Electrical Engineer IV, Data Center Design

Department: ECO

Location: Remote

Compensation: $165K – $185K

Employment Type: FullTime

Rowan Digital Infrastructure is redefining how data centers are delivered—faster, smarter, and at scale. We partner with hyperscale customers to provide tailored, high-performance infrastructure with a focus on sustainability, efficiency, and flexibility.

Our experienced, end-to-end team delivers custom solutions across a growing portfolio of strategic sites in key markets across the United States. Backed by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, Rowan is committed to enabling the next generation of digital infrastructure—and building a more sustainable future in the process.

Ready to help transform how the world’s most important technologies are powered? Join us.

Role Summary

Rowan Digital Infrastructure is looking for an Electrical Engineer 4 to join our engineering team as a data center design lead in support of hyperscale data center projects across the Rowan portfolio. The Electrical Engineer 4 is a critical part of the technical team that will help support all aspects of the Rowan approach from site origination through operations of data center infrastructure. The key focus for this role will include molding strategy, design, and deployment in support of Rowan critical capacity. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of successfully delivering data center or relevant industry projects as a licensed Professional Engineer. The successful candidate will also have excellent strategic thinking skills, organizational and communication skills, the ability to multitask, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Travel: Ability to travel up to (25%) for company gatherings, meetings, or to project sites.

Location: Denver, Colorado – Hybrid Opportunity

Compensation: $165k-$185k (Offers Bonus)

Career Expectations:

• Multiple projects, programs or portfolio-focused for department. Owns and deliver areas of work in service of annual goals of the team. Expertly identifies solutions to solve ambiguous, open-ended problems that require tough prioritization and cross-team dependencies. Is a leader for the team with impact extending outside the team.

• Knowledge & Technical Skill – Expertise that spans multiple domains. Developing into go-to expert in one or more specific areas of their role. Researches and proposes ways advance self-, team- and company-wide learnings areas of expertise.

• Execution & Autonomy – Consults with manager to align on priorities and approach to defined department goals, owns scoping and delivery toward owned goals. Proactively identifies potential hurdles and roadblocks across teams and works to remove them efficiently, and escalating when needed with suggested new approaches to discuss. Demonstrates critical thinking in managing projects and teams.

• Communication & Collaboration – Builds effective relationships across teams and help get to positive outcomes. Proactively communicates and coordinates with other groups and manages conflict, disagreeing and committing when necessary. Tailors message and medium to the audience, communicating clearly and concisely. Proactively shares information so the right people are informed and aligned. Fosters an effective communication across the team. Helps the department collaborate

• Process & Project Leadership – Proactively assesses and optimizes processes to improve team outcomes and help Rowan scale. Understands and acts on the importance of feedback loops, assesses failures in a no-fault environment and ensures processes and documents account for learnings. Accountable for goals and deliverables that are dependent on your own work and the work of other internal teams and external partners.

Essential Responsibilities

• This role is for an electrical data center design lead to mold strategy, design, and deployment of Rowan turnkey and Build-to-Suit hyperscale data centers as well as providing leadership to the team successfully delivering data center infrastructure.

• Lead internal and external teams to decisions and drive to outcomes.

• Lead, direct, and manage consultants in the design, procurement, construction and implementation of Rowan hyperscale data centers. Identify risks during all stages of the project lifecycle.

• As a technical SME, mold design, project scope, schedule, and deliverables to meet client and Rowan requirements.

• Partner with procurement to deliver the equipment required for the success of Rowan projects.

• Support RFPs for electrical infrastructure design, construction, and operations. Review bids for conformance with the requirements of the RFP. Provide clarification on technical requirements.

• Integrate with the energy team to coordinate with the identified utilities. Act as the technical liaison between the consultant and the utility.

• Support the growth of the engineering team and of Rowan through the ownership of transmission, substation and distribution standardization to jumpstart internal and external teams.

• Demonstrate a customers are our North star mentality. Earning, nurturing, and creating trust and relationships with utilities and client technical experts.

• Mentor the engineering team to grow the teams collective expertise.

• Support other technical tasks not listed as required.

Education, Skills, and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.

• 10+ years’ overall experience with 5+ years’ of technical data center design and delivery experience.

• Licensed Professional Engineer

• Experience delivering complex electrical projects through design, construction, commissioning, and operation.

• Experience working with external stakeholders including AHJ’s and utilities.

• Experience communicating with senior leaders and executives at all levels of the organization.

• Knowledge of transmission, substation, distribution, and data center industry and trends.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, and highly cross-functional environment.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Experience of proficiency in MS Office Suite, AutoCAD, REVIT, GIS, and Blue Beam Revu.

• The Rowan team collaborates constantly; however, the successful candidate should be comfortable working independently.

Fueled by Excellence & Collaboration

At Rowan, we are a distributed team united by a common mission to transform data center delivery. Across our two offices, we offer a hybrid work environment supported by the teamwork, technology, and in-office gathering time to help you be successful. We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado and have an office in Seattle, Washington. Our team of talented and passionate individuals is spread out across the U.S.

Here to support you

At Rowan, we want to make sure you can do great work. We offer competitive benefits focused on helping you be and achieve your best.

• Hybrid working environment

• Team building and educational opportunities

• Generous benefits package including robust health benefits and a 401(k) company contribution

• Unlimited PTO

• Competitive compensation and bonus plan

Equal Opportunity Employer

Rowan Digital is an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome and celebrate diversity in all aspects of our workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.