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Data Center Proposal Engineer
Capstone
Van Nuys, USA
Full-time
Mid Level
Onsite
USD 125000-160000 yearly
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- Mechanical & Power Design: Proficiency in thermodynamic and mechanical performance calculations to develop turbine power requirements, performance curves, and auxiliary system interfaces.
- Electrical Systems: Expertise in electrical packaging for gensets, including 3-phase synchronization, load balancing, and managing power factors.
- Product Selection: Capability to evaluate customer specifications against product catalogs to determine the optimal turbine configuration (e.g., simple vs. combined cycle) and prepare technical proposals.
- Turbine Power Generation: Design of "cradle-to-grave" turbine architectures, often coupled with aeroderivative gas generators or steam-driven systems.
- Absorption Chilling: Integrating absorption or adsorption chillers that utilize waste heat from turbine exhaust for district cooling or turbine inlet air cooling, which can improve net plant efficiency to nearly 80%.
- Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS): Implementation of BESS to manage peak demand and frequency response, utilizing grid-forming technology to stabilize the power system.
- Plant-Level Control Systems: Mastery of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) to coordinate turbines and BESS. These systems manage charge/discharge cycles and maintain grid stability through active and reactive power commands.
- Design & Modeling: 3D CAD (CREO, SolidWorks), AutoCAD, and system simulation tools like ANSYS or MATLAB.
- Proposal Management: Experience with Microsoft Project for timeline tracking and ERP systems for cost estimation.
- Professional Credentials: Pursuing a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation is highly valued for signing off on technical designs.
- Industry Job Portals: Monitor openings at major manufacturers such as Siemens Energy Careers or Mitsubishi Power Jobs for 2026-specific roles.
- Professional Standards: Review API 617 and API 614 standards, which are critical for mechanical performance and auxiliary system compliance in power applications.
- High-Level Excel & Financial Modeling: Beyond standard spreadsheets, you must build robust financial models for power generation to calculate Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Net Present Value (NPV), and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) for integrated projects.
- P&L Ownership: You are responsible for the project's "shadow" Profit & Loss statement during the proposal phase, ensuring that the technical solution (e.g., adding BESS or absorption chilling) aligns with the manufacturer's margin targets and the customer's payback period.
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