Senior Manager, Data Hall Design (AI Infrastructure)

Location: AMER; remote-first workplace with flexible work arrangements

Base salary: $150,000–$210,000 USD per year, plus potential bonus, equity, commission, and benefits

Company

Nscale operates a vertically integrated AI cloud spanning energy, data centers, GPU superclusters, orchestration, and AI services across Europe and the US.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, hire, and develop Data Hall Design Leads and Designers across active Americas programs.
• Plan team capacity, allocate design resources, and manage external design partners and contractors.
• Own data hall design standards, layout templates, rack elevations, cabling conventions, drawing formats, and reference designs for GPU clusters.
• Review and approve layouts, rack elevations, cabling plans, fiber tray layouts, patch matrices, BOMs, and design changes through construction.
• Coordinate physical designs with MEP engineering, network engineering, procurement, construction, program management, and Operations.
• Set DCIM documentation standards, resolve field issues, and report design status, risks, and resourcing to senior leadership.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in data center design, IT infrastructure planning, or structured cabling design, including 3+ years leading a design team.
• Experience delivering multiple data halls from concept through construction and handoff to Operations.
• Deep knowledge of GPU server, network switch, storage, rack layout, cooling, power, cabling, and operational requirements.
• Strong expertise in structured cabling, high-density fiber, patch matrices, spine-leaf networks, ToR switching, InfiniBand, and Ethernet data center networks.
• Experience creating design standards, templates, review processes, BOMs, and procurement plans for long-lead hardware and cabling.
• Expertise with AutoCAD, Visio, or equivalent tools and ability to review BIM/Revit models; strong communication and people leadership skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with NVIDIA DGX/HGX, SuperPOD, or equivalent large-scale AI compute infrastructure.
• Deep familiarity with InfiniBand physical design and GPU rail topologies.
• Experience with DCIM platforms such as NetBox, Nlyte, or Sunbird.
• Knowledge of direct liquid cooling or immersion cooling at high rack densities.
• Experience at a hyperscale data center operator or AI cloud provider, plus relevant BICSI or technical certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first, flexible workplace with autonomy over daily work arrangements.
• Collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment focused on ownership, accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Highly competitive package with salary, equity, and reviews every 12 months.
• Potential medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan benefits.
• Growth opportunities toward broader Design & Engineering leadership.