Data Centre Power Engineer Jobs in Energy: Demand & Skills
Part of Plutarch’s ongoing analysis of skill demand in energy hiring — last updated 5 October 2026, based on 15 tracked postings.
As of 5 October 2026, Plutarch tracked 15 unique open Data Centre Power Engineer postings at energy employers.
This is a small, highly specialized market with only ten open postings, concentrated almost entirely in the United States with a single posting in France. Titles split between electrical and power-systems engineering roles and a smaller group of field, sales and technical roles tied to data center power infrastructure. More than half of postings carry no stated seniority level, while the remainder are explicitly senior, lead, principal or managerial, with no junior or executive titles present.
Open postings
Where
- United States · 10
- France · 2
- Netherlands · 1
- Other or not stated · 2
Seniority
- Level not stated in title · 7
- Senior, lead, staff or manager · 8
How many employers state pay
- United States · pay stated in 4 of 9 postings we could read
- France · pay stated in 0 of 2 postings we could read
- Netherlands · pay stated in 0 of 1 posting we could read
Counted from the same open postings as above, leaving out postings whose text we could not read for pay. Pay disclosure tracks local pay-transparency law more closely than employer policy, so a low rate is not evidence that employers here pay less.
Who is hiring
| Employer | Open postings |
|---|---|
| Fluence | 2 |
| Southern Company | 2 |
| Vaisala | 2 |
| ABB | 1 |
| Baker Hughes | 1 |
| Centrica | 1 |
| Crusoe | 1 |
| Energy Vault | 1 |
| RMI | 1 |
| Siemens Energy | 1 |
| TotalEnergies | 1 |
| Vattenfall | 1 |
How these roles are titled
Every open posting uses a different title, so there is no standard wording for this role. A search that looks for one title will miss most of this market.
- ALTERNANCE - Apprenti(e) Thermique & DLC pour Data Centers
- Bid Manager Data Centers - Turnkey HV substation
- Business Development Manager, Data Center Power
- Business Development Manager, Data Centers Power
- Data Centre Shift Operations - Electrical AP
- Electrical Field Engineer - Data Center
- Field Application Engineer (Microgrid, BESS, Distributed Energy Resource, Data Center)
- Generator Field Technician (Commercial, LV/MV Electrical, Data Center. Facilities Management)
- Key Account Manager - Power Generation for Data Centers
- Lead Power Systems Engineer, Data Centers
- Principal, Power Systems & Data Centers - Impact Consulting
- Sales Specialist Energy Efficiency & Data Centers
- Senior Power Systems Engineer, Data Centers
- Senior Sales Engineer BESS + Data Center
- Thesis Work - Integration of Data Centres into the Swedish Electricity System
What employers ask for
Skills and tools named in the text of 9 open postings we could read in full, most named first.
| Skill or tool | Postings naming it | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| Battery storage | 5 of 9 | 3 |
| Power systems / grid | 3 of 9 | 3 |
A skill counts when the posting names it anywhere — requirements, role description or the employer’s own introduction. A skill is shown only when at least 3 postings from at least two employers name it. Postings whose full text we did not read are left out of these counts rather than counted as asking for nothing.
Patterns in the job titles
- Power systems engineering for data center facilities
- Electrical engineering applied to data center projects
- Microgrid expertise combined with data center infrastructure
What the postings suggest about filling this role
Filling these roles is made harder by the narrow overlap of specialized electrical, power-systems and energy-storage skills applied specifically to data center environments, which limits the pool of qualified candidates. The absence of junior or entry-level titles means employers cannot rely on growing talent internally, while the concentration of senior-level titles suggests competition is strongest for experienced hires rather than early-career candidates.
Read from employer demand only. These sources show what employers advertise, not how many people are available to hire, so this is a reading of the vacancies rather than a measure of scarcity.
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