Manager of Electrical Engineering, CoreWeave
$157-210k
+ Discretionary bonus + Equity awards
More information about location
3 days a week in office
The essential cloud for AI
Open for applications
The essential cloud for AI
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$157-210k
+ Discretionary bonus + Equity awards
More information about location
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To manage the complexities of AI growth to make supercomputing accessible and push the limits of what's possible.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience designing, developing, or managing electrical infrastructure within mission-critical facilities, data centers, or similarly complex environments
- Strong understanding of electrical systems, including substations, switchgear, generators, UPS systems, battery energy storage systems, power distribution, and fire alarm systems
- Experience supporting large-scale, high-density data center environments and cloud infrastructure deployments
- Familiarity with Emergency Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, control sequences, and monitoring protocols
- Proven experience managing complex engineering projects through design, construction, commissioning, and handoff
- Strong knowledge of applicable electrical codes, standards, and industry best practices
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment
- Professional Engineering (PE) license preferred
- Industry certifications such as Uptime Institute, BICSI, or similar are a plus
- Willingness to travel to data center sites as needed
What the job involves
- CoreWeave is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Manager, Electrical Engineering to lead the design and delivery of critical electrical infrastructure supporting our rapidly expanding data center portfolio
- In this role, you will oversee electrical engineering efforts across new builds, expansions, and upgrades, ensuring our facilities meet the highest standards of reliability, scalability, efficiency, and operational excellence
- You will partner closely with internal stakeholders, external consultants, vendors, and construction teams to drive electrical design strategy, establish engineering standards, and ensure successful project execution from concept through commissioning
- Lead electrical engineering design initiatives for new data center developments, capacity expansions, and infrastructure upgrades
- Manage the design and implementation of mission-critical electrical systems, including substations, medium- and low-voltage distribution, emergency generators, UPS systems, battery plants, and fire alarm systems
- Establish, maintain, and continuously improve electrical engineering standards, design guidelines, and best practices across the data center portfolio
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Data Center Operations, Construction, Real Estate, Network Engineering, and Project Management, to ensure cohesive infrastructure planning and execution
- Review and provide technical oversight of design drawings, specifications, calculations, and shop drawing submissions from consultants and contractors
- Partner with third-party engineering firms, vendors, and equipment manufacturers to ensure compliance with Basis of Design (BoD) requirements and company standards
- Support project planning activities, including budgeting, scheduling, resource forecasting, and risk management
- Ensure all electrical designs comply with applicable codes, industry standards, regulatory requirements, and safety practices
- Develop electrical monitoring and controls strategies, including integration with EPMS and SCADA platforms
- Identify opportunities to improve design processes, operational reliability, efficiency, and maintainability across the data center fleet
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and engineering excellence
- Support commissioning, startup, and operational readiness activities for new infrastructure deployments
Our take
As AI continues to dominate the tech landscape, the demand for faster, more efficient cloud infrastructure is only intensifying. Traditional cloud providers often struggle with the sheer speed and scale required to power advanced AI models, leaving a gap for more specialized players. And that's where CoreWeave comes in, a company purpose-built to handle the heavy computational lift that the AI era demands.
CoreWeave's story is an interesting one too. What began in 2017 as a small crypto mining venture has evolved into one of the leading AI-focused cloud providers in the world. Its data centers are packed with high-end GPUs optimized for machine learning and generative AI, serving major clients like Microsoft and OpenAI. By designing its infrastructure around the needs of modern AI workloads rather than retrofitting older systems, CoreWeave has carved out a distinct and highly valuable niche in the market.
That focus in paying off in a big way too. Analyst project CoreWeave's revenue to soar from $5.3B in 2025 to the mid-$20Bs by 2028, up from just $16M in 2022. While there is competition from tech giants like Amazon and Google, CoreWeave's speed, specialization, and bold investment strategy put in in a very powerful position to keep riding (and helping shape) the AI boom.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
194% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2024
$1.1bn
SERIES C
May 2023
$200m
SERIES B
Total funding: $1.7bn
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Michael Intrator
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously, Michael was a Principal Portfolio Manager at Natsource Asset Management for over 15 years. He also served as the CEO of Hudson Ridge Asset Management before co-founding CoreWeave in 2018.
Brian Venturo
(Co-Founder & CSO)Brian spent nearly 6 years at Natsource Asset Management as a Portfolio Manager before becoming a Partner at Hudson Ridge Asset Management. After co-founding CoreWeave he served as the CTO until 2024 when he moved into his current role of Chief Strategy Officer.
Brannin McBee
(Co-Founder & CDO)Brannin has a history in Proprietary Trading, having previously worked at Windy Bay Power and Active Power Investments. He also served as a VP at Fourth Floor Coastal and as an Associate at Elustria Capital PArtners.
Peter Salanki
(Co-Founder & CTO)Peter Previously served as a Director of Americas at Sandvine. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at Procera Networks as a Solutions Architect, Lead Architect, and Principal Solutions Architect.
Nitin Agrawal
(CFO)Nitin joined CoreWeave in 2024 as CFO. Prior to this, he was the VP of Finance at Google Cloud and CFO at Mapbox. He also spent nearly 5 years at AWS as CFO of Compute Services and 7 years at Microsoft as Group Manager of Finance.
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