Anthropicâs mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
About the role
Training and serving frontier AI models requires compute infrastructure at a scale and density that pushes past what conventional data center designs were built to handle. Anthropicâs Data Center team is responsible for delivering that physical infrastructure â partnering with build partners, equipment manufacturers, and utilities to stand up facilities that can reliably power some of the largest accelerator clusters in the industry.
As a Data Center Electrical Engineer based in Japan, youâll lead the electrical design of our facilities across our rapidly expanding Asia Pacific (APAC) portfolio â owning the architecture from the utility service entrance through to the rack. Youâll develop and maintain the reference designs and specifications our build partners work against, review their engineering submittals, and run the analysis needed to make confident decisions on topology, redundancy, and equipment selection. Youâll ensure the electrical architecture keeps pace with rapidly increasing rack densities and the unique load characteristics of large-scale ML training.
This is a global role with a regional focus. Youâll bring fluency in the data center design conventions, codes, and supply markets of Japan, Korea, and the broader APAC region including Australia, and act as Anthropicâs on-the-ground electrical subject-matter expert with local utilities, agencies having jurisdiction, vendors, and contractors. It is also a highly cross-functional role: youâll work with our hardware and compute teams to translate accelerator requirements into electrical design criteria, and with supply chain to qualify regional equipment vendors and create optionality in a constrained market. Strong candidates will bring deep mission-critical electrical design experience and the judgment to make sound trade-offs when the standard playbook doesnât apply.
Responsibilities
Electrical design engineering
âLead the electrical design of critical data center equipment across the APAC portfolio, including utility interface and substation, site-wide medium-voltage (MV) infrastructure, generators, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), switchgear, transformers, and earthing/grounding systems.
âDevelop and maintain Anthropicâs electrical basis of design, reference architectures, and technical specifications for critical power distribution â covering switchgear, UPS systems, PDUs, busway, and rack power delivery â producing designs that meet or exceed our quality requirements while staying within budgetary targets.
âPerform and validate engineering studies including short-circuit, coordination, arc flash, load flow, and power quality analysis; use findings to steer design decisions and equipment selection.
âRead, interpret, and validate data center floor plans and technical drawings, and design and plan DC hall layouts for newly allocated spaces â including rack positioning, structured cabling, power distribution, and coordination with the cooling design.
Partner, vendor utility coordination
âReview and approve electrical design packages, submittals, and shop drawings from build partners and MEP consultants, ensuring designs meet capacity, reliability, and maintainability requirements; review proposed technologies and clarify design justifications.
âWork with regional vendors and manufacturers to specify the appropriate electrical equipment, and partner with supply chain to build a diversified vendor base, modular prefabricated units that mitigates lead-time and single-source risk.
âWork with local utilities to understand and define site utility requirements, and with local agencies having jurisdiction to ensure compliance with IEC requirements, APAC-wide design codes, and other jurisdictional requirements.
âPresent findings and proposals to internal stakeholders and DCO teams through clear reports and presentations, and defend design positions when challenged.
Delivery, construction commissioning
âDefine project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to and during construction; coordinate and oversee the implementation of data center infrastructure with vendors, contractors, and internal teams, ensuring work follows approved designs and complies with safety, regulatory, and operational standards.
âWork with commissioning teams to test and validate the installation, operation, and performance of electrical systems; resolve field engineering issues and review test results against design intent.
âManage concurrent projects across multiple geographies, and travel to sites for design review, electrical systems audits, engineering evaluations, and startup support alongside onsite field engineers.
âContribute to the continuous improvement of Anthropicâs internal electrical design standards and delivery practices, and act as a leader within the global engineering group and across the internal and external teams that support our data centers.
You may be a good fit if you
âHave 10+ years of electrical engineering experience in mission-critical facilities, with substantial time spent on data center or other high-availability electrical distribution design across the project lifecycle â from concept design through construction, commissioning, and handover.
âSpeak, read, and write Japanese fluently, and can interpret Japanese technical documentation and communicate effectively with local utilities, authorities, vendors, and contractors. (This role requires Japanese-language proficiency.)
âAre familiar with data center design conventions and regulatory/code regimes across Japan, Korea, and the broader APAC region including Australia, and comfortable designing to IEC standards and local jurisdictional requirements.
âHold a bachelorâs degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; PE/Chartered Engineer licensure is valued but not required.
âHave hands-on experience producing and reviewing electrical construction documents, single-line diagrams, and equipment specifications, and can interpret data center schematics and technical layouts with confidence.
âHave strong knowledge of rack layout, structured cabling, power distribution, and cooling infrastructure in high-availability data center environments.
âAre fluent in power systems analysis and comfortable running or critically reviewing studies in tools such as SKM, ETAP, or EasyPower.
âUnderstand critical power topologies (2N, N+1, distributed redundant, block redundant) and can articulate the trade-offs between them for different reliability and cost targets.
âHave worked directly with electrical equipment manufacturers, vendors, and contractors, and can evaluate products on technical merit, not just datasheet claims.
âCommunicate clearly with both technical peers and non-specialist stakeholders, and are results-oriented, with a bias toward practical solutions and a willingness to pick up work outside your core remit when the team needs it.
Strong candidates may also have
âDirect project experience delivering data centers in multiple APAC markets (e.g., Japan, Korea, Australia, Singapore) and familiarity with regional codes and standards such as JIS/JEAC, alongside IEC, NFPA 70/70E, and the IEEE color book series.
âBackground in medium-voltage distribution, on-site generation, or energy storage integration.
âExposure to liquid-cooled infrastructure and its implications for electrical room layout and load distribution.
âPrior work at a hyperscaler, colocation provider, or MEP consultancy serving large data center clients.
âA background in banking or other mission-critical facilities.
âExperience driving reference designs or standards adopted across multiple sites or by external partners.
Logistics
Minimum education: Bachelorâs degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification.</s
