About Prime Data Centers
Prime Data Centers develops, acquires, and operates data centers for some of the world's largest enterprises. A private firm owned by a group controlling $6 billion in assets, with a 15-year tenure in technology and real estate development, Prime provides customers with ownership options and dynamic leasing models, defining a true corporate partnership.
About the role
The Manager, Electrical Engineering leads electrical design for customer deployments within Prime's data halls. This role is responsible for power distribution within tenant white space — including PDUs, busway, remote power panels, and circuit whips — and for ensuring tenant electrical designs align with available base-build capacity and code requirements.
What you'll do
• Lead electrical design for tenant fit-out projects, including data hall power distribution, PDU and busway layouts, remote power panels, and circuit/whip design
• Size and coordinate tenant electrical loads against available base-build capacity; interface with Base Build Electrical Engineering on capacity allocation and infrastructure tie-in points
• Translate customer electrical requirements — redundancy configuration, voltage, metering — into constructible, code-compliant designs
• Manage and mentor a team of electrical designers/engineers; review drawings, load calculations, and specifications for quality and code compliance
• Coordinate with Mechanical, Structural, BIM, and Estimating to resolve interdisciplinary conflicts and deliver integrated designs
• Support commissioning activities and resolve field electrical issues arising during tenant build-outs
• Maintain standard electrical details, specifications, and design guidelines for TFO scopes
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• 8+ years of electrical design experience, ideally within data center or other mission-critical facility environments
• Hands-on experience with data hall power distribution equipment: PDUs, busway, RPPs, UPS tie-ins, and metering
• Proficiency with AutoCAD/Revit or comparable electrical design tools
• People management experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred
Benefits
- Competitive salary range and performance bonus program
- 401k fully vested upon enrollment, up to a 4% employer match
- 100% employee premiums paid by employer for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability
- Paid Time Off + Sick time
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Prime is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants are considered for employment without attention to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, protected veteran or military status, disability status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- 8+ years of electrical design experience
- Experience in data center or other mission-critical facility environments
- Hands-on experience with PDUs, busway, remote power panels, UPS tie-ins, and metering
- Proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit, or comparable electrical design tools
- People management experience
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
What We Do
Prime Data Centers is a privately held data center developer and operator established in California. It designs, develops, and delivers adaptable, high-performance data center infrastructure for businesses with evolving requirements. Its offerings include powered shells, build-to-suit environments, legacy-site retrofits, data halls, full data centers, and campuses, supported by flexible financial structures such as joint ventures and sale-leasebacks for diverse customer needs.
