Data Center Design Lead

About the role

The Data Center Design Lead will partner with internal infrastructure, hardware, and operations teams to deliver designs that support rapid deployment and long-term operational excellence. This role leads internal electrical and mechanical engineers, oversees third-party design partners, and ensures all designs meet company standards, local regulations, and operational requirements. You will be responsible for both hands-on design oversight and technical leadership, serving as the final authority on data center design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design process for new data center builds and expansions.
• Translate business, hardware, and workload requirements into facility design specifications.
• Ensure designs optimize density, reliability, and efficiency while supporting rapid scalability.
• Coordinate with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineers and consultants to deliver detailed designs.
• Define requirements for high-density rack power, redundancy and UPS configurations.
• Lead cooling design trade-offs to meet GPU cluster needs.
• Ensure all designs comply with international and regional standards.
• Coordinate with construction project managers and external contractors during build phases.

Required skills

• Data center design
• Electrical engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Architectural design
• Technical leadership
• Air-cooled environments
• Liquid-cooled technologies

Nice to have

• Hyperscaler data center design
• Neocloud data center design
• GPU dense infrastructure
• AI infrastructure

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Architecture
• Equivalent practical experience

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Parental leave
• Remote work reimbursement
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance

About the Company

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy, building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises. Listed on Nasdaq and headquartered in Amsterdam, the company has a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel.