[Hiring] Principal Electrical Commissioning Engineer @Volta

Role Description

As Principal Electrical Commissioning Engineer, you will be Volta's technical authority for electrical commissioning. You will set the standards that decide whether electrical systems on every DSX site are safe, resilient and ready to carry AI workloads.

This is a principal-level individual contributor role. Reporting to the Senior Director, Global Commissioning & Handover, your standards will govern every site, contractor and commissioning agent we use, and you will make the final technical call on electrical acceptance questions that affect safety, reliability or time to market.

What you will do

• Electrical commissioning standards:
  • Own Volta's global electrical commissioning standards, from L1 to L5 off-site commissioning, and integrated system testing.
  • Define the sequence of operations (SOO), for all the electrical commissioning activities through L1 to L5.
  • Set test strategy across incoming supply, MV/LV switchgear, transformers, UPS, generators, distribution and power-to-rack.
  • Define failure and recovery scenarios, including loss of supply, transfers and redundancy, for high-density GPU loads.
• Technical authority:
  • Act as the escalation point for failed tests, disputed evidence and deviations across all sites.
  • Set the bar commissioning agents and contractors are selected and measured against.
  • Integrate electrical testing with mechanical, CDU, BMS/PMS and turn-up requirements.
• Capability and improvement:
  • Evolve the standards and reference design using test results and operating data.
  • Build electrical commissioning capability across Volta and its partners.

Qualifications

• Recognised senior authority in electrical commissioning of hyperscale or mission-critical data centres, typically 10+ years.
• A track record writing and owning electrical commissioning standards across a portfolio, not a single site.
• Deep knowledge of power distribution, standby generation, UPS, protection and energisation safety.
• Experience leading integrated systems testing and judging complex test evidence.
• Ability to challenge designers, vendors and contractors and make high-consequence acceptance calls.
• Experience influencing across functions and regions without direct authority.

Nice to have

• High-density AI infrastructure and phased capacity turn-up.
• Protection coordination and power quality investigation.
• Electrical commissioning across multiple countries.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on the work you do here, not your previous salary.
• Equity in Volta, giving you the opportunity to share in the company's long-term success.
• Retirement/pension contributions.
• Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits.
• Generous number of vacation days each year.