Staff Electrical Engineer - Low Voltage
at Lambda Labs
Location
San Francisco Office (Fremont St); San Jose Office (First St)
Compensation
$349k–$465k USD
Type
full time
Posted
1 months ago
Remote
Yes
Market range · function + seniority
p25 · target · p75 · n=800
Posted $465k · well above market
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Job description
Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.
If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.
*Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco or San Jose office location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.
What You’ll Do
Own electrical design standards and reference architectures for low-voltage systems supporting high-density AI infrastructure.
Lead design from transformer secondary through switchgear, UPS systems, distribution equipment, busway, and rack-level power delivery.
Develop architectures for 480V and 415V, AC systems serving GPU clusters and supporting infrastructure.
Define requirements for low-voltage switchgear, switchboards, UPS systems, static transfer switches, PDUs, RPPs, busway, rack PDUs, grounding, metering, and monitoring.
Model equipment loads, GPU power behavior, transient demand, harmonics, redundancy, capacity, and electrical failure domains.
Develop and review single-line diagrams, panel schedules, equipment specifications, sequences of operation, and basis-of-design documents.
Evaluate greenfield, retrofit, and partner-provided designs for reliability, efficiency, maintainability, constructability, cost, and schedule.
Perform or oversee load-flow, short-circuit, selective-coordination, arc-flash, voltage-drop, and power-quality studies.
Coordinate electrical requirements across data center facilities, mechanical systems, HPC architecture, hardware engineering, construction, and operations.
Support equipment selection, factory testing, construction sequencing, commissioning, integrated systems testing, and root-cause investigations.
Travel to project sites, manufacturers, and partner facilities as needed.
You
Have experience designing low-voltage electrical systems for data centers, mission-critical facilities, or large industrial environments.
Understand low-voltage distribution, UPS topologies, switchgear, busway, grounding, rack-level distribution, and electrical monitoring.
Understand redundancy models such as N, N+1, 2N, distributed redundant, and catcher architectures.
Can develop and review single-line diagrams, equipment specifications, coordination studies, and commissioning documentation.
Have experience with ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, or comparable electrical analysis software.
Understand applicable electrical and safety requirements, including NEC, NFPA 70E, IEEE, and NETA standards.
Can translate IT equipment requirements into safe, scalable, and maintainable facility designs.
Communicate clearly across engineering, construction, operations, vendors, and executive stakeholders.
Hold a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to Have
Experience with hyperscale, colocation, HPC, or AI data centers.
Experience delivering power to high-density GPU racks or liquid-cooled computing infrastructure.
Familiarity with dynamic GPU loads, power transients, harmonics, rack-level monitoring, or power-capacity optimization.
Experience supporting factory acceptance testing, commissioning, integrated systems testing, or failure investigations.
Experience in Low Voltage (400, 800V DC) Converters, distribution and protection devices.
Experience with PSCAD, other EMT simulation tools or System Stability Analysis
Professional Engineer licensure or progress toward licensure.
Salary Range Information
The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.
About Lambda
Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast
Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove
We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG
Our values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers
We offer generous cash & equity compensation
Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use
Equal Opportunity Employer
Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
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