Director, Electrical Engineering

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🕒 June 27

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote

💵 $197.6k - $221.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🔋 Electrical Engineer

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Stack Overflow

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2008

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

📚 Education

💰 Series E - Stack Overflow on 2020-12

SaaS • B2B • Education

Stack Overflow is a knowledge-sharing platform and company that provides a public Q&A community for developers alongside enterprise products that surface that verified technical knowledge inside organizations. Founded in 2008, the site hosts tens of millions of questions and answers and is used both by individual developers and more than 15,000 global companies. Stack Overflow’s offerings include Stack Internal (enterprise/team knowledge and integrations), Stack Data Licensing to power AI, Ads targeting developer audiences, APIs and other resources; the company emphasizes trusted, verifiable technical knowledge, security/compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR), and workflows that ground AI copilots in contextualized information.

📋 Description

• Lead the review, validation, and approval of project contract documents produced by third-party design consultants (EORs) • Direct and oversee project execution to ensure alignment with schedule, budget, quality, and operational expectations • Provide technical leadership and engineering expertise throughout all phases of project delivery, including planning, design, construction, commissioning, and field coordination • Lead the review and approval of owner furnished contractor installed (OFCI) equipment and systems • Provide technical leadership and resolution for RFIs, submittals, design clarifications, and field engineering issues during active design and construction • Evaluate, approve, and implement engineering design changes while ensuring alignment with project requirements, operational standards, and reliability objectives • Coordinate with construction teams, consultants, vendors, and internal stakeholders to resolve technical and field issues in a timely and effective manner • Maintain, improve, and update legacy Basis of Design (BOD) documents and company engineering standards • Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to electrical engineering practices, technical standards, resiliency, constructability, and operational efficiency • Identify and implement opportunities to improve energy efficiency, scalability, sustainability, and cost optimization across projects and existing facilities • Communicate and enforce engineering policies, standards, practices, and design methodologies • Maintain expertise in emerging technologies, market trends, and industry best practices related to mission critical electrical infrastructure and data center design • Provide engineering guidance and technical support for operations and infrastructure improvements within existing STACK facilities • Develop and maintain technical specifications for owner furnished contractor installed (OFCI) electrical equipment and systems • Assist in the development of new Basis of Design (BOD) standards and engineering solutions to support evolving business and customer requirements • Lead and mentor internal engineering staff while fostering technical development and engineering excellence across the organization • Drive alignment across Development, Construction, Operations, Procurement, and external partners to ensure successful project delivery • Provide technical leadership across multiple concurrent projects and regional developments • Drive long-term electrical infrastructure strategy focused on resiliency, scalability, maintainability, and operational efficiency • Evaluate emerging technologies and electrical infrastructure solutions for applicability, scalability, resiliency, sustainability, and cost optimization • Support capital planning, portfolio-wide engineering initiatives, and strategic technical decision-making • Experienced in reviewing Harmonic, SCCAF, Reliability and Availability studies.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering • Minimum of 10+ years of experience in the design of mission critical facilities and data centers, including specification of electrical equipment and technical procurement support • Demonstrated expertise in diesel engine standby generators, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, medium-voltage power distribution systems, and concurrently maintainable data center electrical infrastructure • Strong understanding of NEC, NFPA, IEEE, and applicable industry codes and standards • Experience managing and coordinating external engineering consultants, vendors, and multidisciplinary project teams • Experience supporting large-scale colocation and/or hyperscale data center developments preferred • Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred • Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint • Working proficiency in AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and Adobe Acrobat.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurance • a 401K program • flexible spending accounts • a cell phone subsidy • culture of appreciation including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs • events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues