Senior Design Engineer - Electrical (Data Center)

About the Opportunity

We are expanding our Data Centre Engineering capability and are looking for a technically strong Electrical Engineer with hands-on data centre design experience.

This role is ideal for professionals currently working with leading building services consultancies and mission-critical design firms who want greater ownership, faster career progression, and the opportunity to help build a high-performing Data Centre team from Mumbai.

You will play a key role in delivering international data centre projects and shaping internal technical standards.

Key Responsibilities

1) Electrical Design Mission Critical Facilities

• Lead electrical design packages for Data Centre projects (Enterprise / Colocation / Hyperscale).

• Develop and review:

• MV/LV distribution architecture

• Generator systems and fuel systems coordination

• UPS systems (centralized & distributed)

• STS/ATS schemes

• Busduct systems

• Earthing & lightning protection

• Develop detailed Single Line Diagrams (SLDs).

• Perform load assessments, diversity studies, and redundancy evaluation.

• Coordinate short circuit, protection coordination, and arc flash studies (ETAP / SKM preferred).

2) Reliability & Tier Strategy

• Understand and apply redundancy concepts:

• N, N+1, 2N, 2N+1

• Contribute to Tier alignment strategy (Uptime-based thinking).

• Participate in design risk reviews and resilience discussions.

• Ensure compliance with IEC / NEC / local authority requirements.

3) Project & Client Interface

• Coordinate with Mechanical, BIM, and other services teams.
• Attend technical meetings with international clients.
• Review vendor submissions and technical compliance.
• Support design documentation to international consultancy standards.

4) Team Contribution

• Mentor junior engineers.
• Support development of internal Data Centre electrical design guidelines.
• Contribute to building a structured and scalable Data Centre design team.

Candidate Profile

• B.E./B.Tech in Electrical Engineering.

• 7–12 years of total experience.

• Minimum 3–5 years in Data Centre / Mission Critical projects.

• Experience working with structured international design processes.

• Strong understanding of critical power systems and reliability philosophy.

• Experience with Data Centre standards like – ANSI/TIA-942, Uptime Institute

• Hands-on experience with:

• ETAP / SKM / similar power analysis tools

• Revit / BIM coordination workflows

• Strong communication skills and ability to work with overseas stakeholders.