Electrical Engineer-Data Centre Design & Planning

Summary

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to help power Bells groundbreaking national AI Fabric programan ambitious first of its kind initiative that will position Canada as a global leader in Sovereign AI. This program is building a secure high performance coast to coast AI compute fabric that will accelerate innovation strengthen national technological independence and enable the next generation of AI driven this role you will design and shape the electrical backbone of advanced data centres that support massive GPU clusters mission critical AI workloads and the most demanding digital infrastructure in the country. This is a rare opportunity to contribute to a high impact national mission while applying deep technical expertise to systems that will define the future of Canadian AI capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design review and optimization of electrical systems for new data centre builds expansions and retrofits.
• Develop single line diagrams load calculations power distribution layouts and protection coordination studies.
• Evaluate and plan electrical infrastructure including MV/LV switchgear UPS systems generators PDUs RPPs grounding and redundancy configurations (N N1 2N 2N1).
• Collaborate with architects mechanical engineers facility operations teams and external partners to ensure designs meet performance safety and compliance requirements.
• Participate in site assessments capacity planning and operational audits to determine infrastructure readiness and alignment with design standards.
• Provide technical guidance on procurement specifications for electrical equipment and ensure vendor solutions meet engineering requirements.
• Support commissioning efforts including FAT SAT and integrated systems testing.
• Identify electrical risks and propose design improvements to increase resiliency efficiency and scalability.
• Maintain up to date documentation including design packages operational procedures and as built drawings.
• Contribute to long term infrastructure planning aligned with organizational growth and emerging compute workloads (AI/ML HPC GPU clusters).

Critical Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering; or eligibility for professional licensure preferred.
• 510 years of experience in electrical design for mission critical facilities (data centres telecom industrial power systems).
• Strong understanding of power distribution emergency/backup systems UPS technologies and switchgear operation.
• Familiarity with relevant codes and standards (CSA OESC IEEE NEC/NFPA TIA 942).
• Experience with high density and high availability environments (AI compute GPU clusters) is an asset.
• Proficiency with design and modeling tools (AutoCAD Revit ETAP SKM or similar).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to collaborate across engineering operations and vendor teams.
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities with a focus on reliability safety and operational excellence.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting operational teams in troubleshooting or planning electrical maintenance activities.
• Knowledge of energy optimization strategies power usage effectiveness (PUE) and sustainability initiatives.
• Background in planning and supporting large scale infrastructure deployments.