Staff Electrical Engineer - Low Voltage
Lambda is hiring a Staff Electrical Engineer - Low Voltage. It pays $349k-$465k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Lambda.
Level's read on this job
- Builds AI ●●●● is how Level rates this role: the job is building AI systems.
- Some of the work can be done remotely, according to the posting.
- The posting mentions Switchgear, Ups and Pdu among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a senior role.
- Lambda has 96 other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Design and oversee low-voltage electrical infrastructure and power distribution systems powering high-density AI cloud data centers.
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.
How we rate this
Staff Electrical Engineer - Low Voltage at Lambda rates 85 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where electrical engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where low voltage was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where power systems was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where data center design was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Switchgear in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Electrical Engineering, Low Voltage, Power Systems, Data Center Design, and Switchgear. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.
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