TC9.9 for data centers
• Familiar with power shelves, BBU, supercapacitors, UPS
• Construction support, commissioning, and system reliability testing experience
• Global projects and compliance (NEC, IEC, CE)
• Data-driven; skilled in energy efficiency and power analytics

Salary Range

$175,000 - $200,000

The salary offered will depend on several factors, including your location, level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees already in this role. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as participation in bonus and equity award programs.

EEO Statement

Supermicro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of Supermicro to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.