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Electrical Engineer, Power Generation

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Electrical Engineer, Power Generation is a still-open role at OpenAI on Jobrow. Location: On-site · San Francisco · California · United States. Listed pay: $257k–$327k. Sourced from the company's public Ashby board. First seen 23 hours ago; last confirmed 15 hours ago. Apply on the employer ATS — Jobrow is not the employer.

Pay
$257k–$327k
Workplace
On-site
Location
San Francisco · California · United States
First seen
23 hours ago
Last seen
15 hours ago
Board
Ashby
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About this role

About the Team OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital and delivery partners, is building the infrastructure required to support frontier AI systems.

  • Function: Engineering
  • Seniority: mid

Location & pay

On-site · San Francisco · California · United States Listed pay on Jobrow: $257k–$327k.

Source

Jobrow reads the public Ashby board for OpenAI. First seen 23 hours ago; last seen 15 hours ago. We are not the employer — apply only on the company ATS.

Posting

About the Team OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital and delivery partners, is building the infrastructure required to support frontier AI systems. The Data Center Engineering team defines repeatable technical standards and carries them through design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness. The team works across data center facilities, power generation, compute infrastructure, construction, procurement, and operations to deliver reliable capacity at unprecedented scale and speed. About the Role We are seeking an Electrical Engineer to design and integrate on-site power-generation systems for large AI data center campuses. You will work across generation, substations, medium-voltage distribution, protection, auxiliary systems, grid interfaces, and data center loads. This role will establish technical requirements, evaluate technology and vendor solutions, and carry electrical designs from concept through commissioning and validated operation. Travel: 50% Responsibilities - Develop electrical architectures, one-lines, design criteria, specifications, and studies for generation plants and campus interconnections. - Design and review generator or alternator interfaces, transformers, MV and HV switchgear, protection, synchronization, grounding, station service, DC systems, and black-start capability. - Perform or review load flow, short circuit, arc flash, protection coordination, transient, motor-starting, grounding, and reliability studies. - Coordinate generation controls, microgrid or islanding behavior, utility interconnection, data center load characteristics, and operating modes. - Evaluate OEM and EPC proposals, equipment ratings, test plans, failure modes, maintenance strategies, and lifecycle tradeoffs. - Support procurement, factory acceptance testing, construction, energization, commissioning, performance testing, and root-cause investigations. - Resolve cross-discipline interfaces with mechanical, controls, CSA, fuel, utility, and data center electrical teams. - Create repeatable electrical reference designs and standards for future generation deployments. Qualifications - 8+ years of electrical engineering experience on power generation, utility, industrial, microgrid, or mission-critical projects. - Deep knowledge of generators, transformers, switchgear, protection and controls, grounding, auxiliary power, and electrical system studies. - Experience with grid-connected and islanded generation

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