Microsoft Datacenter Substation Engineer 

United States, Washington 

870180966

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Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of technical engineering experience
  • OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years of technical engineering experience
  • OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience
  • OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years of technical engineering experience

• 8+ years of experience of High Voltage (HV) substations, HV primary assets and secondary systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years of technical engineering experience

  o OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years of technical engineering experience

  o OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years of technical engineering experience.

• Professional Engineer in electrical engineering
• Detailed understanding of mission critical HV, MV and LV electrical equipment, system modelling, protection schemes, grounding and bonding and building services.
• Electrical trade background preferably with knowledge and experience in power generation and HV/MV/LV electrical equipment will be an advantage.
• Knowledge of codes and requirements across AMER region.
• Ability to drive designs through development, construction and deployment of data center equipment and facilities.
• Ability to lead a team of engineers in advanced engineering, operational processes and procedures relating to large data center environments.
• Highly motivated and dependable individual and able to work as a team player.
• Flexible, and organized to manage workload to meet deadlines.
• Analytical and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to perform complex business case analysis to justify technical decisions.
• Ability to work across different teams such as design, delivery, and operation teams.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail and maintain high quality standards.
• Ability to prepare and present using MS Office.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 11, 2025.

The Datacenter Substation Engineer will be responsible for the following:

• Collaborate with global electrical team to understand requirements for the HV substations, datacenter (DC) electrical designs from basis of design (BOD) to issue for construction (IFC) for new DC builds.
• Be a leader and work within the regional team to understand user requirements and support Microsoft’s data centers.
• Lead and direct consultants in the design and coordination of the HV substations, SCADA systems, data center electrical systems, backup emergency power systems with other disciplines for our datacenter builds.
• Lead electrical work groups with representatives from consulting firms along with key stakeholders within Microsoft.
• Support the Site Selection team by validating electrical infrastructure arrangement, HV substation footprint and identify power availability risk during site due diligence and test fit.
• Critical data center equipment design including HV substations, SCADA systems, HV primary assets and secondary systems, site wide MV/LV infrastructures, Diesel Generators, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Automatic/Static Transfer Switches, Switchgear, Transformers, Switchboards and Earthing.
• Manage all electrical designs during the design, equipment procurement, bidding, manufacturing, delivery, installation, and commissioning phases. Identify and resolve issues raised by the delivery teams and various stakeholders.
• Develop and manage regional HV design topologies and specifications, detailing of drawings, review system study analysis, calculations, and sequence of operation for HV system and datacenter electrical system.
• Review and validate equipment submittals.
• Work with the Microsoft Energy team to define site utility and substation requirement with local utilities, lead technical reviews with utility providers to complete reliability and feasibility studies.
• Work with the Microsoft Procurement team, regional vendors and manufacturers, and global/regional engineering teams to deliver the electrical solutions required for the projects.
• Work with the Commissioning team to test and validate installation, operation and performance of electrical systems.
• Assist the Operations teams with electrical solutioning by providing expert opinions on electrical systems.
• Assist partner teams to review the electrical infrastructure upgrading/retrofitting scopes to raise site utilization.
• Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical locations within AMER.
• Travel to sites for site review, engineering evaluations, technical support and startup as needed.
• Travel for “Factory Witness Testing” on equipment and engineering vendor interaction in the design process, as well as final commissioning of the installed systems.
• Passion for engineering, enjoys innovation and “out of the box” solutions.