TN Visa Data Engineer Jobs
Data Engineer roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's Computer Systems Analyst category, making them one of the most accessible U.S. tech positions for Canadian and Mexican professionals. Your degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field is the key credential employers and CBP officers both expect to see.
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This role is not remote, but supports a site that is not yet announced. Candidates must be able to work onsite 5 days a week.
Note: Google's hybrid workplace includes remote roles.
Remote location: Georgia, USA.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in mission-critical facility design and construction environments.
- Experience in design, construction, and commissioning of utility electrical distribution systems in mission-critical facility design and construction environments.
- Experience in electrical infrastructure.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree in Engineering, Business or other relevant field or a professional engineering license or a Professional Engineering (PE) license.
- Experience in estimating, electrical design, operation, and commissioning of substations, switchgear, Alternative Transients Program (ATP)/Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS), emergency power systems and their control systems, power monitoring, and electrical protection.
- Experience in design, construction, and commissioning of high voltage substations, medium or low voltage electrical distribution systems, AC/DC systems, and associated power management or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) tools.
- Experience working with data center equipment and environments (e.g., switchgear, generators, transformers, controls, security monitoring systems, fire safety systems), with a strong understanding of start up/commissioning processes.
- Experience with cross-discipline teams (e.g., structural, civil, IT/Telecom, security, mechanical, architectural).
- Experience with medium voltage systems.
ABOUT THE JOB
Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department - cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements - even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.
With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).
As a Data Center Services Electrical Engineer, you will play a crucial role in the field-level implementation and operational support of Google’s rapidly expanding data centers. You will be responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and commissioning of Electrical distribution systems, ensuring projects are delivered safely, swiftly, and with high quality. You will manage site-level electrical engineering issues, ensuring compliance with design standards and local regulations, supporting quality assurance, and providing technical guidance to vendor teams. You will be a strong communicator and collaborator who grows on construction sites and has experience with mechanical systems, ideally within mission-critical facilities, heavy industrial, oil and gas, or semiconductor industries.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.
We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $144000 - $209000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Define data center system-level, product architecture, and Research and Development, while helping to develop operations and maintenance procedures for systems/processes.
- Conduct engineering analysis and research designs and methods of data center equipment and facilities.
- Ensure designs and installations meet requirements (e.g., predicted cooling, structural, operational concerns, etc.).
- Collaborate with Data Center Delivery and Engineering (DCDE) core teams to develop, implement, and manage the data center (DC) electrical designs at site starting from basis of design (BOD) to issued for construction (IFC) data center services documents for new DC projects build outs, infrastructure upgrades, and renovations.
- Oversee all site-level electrical system issues throughout the project execution phase, diagnose and resolve issues with cross-functional teams, uphold DC related electrical system design requirements and interface documents, and comply with the change control process.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
INTRODUCTION
This role is not remote, but supports a site that is not yet announced. Candidates must be able to work onsite 5 days a week.
Note: Google's hybrid workplace includes remote roles.
Remote location: Georgia, USA.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in mission-critical facility design and construction environments.
- Experience in design, construction, and commissioning of utility electrical distribution systems in mission-critical facility design and construction environments.
- Experience in electrical infrastructure.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree in Engineering, Business or other relevant field or a professional engineering license or a Professional Engineering (PE) license.
- Experience in estimating, electrical design, operation, and commissioning of substations, switchgear, Alternative Transients Program (ATP)/Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS), emergency power systems and their control systems, power monitoring, and electrical protection.
- Experience in design, construction, and commissioning of high voltage substations, medium or low voltage electrical distribution systems, AC/DC systems, and associated power management or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) tools.
- Experience working with data center equipment and environments (e.g., switchgear, generators, transformers, controls, security monitoring systems, fire safety systems), with a strong understanding of start up/commissioning processes.
- Experience with cross-discipline teams (e.g., structural, civil, IT/Telecom, security, mechanical, architectural).
- Experience with medium voltage systems.
ABOUT THE JOB
Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department - cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements - even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.
With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).
As a Data Center Services Electrical Engineer, you will play a crucial role in the field-level implementation and operational support of Google’s rapidly expanding data centers. You will be responsible for overseeing the design, construction, and commissioning of Electrical distribution systems, ensuring projects are delivered safely, swiftly, and with high quality. You will manage site-level electrical engineering issues, ensuring compliance with design standards and local regulations, supporting quality assurance, and providing technical guidance to vendor teams. You will be a strong communicator and collaborator who grows on construction sites and has experience with mechanical systems, ideally within mission-critical facilities, heavy industrial, oil and gas, or semiconductor industries.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.
