Strategy & Leadership - Partner with stakeholders in data center architecture, networks, facilities, construction, and operations to align designs with capacity, performance, and reliability requirements.
- Contribute to and align with the Nscale European network team on the overall vision, standards, and roadmap for low-voltage and fiber systems across data center, campus, and OSP environments.
- Help to establish and maintain global design standards, specifications, and best practices for fiber and copper low-voltage systems.
Design & Engineering – Fiber / Low Voltage - Partner with the Nscale European network team to implement design for fiber and low-voltage systems supporting GPU-dense AI and HPC deployments, including:
- Structured cabling within white space (MDF/IDF, meet-me rooms, MPO/MTP architectures).
- High-fiber-count backbone and leaf-spine topologies for AI fabrics.
- Campus distribution networks and inter-building connectivity.
- Outside plant (OSP) fiber routes, duct banks, handholes, manholes, and related civil works.
- Oversee development and provide review of detailed design packages, including single-line diagrams, riser diagrams, OSP route plans, cable schedules, splice diagrams, and labeling standards.
- Ensure designs meet or exceed applicable codes and standards (for example, TIA/EIA, BICSI, NEC, local telecom and utility requirements).
- Optimize designs for scalability, maintainability, and rapid deployment, with particular focus on:
- High-density fiber management.
- Pathway and space planning.
- Future capacity and upgrades.
- AI / GPU cluster growth and reconfiguration.
Campus & OSP (Outside Plant) Focus - Lead the planning and design of campus and OSP fiber infrastructure connecting data centers, network hubs, and carrier meet-points.
- Oversee route selection, risk analysis, and redundancy planning (diverse paths, ring topologies, physical separation).
- Define and review designs for duct banks, conduit configurations, vaults, handholes/manholes, aerial versus underground strategies, and building entrances.
- Coordinate with long-haul and metro fiber providers and carriers to secure diverse connectivity into sites, including evaluating route proposals, entrance facilities, and demarcation points.
- Support contract and commercial discussions with providers by supplying technical requirements, design constraints, and capacity forecasts.
- Oversee provider design reviews and ensure their outside plant and entrance facilities align with internal standards for resiliency, separation, and future expansion.
GPU / AI Data Center Specifics - Work with the Nscale European network team to translate GPU / AI workload requirements into low-voltage and fiber design criteria.
- Collaborate on fabric design (InfiniBand / high-speed Ethernet, spine/leaf, super-spine, and similar).
- Ensure cabling and pathway designs support high-power, high-density racks, liquid cooling deployments, and rapid reconfiguration.
- Incorporate monitoring, testing, and troubleshooting capabilities into designs (OTDR access, test points, structured labeling and documentation).
Project Delivery & Governance - Provide technical leadership across the full project lifecycle: concept, schematic, design development, issued-for-construction (IFC), and handover.
- Review and approve vendor and contractor submittals, shop drawings, and as-builts for low-voltage and OSP scopes.
- Define technical requirements and evaluation criteria for RFPs and vendor selection related to low-voltage and fiber infrastructure.
- Act as the primary North America technical point of contact for carriers and dark fiber providers during planning, construction, and turn-up, including coordinating site access, testing, and acceptance.
- Support cost estimation and value engineering while protecting performance, reliability, and scalability.
Documentation & Standards - Contribute to and maintain master specifications, design guides, typical details, and standard drawings for:
- Data hall cabling and pathways.
- Campus backbone architectures.
- OSP fiber routes and components.
- Ensure accurate, current documentation (BIM models, GIS/route maps, splice records, labeling databases) for all sites and campuses.
- Assist with developing playbooks to standardize deployment and replication of proven designs across regions.
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