Director, Design & Engineering - APAC (Data Centre Engineering)

Location: Singapore; travel across APAC is required as needed.

Company

Nscale is building a vertically integrated, sustainable cloud platform for AI, combining data centres, software, and applications.

What you will do

• Lead the APAC Data Centre Design & Engineering function across civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and controls disciplines.
• Set technical strategy, design standards, reference architectures, governance, and design assurance processes for regional data centres.
• Lead projects from site due diligence and feasibility through concept and detailed design, construction support, commissioning, and operational handover.
• Define and approve technical specifications, design drawings, equipment selections, Basis of Design documents, and engineering change controls.
• Design critical infrastructure including utility connections, substations, MV/LV distribution, UPS, generators, PDUs, busways, cooling, liquid cooling, BMS, EPMS, and fire/life-safety systems.
• Partner with site selection, development, construction, network, operations, commercial teams, contractors, OEMs, utilities, and colocation partners to deliver reliable and commercially viable facilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, or Structural Engineering, or an equivalent qualification.
• 12+ years of experience in data centre design and engineering, mission-critical facilities, hyperscale infrastructure, or similarly complex critical environments.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary design teams and delivering multiple data centre projects from feasibility through commissioning.
• Strong expertise in critical electrical and mechanical systems, including power distribution, backup power, cooling, controls, and monitoring systems.
• Proven ability to manage technical consultants, contractors, OEMs, utilities, and senior internal stakeholders, with strong commercial judgement.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder-management, communication, and risk-management skills; willingness to travel across APAC.

Nice to have

• Experience with hyperscale, colocation, cloud, or AI-ready data centre environments.
• Knowledge of Uptime Institute Tier concepts, TIA-942, ISO standards, and local regulatory requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to shape operating standards for a next-generation AI cloud platform.
• Work on complex, high-density compute and sustainable data centre infrastructure challenges.
• Ownership and accountability for uptime, operational excellence, resilience, and expansion readiness.
• Collaborative environment focused on openness, transparency, adaptability, and innovation.