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Data Engineer Intern roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's Computer Systems Analyst category when the position requires applying engineering principles to data pipelines, warehousing, or analytics systems. Canadian citizens can secure TN status at the port of entry with no lottery or cap. Mexican citizens need consular processing with advance scheduling.
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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 Intern
Frame your degree against TN criteria
TN visa approval for intern roles hinges on your degree aligning with Computer Systems Analyst duties. A computer science or engineering diploma works clearly. An applied math or statistics degree needs a support letter explaining how your coursework maps to data pipeline work.
Target employers with recent visa filings
Search for companies with recent visa filings in roles similar to data engineering. These employers have demonstrated experience with work visa sponsorship and will already understand the requirements for sponsoring visa-eligible positions like internships.
Distinguish intern scope in your offer letter
CBP officers evaluate whether the actual duties, not the job title, meet the specialty occupation threshold. Ask your employer to describe specific data engineering tasks in the offer letter: schema design, ETL pipeline development, or data quality frameworks, not just general support work.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers
Searching broadly wastes time on employers unfamiliar with TN sponsorship for intern roles. Migrate Mate filters for companies with active TN visa filing history so you're applying where sponsorship is already established practice, not an unknown process.
Prepare for Mexican consular processing timelines
Mexican citizens can't self-petition at the border like Canadians can. Consular appointments at U.S. embassies in Mexico can take several weeks to schedule. Confirm your interview slot is booked before your employer finalizes your start date to avoid conflicts.
Clarify TN extension terms before accepting the offer
TN status is granted for up to three years and is renewable indefinitely, but each renewal requires continued employment in a qualifying role. If the internship converts to full-time, confirm with HR that the new role still meets Computer Systems Analyst criteria before your status expires.
Data Engineer Intern TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Data Engineer Intern role qualify for TN visa sponsorship?
Yes, if the position involves applying computer systems principles to data infrastructure work such as building pipelines, designing data models, or managing warehousing systems. The TN category used is Computer Systems Analyst. CBP will evaluate the actual duties described in your offer letter, not just the intern title, so specificity in that document matters significantly.
How does TN visa sponsorship compare to H-1B for a Data Engineer Intern role?
TN sponsorship is faster and more predictable for this role. H-1B visa requires entering a lottery with roughly a 25% selection rate and waiting until October 1 to start work. TN has no lottery, no cap for Canadians, and Canadians can obtain status at the border the same day. The tradeoff is nationality: only Canadian and Mexican citizens qualify for TN.
Can my employer file for TN status before I graduate?
TN status requires that you already hold the qualifying degree at the time of filing. An offer letter and pending degree won't satisfy CBP requirements. Your employer should time the TN application so that your degree is conferred before your intended start date, not just completed in coursework. Some employers can adjust start dates to align with graduation.
How do I find Data Engineer Intern employers who already sponsor TN visas?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. It surfaces employers with documented TN visa filing history, so you can focus your applications on companies where sponsorship is an established process rather than a conversation you'd need to initiate from scratch. This is especially useful for intern roles where employer familiarity with TN requirements varies widely.
What happens to my TN status if my internship ends early or doesn't convert to full-time?
TN status is tied to the specific employer and role. If your internship ends before your authorized period, your TN status ends with it. You have a ten-day grace period after your employment ends before you're required to depart or change status. If a full-time offer doesn't materialize, you'll need a new employer to sponsor a fresh TN petition.