Mauricio Cespedes
Electrical Engineer at Meta
- Role
- Electrical Engineer at Meta
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mauricio Cespedes
Distinguished with two Best Paper Awards from the prestigious Transactions on Power Electronics - I bring a blend of scientific rigor, practical engineering insight, curiosity, strong technical expertise and a commitment to excellence.I’m an expert on power-electronics, control, and power-systems with over 15 years of experience at the intersection of electrical engineering, power conversion, and AI data-center design. I specialize in control-system development, real-time power monitoring, system-stability, modeling, and advanced power-management strategies for large-scale AI infrastructure.
Experience
Electrical Engineer
Nov 2025 — Present
Mitigation of large-scale AI training power fluctuations (2022–2025)Identified early the impact of aggregated AI workload power transients on data-center scaling and led cross-functional R&D to develop coordinated power-smoothing solutions across software, silicon, and infrastructure. Delivered production-scale implementations that reduced fluctuations with minimal performance and cost impact, enabling scalable, utility-aligned deployments.Design and deployment of monitoring system based on phasor-monitoring units (2024)Architected and deployed real-time power monitoring systems using phasor-measurement technology with FPGA-based processing and synchronized telemetry. Built end-to-end analytics pipelines and dashboards to improve power-system visibility, stability, and energy efficiency.Power control firmware development in IT hardware and UPS systems (2023–2024)Developed and modified control firmware and power algorithms in IT hardware and UPS systems to meet stringent electrical specifications. Created advanced impedance measurement and modeling techniques, validated through hardware-in-the-loop simulations.System specification for end-to-end stability of data-center systems (2018–2022)Authored and drove adoption of system-level specifications to ensure impedance characterization and grid-scale stability across data-center infrastructure. Led cross-industry collaboration and built detailed circuit models with automated measurement and digital-twin validation workflows.
Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical Engineering
2010 — 2014
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Master's degree, Electrical Engineering
2008 — 2009
Universidad de Costa Rica UCR
Bachelor's degree, Power Systems Engineering
2002 — 2006
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