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Contract type:

Permanent

Salary:

$150,000 – $200,000 / year

Location:

Oakland, CA, USA

Work mode:

Onsite

Published on:

17 September 2026

What they need


Job Title: Principal - Electrical Engineer (Critical Facility Architect)
Location: Oakland, CA
Duration: Permanente

Department Overview
Grid Platforms and Network is a unified organization made up of multiple departments that work together to provide essential technology solutions for business partners.

Position Summary
Principal Critical Facility Architect provides technical leadership in design, development and implementation of backup power systems, comm rooms, data/control centers and alarm system deliverables. Primary role is electrical design of power systems within facilities, thus a State of California Registered Profession Electrical Engineer is required. This includes electrical design at data centers, comm rooms in offices and service centers and mountain top comm locations. As well as primary power design this position also handles backup power including generators, backup batteries and 48 VDC power plant. Lastly the critical facility architect will manage building upgrades/replacements for IT operated facilities. Henceforth the primary power plants, backup power plants, and building infrastructure will be referred to a “power systems”.

Job Responsibilities

  • Directs critical facility team in preparation of battery, power board, generator, facility alarming, and facility upgrades by utilizing subject-matter expertise.
  • Oversees power system architecture and design of technology solutions supporting business requirements on projects.
  • Engages with clients to develop power solutions and ensure delivery is aligned with the requirements in technical/logic design
  • Provides advanced consulting and guidance of the power system requirements during the detailed design, build, test, and deploy phases of IT projects.
  • Ensures the successful implementation of power systems in complex client environments, larger scale, and cross-functional new/enhanced systems on time, in scope and within budget.
  • Leads integration of client requirement into and works with critical facility team to create power system design models, specifications, diagrams, and charts.
  • Identifies and implements process improvements at the department level.
  • Presents power system project scopes and budgets and makes recommendations to high level leaders for project/program approval.
  • Identifies the developmental needs of others, and coaches and mentors others to improve their knowledge or skills.
  • Partners with critical facility team to develop and maintains all technical standards, design patterns, reference architectures and roadmaps for a Reference Architecture Framework containing a broad collection of foundational services.

Qualifications
Minimum:

  • Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Civil engineering or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
  • 10 years experience in IT-Information Technology engineering design, OR Master’s degree and 8 years of experience in IT engineering design and/or technical project implementation
  • Experience with multi-tier enterprise technology environments
  • Experience in enterprise architecture environments, job-related

Desired:

  • Registered Professional Electrical Engineer
  • Experience in Radio systems implementation, job-related
  • Experience in team-oriented, collaborative environment
  • Experience in project management, IT-Information Technology
  • Leadership experience
  • PMP-Project Management Professional certification

Regards,

Dominic Savio

Manager Recruitment

925-557-1057

Pay: $150,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

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