2025’s 30 Under 30 EC&M Electrical All Stars: Sophia Pike

Sophia Pike

Job Title: Electrical Engineer III

Company: Syska Hennessy Group

Location: Boston

Age: 27

Years on the Job: 4

Interests: Spending time outside, playing soccer, going to her weekly hot yoga class, reading, and volunteering on the 7x24 New England Chapter as a member of the executive board

Growing up, Sophia Pike always dreamed of being a doctor, but her mom suggested she try engineering. After considering several engineering disciplines, she went to college to become an electrical engineer, and taking a power systems elective changed the trajectory of her career.

Born and raised in southern Maine, she earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology and her master’s degree in electrical engineering with a power systems concentration from Northeastern University in Boston.

While in college, she completed a co-op as a systems engineering intern in the data center group at Schneider Electric.“This opened my eyes to the data center industry very early,” she said. “It felt impressive to work on such large buildings where the engineering was the main event, not the architecture.”

Before joining Syska, she had a co-op at Vanderweil Engineers, where she also worked full-time on the electrical designs for data centers. She also completed courses from the Gordon Institute of Engineering Leadership and served as an intern at AHA Consulting Engineers.

When she joined Syska in 2022, she completed her technical courses and gained a deeper understanding of power distribution. As an electrical engineer III, she marks up drawings, runs client electrical workgroups, attends design team project calls, and works to create the electrical distribution for buildings. Currently, she is the lead electrical engineer on a 40MW tenant fit out of a data center in Northern Virginia.

One day, she would like to lead an electrical department. In addition, she is trying to encourage more women to join the industry. “I want to inspire people and create change in a male-dominated industry,” she said. “I want to be a voice for young women in MEP.”