Electrical Design Engineer, Power Generation Containerization

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Job Title: Electrical Engineer, Power Generation Containerization                
Location:  Sidney, OH
 
About Us
Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies – from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers – to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we’re driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at irco.com and join us to own your future.  

Job Overview:
Help build the next generation of mission-critical power in this true ground-floor opportunity. The Electrical Design Engineer, Power Generation Containerization will help design, integrate, and launch a new line of large-scale, containerized power generation solutions supporting mission-critical data centers. Ingersoll Rand is building a new data center power generation vertical, and this engineer will help shape the electrical architecture, system integration, and manufacturing strategy behind it. The role will translate existing product knowledge from Ingersoll Rand’s acquired Australian business and North American partners into in-house designs that can be manufactured efficiently and at scale in Sidney, Ohio.

The Electrical Design Engineer will own key aspects of the electrical design and integration of large generator systems, including generator enclosures, power connections, controls access, electrical equipment layout, and overall packaged-system integration. These are not small commercial generators, but large-scale diesel generator systems designed to provide critical backup power for data center environments where reliability, uptime, and continuity are essential.  As an early member of this growing technical team, the engineer will have meaningful hands-on ownership from design and integration through validation, manufacturing readiness, and commercialization. The role will partner closely with the Mechanical Engineer, applications engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, suppliers, project management, and the Sidney plant to ensure the complete packaged solution meets both customer requirements and manufacturing needs.

The ideal candidate brings electrical design experience in power generation, large generator systems, data center electrical infrastructure, mission-critical backup power, industrial equipment, or modular/containerized power systems. Experience with generator packaging or containerization, 2MW+ systems, diesel generator sets, and environments where code compliance, serviceability, and reliability are critical is especially valuable. For an engineer who wants to do more than support an established product line, this is an opportunity to help build one from the ground up—with significant technical ownership, strong company investment, and meaningful growth potential.

Responsibilities:

Electrical System Design

• Design electrical systems for containerized and modular power generation packages supporting data center applications.

• Develop electrical schematics, single-line diagrams, wiring drawings, cable schedules, panel layouts, and system architecture documentation.

• Design and integrate:

  • Diesel and natural gas generator systems

  • Generator paralleling systems

  • Switchgear and switchboards

  • Medium- and low-voltage distribution equipment

  • Automatic transfer switches (ATS)

  • UPS interfaces

  • Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

  • Auxiliary systems including HVAC, lighting, monitoring, and fire protection

• Perform electrical calculations including:

  • Load flow analysis

  • Equipment sizing

  • Short-circuit studies

  • Voltage drop calculations

  • Protective device coordination

Data Center Power Solutions

• Develop solutions that support mission-critical data center reliability requirements including N, N+1, and 2N architectures.

• Support integration with customer electrical infrastructure and utility interconnection requirements.

• Design systems to meet data center expectations for uptime, maintainability, scalability, and serviceability.

• Collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to evaluate custom power generation and backup power solutions.

• Support electrical integration for modular and prefabricated power systems used in hyperscale and colocation data centers.

Product Development & Standardization

• Drive development of standardized containerized power generation platforms for data center markets.

• Create and maintain engineering specifications, design standards, and best practices.

• Conduct design reviews and support FMEA, reliability analysis, and risk assessments.

• Evaluate emerging technologies including hybrid power systems, energy storage, microgrids, and renewable energy integrations.

Testing, Validation & Commissioning

• Support prototype development, testing, and validation activities.

• Develop and review Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) procedures and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) protocols.

• Participate in commissioning and startup activities for customer projects.

• Troubleshoot electrical integration issues during manufacturing, deployment, and field operation.

Customer & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work directly with data center customers, consultants, contractors, and equipment suppliers.

• Provide technical leadership during project execution and customer design reviews.

• Support sales and business development teams with technical proposals and engineering evaluations.

• Coordinate with manufacturing and sourcing teams to ensure successful product implementation.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline.

• Minimum 3+ years of electrical design experience in power generation, critical facilities, industrial systems, modular infrastructure, or related industries.

• Experience designing power distribution systems and power generation equipment.

• Proficiency with AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, SolidWorks Electrical, or similar design platforms.

• Demonstrated knowledge of:

  • Generator systems

  • Electrical protection and coordination

  • Low-voltage and medium-voltage power distribution

  • Electrical codes and standards

• 3+ years experience interpreting electrical specifications and customer technical requirements.

Core Competencies:

• 5+ years of experience supporting data center, mission-critical, or power generation industries.

• Experience with:

  • Data center electrical infrastructure

  • Generator paralleling systems

  • Medium-voltage switchgear

  • Microgrid applications

  • Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

• Knowledge of data center design practices and redundancy architectures.

• Familiarity with PLC controls, SCADA systems, and power monitoring systems.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification.

• Experience supporting hyperscale data center customers such as Microsoft, AWS, Google, Meta, or other colocation providers.

Travel & Work Arrangements

• Position is based onsite in Sidney, OH

• Standard work hours 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Pay Range
The base pay range for this role is $100,000 - $130,000 annually. The pay range considers a wide range of factors that include a candidate’s skills; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and geographic location.  

What We Offer 
At Ingersoll Rand, we embrace a culture of personal ownership — taking responsibility for our company, our communities, and our environment, as well as our individual health and well-being. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to empower you with the tools and support necessary to take charge of your health, ensuring that together, we can continue to make life better. Our range of benefits includes health care options like medical and prescription plans, dental and vision coverage, as well as wellness programs. Additionally, we provide life insurance, a robust 401(k) plan, paid time off, and even an employee stock grant, among other offerings. These benefits are our commitment to you, so you can be your best at work and beyond. 

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.