Electrical Power Engineer

Asiacom Americas Inc.

📍San Jose, CA
Posted May 21, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Electrical Power Engineer

Company

Asiacom Americas Inc.

Location

San Jose, CA

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4416714816

Job Description

Data Center Facility Engineer

We are seeking an energetic Data Center Facility Engineer to serve as a technical resource in data centers. The position will help ensure overall availability and reliability to meet or exceed defined service levels of data center operations. The Data Center Facility Engineer is responsible for the overall operation and maintenance of all electrical and HVAC equipment within the data center.

This role acts as front line when it comes to hands-on electrical equipment troubleshooting. They will maintain, operate, and troubleshoot mission-critical data center facility equipment including electrical support equipment such as stand-by diesel generators and related fuel systems, 3 phase electrical systems that include but not limited to switchgear, UPS units, Power Distribution Units (PDUs), and wet cell batteries and associated systems. Additional support equipment is included in the scope of the role which includes fire suppression systems, building automation systems, and general facilities equipment.

Job Location: Santa Clara, CA/ Sterling, VA/ Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities

  • Oversee all aspects of the data center's critical physical infrastructure. Ensure that all work performed within the space is done to high quality and without impact to internal/external customers.

  • Create, review, and update Method of Procedures (MOPs) for routine maintenance tasks and equipment installations. Ensure MOPs adhere to industry best practices and safety standards.

  • Lead incident response efforts to resolve facility-related issues, including power outages, cooling failures, and environmental alarms. Implement corrective actions swiftly to minimize downtime.

  • Engage in improvement projects, often requiring reaching out to a variety of support teams and drive them from conception to completion.

  • Coordinates daily with a multitude of third-party vendors ensuring adherence to contracted SLAs

  • Provide on-call support during off hours for the data centers in the region. This will include responding to any issues within the data centers and managing the investigation, mitigation, and recovery of the issue.

Basic Qualifications

  • Must have at least a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.

  • 3+ years of experience working in data centers with an emphasis on operation and maintenance in data center infrastructure, including HVAC, electrical systems, backup generators, and fire suppression systems.

  • Understanding of the electrical involved in critical data center operations such as: feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) units, Power Distribution Units (PDUs)。

  • Must be fluent in English and Chinese Mandarin.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.Can you walk me through how an Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) operates during a utility power failure and how it coordinates with the standby generators and UPS systems?
  • 2.What are the critical safety protocols and steps you follow when performing maintenance on medium voltage switchgear in a live data center environment?
  • 3.How do you approach troubleshooting a PDU that is reporting a phase imbalance alarm, and what are the potential risks if this is not resolved quickly?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to lead an incident response effort for a critical facility issue, such as a power outage or cooling failure. How did you manage the situation and minimize downtime?
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to coordinate with multiple third-party vendors to resolve a complex data center issue or complete a project. How did you ensure they met their SLAs?
  • 3.Give me an example of a time you identified a need for an improvement project in a data center and drove it from conception to completion.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are the on-call engineer and receive an alarm at 2:00 AM indicating a cooling failure in a high-density server room, with temperatures rising rapidly. What are your immediate steps?
  • 2.A vendor is on-site to perform routine maintenance on a UPS system, but you notice they are deviating from the approved MOP and are about to open a breaker that could drop the critical load. How do you handle this?

Resume Keywords

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Data Center Operations3-Phase PowerSwitchgearUPS SystemsDiesel GeneratorsPower Distribution UnitsMethod of Procedures (MOPs)Incident ResponseHVACAutomatic Transfer Switch (ATS)Vendor ManagementBilingual Mandarin

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