Director, Electrical Engineering (AI Infrastructure)

Location: AMER / North America; remote-first workplace supporting Nscale's U.S. data center portfolio.

Salary: $170,000–$260,000 USD base salary, plus potential bonus, equity, and/or commission.

Company

Nscale is a vertically integrated AI cloud company operating energy infrastructure, data centers, GPU superclusters, orchestration, and AI services across Europe and the United States.

What you will do

• Own the electrical basis of design, standards, and reference architectures for high-density AI data center builds and expansions.
• Lead concept, schematic, and detailed design reviews, equipment strategy, procurement support, submittals, RFIs, field changes, and construction issue resolution.
• Review short-circuit and arc-flash studies, protective-device coordination, equipment ratings, labeling, safety, reliability, maintainability, and energy-efficiency requirements.
• Lead consultants and build an engineering team through hiring, mentoring, performance management, and career development.
• Perform electrical due diligence for colocation, greenfield, and brownfield opportunities, including utility feeds, redundancy, capacity, substations, power density, and upgrade pathways.
• Define and negotiate electrical lease exhibits and technical schedules covering capacity, operating limits, maintenance, service levels, change control, metering, and monitoring.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and a Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• 5+ years of electrical engineering experience in mission-critical facilities, including significant data center design experience.
• 3+ years of engineering leadership experience managing people, large multi-site programs, or both.
• Strong knowledge of medium- and low-voltage distribution, switchgear and protection, UPS systems, generators, ATS/STS strategy, grounding and bonding, and commissioning.
• Experience working with U.S. engineering firms, authorities having jurisdiction, and state and local code variations.
• Strong judgment, decision-making, risk-based leadership, and the ability to challenge delivery teams while maintaining effective partnerships.

Nice to have

• Experience with high-density AI or HPC deployments, liquid-cooled racks, and next-generation GPU power requirements.
• Owner-side experience at a hyperscaler, neocloud, or data center developer.
• Experience with utility interconnection, on-site substations, behind-the-meter power, or colocation and wholesale data center lease negotiations.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first and flexible workplace with autonomy over the working day.
• Collaborative, supportive, and innovation-focused environment centered on ownership, accountability, openness, and transparency.
• Competitive package with base salary and equity, with reviews every 12 months.
• Dynamic progression plan and opportunities to lead, challenge established approaches, and own impact.
• Potential medical, dental, and vision benefits, flexible paid time off, parental leave, retirement plan participation, and bonus or commission programs.