Lead Engineer- Behind-the-Meter Power Infrastructure - CA, San Jose, United States
Originally posted 3 October 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on gas-to-power and behind-the-meter data center power projects.
About the role
This role involves acting as a client representative and technical validation lead for gas-to-power and behind-the-meter data center power projects. You will review and validate end-to-end power solutions from gas supply and pipeline infrastructure through generation, alternators, BESS, substations, medium-voltage distribution, protection systems, and final delivery to the data center load.
What you'll do
- Act as AMD’s technical client representative for behind-the-meter power infrastructure projects.
- Validate the full power chain from gas supply, pipeline lateral, easements, gas quality, fuel conditioning, and gas distribution through generation and electrical delivery.
- Review reciprocating engine, turbine, alternator, BESS, switchgear, transformer, substation, and protection-system designs.
- Assess whether proposed power solutions can meet data center load, redundancy, power-quality, maintainability, reliability, and commercial operation requirements.
- Review single-line diagrams, gas-flow diagrams, basis-of-design documents, permit matrices, equipment specifications, commissioning plans, and project schedules.
- Evaluate generator sizing, derating, heat rate, emissions controls, alternator performance, paralleling switchgear, and maintenance strategies.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Energy Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience in power generation, data center power infrastructure, gas-fired generation, utility systems, microgrids, industrial energy projects, or comparable complex power infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of natural gas infrastructure, including pipeline interconnects, laterals, metering stations, gas quality, pressure regulation, fuel conditioning, easements, right-of-way, and crossing permits.
- Experience with reciprocating generators, gas turbines, alternators, paralleling switchgear, emissions-control systems, continuous emissions monitoring systems, and plant commissioning.
- Knowledge of BESS, grid-forming inverters, islanded power systems, black start, load shedding, and non-export controls.
- Experience reviewing medium-voltage and high-voltage systems, including 13.8 kV, 34.5 kV, 138 kV, 230 kV, 345 kV, or comparable infrastructure.
- Familiarity with substations, main power transformers, switchgear, relays, short-circuit studies, protection coordination, arc-flash studies, grounding, and synchronization.
- Ability to review and interpret load-flow, dynamic stability, electromagnetic transient (EMT), rate-of-change-of-frequency (RoCoF), frequency-nadir, and harmonic studies.
- Working knowledge of applicable permitting and regulatory requirements for air emissions, stormwater, pipelines, road and rail crossings, fire protection, hazardous materials, LNG, and utility interconnection.
Nice to have
- Professional Engineer license.
- Experience collaborating with EPCs, developers, utilities, gas suppliers, OEMs, environmental consultants, and construction teams.
Skills: gas-to-power, behind-the-meter, data center power, medium-voltage distribution, BESS
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 51-day median for Power Electronics roles.
Power Electronics · Power Conversion
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Open roles in category
47
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$171k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (47 roles · 21 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 47 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 38 | 1385 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 51 d (−51 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $171k |
Skills observed across this category: gas-to-power, behind-the-meter, data center power, medium-voltage distribution, BESS
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 9 open roles · median 41 d
- Renesas Electronics · 5 open roles · median 34 d
- Power Integrations · 4 open roles · median 63 d
- Keysight Technologies · 3 open roles · median 51 d
- onsemi · 3 open roles · median 138 d
- Eridu AI · 2 open roles · median 27 d
How we counted: 47 open Power Electronics (Power Conversion) roles from 21 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 4 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.