Data Center Power Generation and Microgrids Engineer

AI safety and research company building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems, including the Claude product family and developer platform.

Series F+Recently funded0 current maintainers0 active leads
San Francisco, United States
About Anthropic

Anthropic PBC develops frontier AI systems and deploys them through Claude products and the Claude Platform, with a stated focus on safety, interpretability, and steerability.

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About the Role

You will own behind-the-meter generation, energy-storage, and microgrid architecture for data centers. You will lead interconnection engineering, evaluate vendors, define performance requirements, review designs, support commissioning, and improve generation and interconnection standards across sites.

Requirements

  • Power generation
  • Microgrid
  • Battery energy storage
  • Utility interconnection
  • Data center
  • Reciprocating engine
  • Gas turbine
  • Fuel cell
  • Power system
  • Power quality
  • Load flow
  • Short-circuit analysis
  • Transient stability
  • ETAP
  • SKM
  • PSS/E
  • PSCAD
  • EasyPower
  • IEEE
  • NFPA
  • SCADA
  • EPMS
  • Commissioning

Responsibilities

  • Own on-site generation architecture, sizing, topology, fuel systems, and emissions controls
  • Develop generation expansion and temporary-power strategies
  • Model generation response to data center load profiles
  • Define battery energy storage and microgrid architecture
  • Specify microgrid-controller requirements and integrate controls with SCADA and EPMS
  • Lead utility interconnection studies, agreements, and compliance
  • Own power quality at the point of interconnection
  • Lead technical diligence for generation, storage, and microgrid vendors
  • Define technical performance terms for energy-services agreements
  • Review design packages and support factory and site acceptance testing
  • Manage generation and microgrid work across multiple sites

Benefits

  • Equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation
  • Parental leave
  • Flexible working hours