Director Generation Electrical Engineering Power and Energy
Nscale is a London-based, full-stack AI cloud and infrastructure company that provides GPU compute, managed AI services, orchestration software, data centers, and power infrastructure for AI training, fine-tuning, and inference.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
Funding history
About Nscale
Nscale builds and operates vertically integrated AI infrastructure spanning software, GPU compute, networking, storage, purpose-built data centers, and power. Its active cloud platform offers self-service inference endpoints, fine-tuning, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, virtual machines, and GPU clusters.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own the electrical design of generation facilities from generator terminals to the data centre boundary. You will lead power-system studies, equipment engineering, EPC reviews, commissioning support, technical standards, and electrical engineers, consultants, and OEMs.
Requirements
- 10+ years of electrical engineering experience in power generation, heavy industrial, or mission-critical facilities
- Experience in a lead or owner's engineer role
- Expertise in medium- and high-voltage power systems
- Experience specifying and integrating generation equipment and BESS electrical scopes
- Experience with load flow, short circuit, arc flash, motor starting, and harmonics studies
- Experience with ETAP, SKM, or equivalent platforms
- Knowledge of NEC, NESC, IEEE, IEC, and hazardous area classification standards
- Experience with factory testing, construction, and energization
- Ability to direct OEMs, consultants, and EPC engineering teams
- Experience building standards, processes, and small teams
- Willingness to travel regularly
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
Responsibilities
- Own electrical design bases, one-line diagrams, system architecture, voltage selection, redundancy, and expansion provisions
- Direct and maintain power-system studies and models
- Resolve island-mode design questions including fault levels, grounding, and equipment duty
- Engineer auxiliary electrical systems
- Own equipment specifications, bid evaluations, and vendor drawing reviews
- Manage OEM technical interfaces, factory acceptance testing, and delivery
- Embed electrical safety, constructability, and installation quality into designs
- Review EPC electrical deliverables and approve compliant work
- Carry electrical scope through design reviews, energization readiness, site queries, and as-built reconciliation
- Support root cause analysis of electrical and power-quality events
- Develop engineering standards, specifications, and reference designs
- Build and lead electrical engineering staff and direct consultants and OEMs
- Coordinate electrical scope with controls, data centre, fuel gas, mechanical, and civil disciplines
- Travel to project sites and vendor facilities regularly
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Generous PTO
- US federal holidays
- Flexible workplace
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan participation