Power Staff Engineer (AI)

Location: Remote role associated with Houston, United States; site visits may be required as needed.

Salary: $130,000–$210,000 USD base salary per year, with potential bonus, equity, and/or commission programs.

Company

Nscale provides GPU cloud infrastructure for AI start-ups and enterprise customers, including AI-optimized data center facilities and related energy and power infrastructure.

What you will do

• Provide technical engineering analysis and design support for power supply agreements, AI/GPU load strategy, or substation and grid engineering.
• Support load flow, short-circuit, reliability, and other system studies.
• Prepare technical documentation for negotiations, design decisions, and strategy recommendations.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Development, and Construction on technical project matters.
• Support behind-the-meter, islanded, and grid-connected load strategies, including design oversight, constructability reviews, operability assessments, and commissioning readiness.
• Visit sites as needed for commissioning, troubleshooting, design clarifications, and, where applicable, support on-site generation design and integration with UPS, BESS, and microgrid controllers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 5–8+ years of experience in power systems engineering, utility engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting technical requirements, tariffs, or system studies as relevant to the assigned team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to produce or review one-line diagrams and support load flow, short-circuit, and reliability studies as relevant to the team.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting data center or large industrial power infrastructure.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Power Systems.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Exposure to on-site power generation design and delivery, including reciprocating engines or turbines, or experience with generator OEMs, EPCs, or commissioning providers.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture focused on innovation, ownership, accountability, openness, transparency, and urgency.
• Remote work arrangement with site visits as needed.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits may be available.
• Flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation may be available.