We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $144000 - $209000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Define data center system-level, product architecture, and Research and Development, while helping to develop operations and maintenance procedures for systems/processes.
- Conduct engineering analysis and research designs and methods of data center equipment and facilities.
- Ensure designs and installations meet requirements (e.g., predicted cooling, structural, operational concerns, etc.).
- Collaborate with Data Center Delivery and Engineering (DCDE) core teams to develop, implement, and manage the data center (DC) electrical designs at site starting from basis of design (BOD) to issued for construction (IFC) data center services documents for new DC projects build outs, infrastructure upgrades, and renovations.
- Oversee all site-level electrical system issues throughout the project execution phase, diagnose and resolve issues with cross-functional teams, uphold DC related electrical system design requirements and interface documents, and comply with the change control process.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as a Data Engineer
Align your credentials to the CSA category
TN visa classification for Data Engineers relies on the Computer Systems Analyst category. Your degree must be in computer science, information systems, or a directly related field. A general business or unrelated degree, even with strong data experience, can trigger a CBP denial at the border.
Build a support letter that frames pipelines as systems analysis
CBP officers aren't data engineers. Your employer's support letter needs to translate your role into language that matches the TN category: designing, analyzing, and implementing data systems. Vague job titles like 'data platform engineer' without that framing raise classification questions on the spot.
Target employers with recent visa filings
Search Migrate Mate's database to identify employers with recent visa filings in engineering and computer systems roles. These employers have experience sponsoring work visas and will be familiar with the support letter process required for TN status.
Use Migrate Mate to surface verified TN sponsoring employers
Migrate Mate filters job listings by employers with recent visa filings, so you aren't cold-applying to companies unfamiliar with visa sponsorship. Search specifically for Data Engineer and Computer Systems Analyst roles to reach employers experienced with supporting work visa candidates.
Prepare for port-of-entry adjudication as a Canadian
Canadian citizens apply directly at a U.S. land border or pre-clearance location without a separate visa stamp. Bring your offer letter, employer support letter, credential documents, and degree transcripts in one organized package. CBP officers make the final call on the spot.
Understand the Mexican TN allocation before you negotiate timelines
Mexico has an annual TN cap, unlike Canada, and the consular process adds weeks to your timeline. Confirm with your employer that they're prepared to file a DS-160 and schedule a consular interview, not just issue a support letter, before you accept an offer start date.
Data Engineer TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Data Engineer role actually qualify for TN status?
Yes, Data Engineer positions qualify under the Computer Systems Analyst TN category, provided your role involves designing, analyzing, or implementing data systems and your degree is in computer science, information systems, or a closely related field. Roles focused purely on data entry or operations without systems design responsibilities are harder to support under this category.
How does TN compare to H-1B for Data Engineer positions?
TN has no lottery and no annual cap for Canadians, so you can start working as soon as CBP approves your application at the port of entry. H-1B visa requires surviving a random lottery with a roughly 25% selection rate. TN is also employer-transferable: when you switch jobs, you file a new TN rather than waiting for a cap-subject slot. The tradeoff is that TN is nonimmigrant by design, with no direct path to a green card built in.
Where can I find Data Engineer jobs that offer TN visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate helps you find Data Engineer and Computer Systems Analyst roles at employers with recent visa filings, demonstrating experience with work visa sponsorship. These employers are often well-positioned to support visa-eligible candidates. Canadian applicants can present an employer support letter at the U.S. port of entry, while Mexican applicants apply through a U.S. consulate—no government filing is required for either path.
What documents does my employer need to provide for my TN application?
Your employer must provide a signed support letter on company letterhead that describes your job duties in terms of computer systems analysis, confirms you hold a qualifying degree, states your anticipated length of employment, and identifies you as a Canadian or Mexican citizen. The letter isn't filed with a government agency in advance for Canadian applicants; it's presented directly to CBP at the port of entry alongside your credentials.
Can I switch Data Engineer employers while on TN status?
Yes, but you must have a new TN approved before you start working for the new employer. TN status is employer-specific, so your current approval doesn't carry over. Canadian professionals can apply at the border with the new employer's support letter. Mexican nationals need to go through consular processing again. There's no grace period built into TN for the period between jobs the way some other statuses provide.