Senior Manager or Director, Electrical Engineering (Design)

NScale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI, providing high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprises. The Director of Electrical Engineering will lead the electrical design and engineering governance across multiple U.S. data center sites, focusing on high-density AI deployments and ensuring technical excellence in electrical systems.

Responsibilities:

• Lead concept, schematic, and detailed design reviews for new builds and expansions
• Establish and maintain design standards and reference architectures to enable repeatable, rapid deployment across the U.S
• Ensure designs meet availability, maintainability, efficiency targets, safety targets, and are suitable for high-density AI workloads
• Provide engineering support through LLE Equipment procurement, submittals, RFIs, field changes, and issue resolution during construction
• Select and manage architectural & engineering consultants throughout design process from schematic to construction documents
• Enforce quality and documentation standards through document issuance reviews
• Lead reviews of short-circuit and arc flash studies, including confirming study assumptions, protective device coordination intent, equipment ratings, labeling requirements, and remediation actions needed to meet safety and compliance targets
• Partner cross-functionally with construction, commissioning, operations, procurement, and product/platform stakeholders to ensure mechanical systems meet business and customer requirements
• Implement lessons learned from deployments, improve reliability and maintainability, and push innovation in cooling and energy efficiency
• Build and lead a high-performing team of engineers including hiring, mentoring, performance management, and career development
• Support electrical technical due diligence for potential colocation sites, including assessment of utility feeds, redundancy, power density capability, available capacity headroom, operational maturity, and maintenance practices
• Review and validate landlord/operator-provided documentation, including basis of design, one-lines, protective device coordination study summaries, sequences of operation, maintenance records, incident history, and commissioning reports
• Define and negotiate electrical lease exhibits and technical schedules (power capacity commitments, operating envelopes, maintenance windows, response SLAs, change control requirements, and metering/monitoring boundaries)
• Evaluate fit for high-density AI workloads, including constraints on available MW, expansion pathways, generator/UPS topology, and distribution limitations to the white space
• Support early-stage site screening by defining electrical utility and constructability requirements (interconnection approach, substation/utility constraints, redundancy targets, equipment yard/room requirements, expansion capacity)
• Lead electrical due diligence for greenfield and brownfield acquisitions, including evaluation of existing infrastructure condition, remaining useful life, maintainability, and upgrade pathways
• Assess site constraints and risks that impact electrical design and delivery including MV routing, substation space, protection/coordination constraints, and Space planning for electrical rooms, yards, and equipment setbacks

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• Professional Engineering License
• 5+ years of electrical engineering experience in mission-critical facilities, with significant time in data center design
• 3+ years in engineering leadership (people leadership and/or leading large multi-site programs)
• Strong understanding of data center electrical systems and reliability concepts, including MV/LV distribution, switchgear and protection, UPS systems, generators, ATS/STS strategy, grounding/bonding, and Commissioning practices for mission-critical electrical infrastructure
• Experience working with U.S. engineering firms, AHJs, and code environments (state/local variations)
• Strong presence and decision-making capability
• Pragmatic, risk-based leadership style suited to fast-paced construction environments
• High judgment in high-consequence scenarios
• Ability to challenge delivery teams while maintaining partnership