Data Center Electrical Engineer – Design

Location: Remote-friendly, United States; staff are expected to be in one of Anthropic’s offices at least 25% of the time. The role requires approximately 10–25% travel for design reviews, vendor and partner meetings, factory witness testing, site visits, commissioning, and startup.

Annual salary: $320,000–$405,000 USD

Company

Anthropic builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems and develops large-scale infrastructure for frontier AI models.

What you will do

• Lead electrical design for critical data center infrastructure across the US portfolio, including utility interfaces, substations, medium- and high-voltage distribution, generators, UPS systems, switchgear, transformers, busway, grounding, and rack power.
• Develop and maintain the electrical basis of design, reference architectures, technical specifications, and data center hall power distribution layouts.
• Run and validate short-circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, load flow, and power quality studies to guide topology, redundancy, equipment selection, and protection settings.
• Drive prefabricated and modular electrical delivery through modular skids, e-houses, prefabricated power assemblies, offsite manufacturing interfaces, and temporary-to-permanent power sequencing.
• Coordinate with utilities, interconnection operators, authorities, vendors, manufacturers, supply chain, hardware and compute teams, build partners, A/E firms, and consultants.
• Review and approve design packages, calculations, submittals, shop drawings, RFIs, field changes, commissioning procedures, and factory acceptance testing while managing concurrent projects across multiple geographies.

Requirements

• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience in mission-critical facilities, including substantial data center or high-availability electrical distribution design from concept through construction documents and commissioning support.
• Deep familiarity with US electrical codes and standards, including NFPA 70/NEC, NFPA 70E, IEEE standards such as 1584, and UL/ANSI standards such as UL 891 and UL 1558, plus utility interconnection processes.
• Hands-on experience producing and reviewing electrical construction documents, single-line diagrams, and equipment specifications, and interpreting data center floor plans and technical layouts.
• Strong knowledge of power distribution and cooling infrastructure in high-availability data centers.
• Fluency in power systems analysis and experience running or critically reviewing studies in SKM, ETAP, or EasyPower.
• Understanding of critical power topologies including 2N, N+1, distributed redundant, and block redundant configurations, with the ability to explain reliability and cost trade-offs.
• Working knowledge of HV/MV substations, onsite generation, and energy storage integration.
• Hands-on experience with prefabricated and modular data center electrical infrastructure, including modular skids, e-houses, offsite manufacture, and onsite assembly interfaces.
• Experience working directly with electrical equipment manufacturers, A/E consultants, and contractors, plus clear communication with technical and non-specialist stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field, or equivalent practical experience. PE licensure is valued but not required.

Nice to have

• Experience owning an electrical basis of design or reference architecture for a hyperscale or large colocation program across multiple sites or external build partners.
• Experience building modular prefabricated electrical or mechanical data center products and driving designs toward offsite manufacturing.
• Background in medium-/high-voltage distribution, onsite generation, or BESS integration.
• Exposure to liquid-cooled infrastructure and its implications for electrical room layout and load distribution.
• Experience at a hyperscaler, colocation provider, or MEP consultancy serving large data center clients.
• Direct experience delivering data centers in multiple US markets, including Virginia, Texas, Arizona, Ohio, or Oregon.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working hours, generous vacation and parental leave, competitive benefits, and optional equity donation matching.
• Collaborative environment focused on high-impact AI research, communication, and frequent research discussions.
• Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco with an office-based hybrid policy.
• Visa sponsorship is available, although sponsorship cannot be guaranteed for every role or candidate; immigration lawyer support is provided.