Principal Electrical Engineer (Power Systems & UHD Distribution)
Imagine a future where everyone has instant, low-cost access to intelligence. We’re building a fully featured European AI cloud - with everything one needs to train, experiment with, and deploy AI models. In addition, our GPUs run on 100% renewable energy.
We’re ambitious, curious, and gutsy doers. We practice a low hierarchy across the company and high morale in our teams. We’ve already achieved a lot, yet we’re only getting started. Now it’s your chance to join the ride. We offer more than just the job - we offer a career-defining opportunity to be part of building something big!
Join Verda while it’s still being built - not once it’s finished.
Why Verda
Cash + equity compensation along with various fringe benefits (e.g., healthcare, lunch, wellbeing, etc.).
Profitable operations with rapid, sustained growth.
31 nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team.
An opportunity with make a clear impact and work alongside world-class engineers, researchers, and partners across the global AI ecosystem.
The Mission
Architect the power backbone for next-generation AI data centers, spanning high-capacity colocation and proprietary builds. You will push past traditional air-cooled limitations into the world of Busway-to-Chip power delivery, ensuring zero-interruption performance for massive, fluctuating AI workloads.
Key Responsibilities
Architect High-Density Power Trains: Design 415V/480V AC and 400V/800V DC distribution systems that minimize transmission losses and support rack densities exceeding 100kW.
Design Modular Power Shelves & BBU: Specify integrated Battery Backup Units (BBU) and modular power shelves capable of absorbing multi-megawatt compute spikes without compromising grid stability.
Lead Modular Deployment: Develop "All-in-One" modular power skids (UPS, switchgear, and cooling controls) that enable rapid, phased capacity expansion in under-powered or remote locations.
Coordinate MV/LV Infrastructure: Oversee the design of on-campus substations, high-voltage utility feeds (100MW+), and Medium Voltage (MV) transformers that feed liquid-cooled GPU clusters.
Optimize Efficiency (PUE): Drive the facility toward a PUE of <1.1 by integrating advanced cooling controls and efficient power conversion at every layer of the infrastructure.
Ideal Background
3+ years in Data Center Design, experience with OCP (Open Compute Project) standards, industrial microgrids, or heavy-duty EV charging infrastructure.
General Skills & Personal Characteristics
To succeed in this team, candidates must look beyond their CAD screens and embrace a high-ownership, peer-to-peer collaboration style:
Adaptive Problem Solvers: You don’t wait for a manual. When a 100kW rack presents a new thermal challenge, you iterate quickly and find a path forward.
Radical Transparency: You communicate complex technical risks clearly and early. You value "getting it right" over "being right."
Holistic Thinkers: Even if you are the Electrical Lead, you understand how a pipe leak affects a busbar. You design with the entire system in mind.
Practical Visionaries: You have the "Grand Design" in your head but keep your feet on the ground—focusing on buildability, serviceability, and cost-efficiency.
The "Helper Peer" Mentality: You treat your teammates as collaborators, not silos. You are willing to jump into a different discipline to help the team meet a deadline.
Outcome-Oriented: You aren't just "doing engineering"; you are building the foundation for the future of AI. You take pride in seeing your container go from a drawing to a humming 1MW reality.
What's next
We're building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. There's no artificial deadline, but when we find who we're looking for, we move. If this sounds like your next move, apply now.
Please submit your application through our Careers page. We don’t accept applications sent by email.
- Department
- Data Center Operations
About Verda
Verda (formerly DataCrunch) is a technology company building the next generation of cloud infrastructure for AI – compute that's instant, on-demand and at scale. Headquartered in Helsinki, the company operates globally across Europe, the US and Asia. Verda employs over 100 people from nearly 30 nationalities and has raised over $200M in total funding from investors including Lifeline Ventures, byFounders, J12 Ventures, Skaala, Varma and Tesi, alongside leading financial institutions.