Electrical & Capacity Design Engineer

Position Title: Electrical & Mechanical Engineer – Brownfield Data Center Projects

Location: Dallas, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Phoenix, Seattle, Austin

Your role 

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Electrical & Mechanical Engineer to support the design, capacity planning, and energy optimization efforts across our global colocation data center portfolio. This role focuses on brownfield projects, including infrastructure upgrades, retrofits, and expansions of existing facilities, ensuring operational continuity and efficiency.

You will work closely with engineering teams, contractors, commissioning agents, and internal systems to execute technical solutions for AC/DC power and HVAC systems, while contributing to energy efficiency initiatives and data-driven decision-making.

What you’ll do

•  Assist in the design and deployment of AC and DC power distribution systems and HVAC upgrades, working with MEP design engineering firms.
• Support integration of new systems with existing infrastructure in live data center environments.
• Review Electrical Engineering Construction Packages and Method of Procedures (MOPs) working with local operation team and construction team.
• Review short circuit, coordination, and arc flash studies; provide recommendations to improve electrical safety, reliability, and compliance.
• Participate in commissioning and turn-up of new electrical and mechanical systems.
• Review the existing mechanical and electrical capacity and brainstorm design options to densify and enhance capacity in the new design
• Ensure timely infrastructure scaling to meet operational and customer requirements.
• Working knowledge of CFD modeling to evaluate airflow and thermal performance and recommend design enhancements that improve cooling capacity and operational efficiency.
• Maintain documentation for commercial power, generator, UPS, and DC power systems.
• Review, understand, and implement design engineering guidelines during project execution.
• Support energy efficiency initiatives and track cost avoidance metrics.
• Collect and validate data from energy-related systems (e.g., BMS, EMS).
• Collaborate with IT teams to enhance reporting tools and dashboards.
• Work closely with space design engineers, operations leadership, product teams, and the asset management team to align infrastructure upgrades with business goals and customer requirements.
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional planning and execution of brownfield projects, ensuring seamless integration, timely delivery, and adherence to scope, budget, and schedule.
• Develop and manage project plans, risk assessments, and stakeholder communications throughout the project lifecycle.
• Travel to field sites for audits, inspections, and technical support.

What you’ll need 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (required).
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data center or mission-critical environments.
• Strong understanding of AC/DC power systems, HVAC infrastructure, and energy management.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, SKM Power Tool (or similar), CFD tools, Microsoft Office Suite.
• LEED Certification is a plus.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent experience in managing complex engineering projects is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, prioritize tasks, and drive results across cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, 24x7 operational environment.

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A bit about our team 

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Our Technology & Innovation team strives to innovate alongside our customers and empower their businesses to thrive. We work closely with our customers to develop insights-based, data-driven technical solutions and differentiated value propositions on PlatformDIGITAL® across the world. Operating in almost 50 cities globally means we understand how rapidly the world is evolving, so we’ve built a best-in-class development model to qualify, package; and enable cloud to core to edge hybrid IT solutions. Our deep technical heritage, combined with our global footprint, means the Technology Innovation team can create and deploy services and solutions that are at the heart of the digital economy.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. 

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. 

Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Our published pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and geographical location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including but not limited to job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. Moreover, an employee’s total compensation package varies by role and may include salary, cash bonus or commissions, and equity awards not quantified below.

Compensation range $125,000 – $140,000. This compensation range represents the Company’s good faith belief as to what it will pay as a base salary for this position at the time of this posting. 

Benefits: For this role, Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401k match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, and more.