Lead Engineer - System Engineering

## What you’ll do: Lead Engineer – Systems Engineering This role is responsible for leading systems engineering and model-based systems engineering (MBSE) activities for complex electrical systems with a primary focus on data center power and infrastructure architectures. The position develops system architectures, requirements, digital models, and engineering analyses that support the design, validation, and optimization of next-generation data center solutions. The role serves as a technical leader for system modeling, architecture trade studies, and cross-domain integration, ensuring traceability from stakeholder needs through design, verification, and operational performance. #### Systems Engineering & Architecture * Apply Systems Engineering and MBSE methodologies to complex data center electrical systems. * Develop and manage requirements, functional, logical, and physical architectures. * Define system interfaces, behaviors, operating modes, and V&V strategies. * Develop CONOPS, operational scenarios, and maintain end-to-end requirements traceability. * Conduct architecture assessments and trade-off studies to support technical decision-making. #### Electrical System Analysis * Perform power flow, voltage drop, power quality, short-circuit, protection coordination, fault, and transient studies. * Evaluate utility interconnections and MV/LV power distribution systems. #### Data Center Infrastructure Modeling * Analyze end-to-end power architectures from utility service entrance to IT loads. * Evaluate switchgear, transformers, UPS, PDUs, busways, and rack-level power distribution systems. * Assess conventional, modular, distributed, and next-generation data center power architectures. #### Trade-Off & Optimization Studies * Conduct multi-attribute trade-space analyses for architecture selection. * Evaluate solutions based on cost, efficiency, energy use, thermal performance, reliability, availability, resilience, scalability, maintainability, and footprint. * Develop decision-support models and recommend optimal solutions. #### Validation & Verification * Validate system models using design data, test results, supplier inputs, and operational scenarios. * Ensure model fidelity, credibility, and compliance with program objectives. * Support verification planning and lifecycle validation activities. #### Reliability & Resilience Engineering * Assess system reliability, availability, maintainability, and resilience. * Analyze redundancy architectures (N, N+1, 2N), single points of failure, and operational risks. * Apply reliability block diagrams and availability modeling techniques. #### Cross-Functional Technical Leadership * Collaborate across electrical, controls, thermal, software, mechanical, reliability, and program teams. * Act as the technical lead for data center system modeling and architecture initiatives. * Drive systems engineering best practices, standards, and methodologies. * Present complex technical findings and actionable recommendations to leadership, customers, and stakeholders. ## Qualifications: • Bachelor's/ Master Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Power Engineering, or a related discipline. Preferred • Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience in systems engineering, electrical power systems, or data center infrastructure engineering. ## Skills: ### Systems Engineering & MBSE * Extensive experience in system and subsystem-level systems engineering. * Strong knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle and MBSE practices. * Expertise in requirements management, architecture development, interface management, and V&V planning. * Experience with digital engineering, digital thread, and model-based development. ### Data Center Electrical Systems * Expertise in utility interconnection, grid interface, MV/LV distribution systems. * Hands-on experience with switchgear, transformers, busways, PDUs, UPS systems, and rack-level power distribution. * Strong understanding of data center architectures, KPIs, and power infrastructure design. ### Power System Analysis * Proficient in power flow, fault, short-circuit, protection coordination, and power quality studies. * Experience in transient stability and disturbance analysis. ### Multi-Domain Modeling & Simulation * Experience in electrical, thermal, controls, reliability, and infrastructure system modeling. * Skilled in dynamic simulations, digital twins, and integrated system analysis. ### Reliability & Resilience Engineering * Expertise in reliability modeling, availability analysis, MTBF concepts, and maintainability assessments. * Experience with redundancy architectures (N, N+1, 2N), risk analysis, and single-point-of-failure evaluations. ### Standards & Compliance * Strong knowledge of ISO/IEC 15288, IEEE, IEC, UL, and data center industry standards. * Familiar with electrical safety, compliance, and power quality requirements. ### Engineering Tools * MATLAB/Simulink, ETAP, SKM, PSCAD, Digital Twin, and Co-simulation platforms. ### Leadership & Collaboration * Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering initiatives. * Strong stakeholder management, collaboration, and influencing skills. ### Analytical & Communication Skills * Strong systems thinking, problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making capabilities. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical concepts to leadership, customers, and cross-functional teams.