Director, Controls, AMERS

The posting, as Nscale wrote it

About Nscale

Nscale is the vertically integrated AI cloud engineered for AI. We own and operate the full stack — energy, data centers, GPU superclusters, orchestration, and AI services — delivering high-performance infrastructure to AI-native companies, enterprises, and governments across Europe and the US. We are deploying GPU capacity at hyperscale, operating some of the densest, most advanced AI infrastructure in the world.

At Nscale, our Controls & Networks team sets the standards that keep every facility in our fleet monitored, controlled, and reliable, from the device layer to the operator's screen. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you'll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you'll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About the Role

As Controls Director, you will be the functional authority for controls engineering across Nscale's data center fleet. You'll own the standards for BMS/BAS and EPMS, steward our SCADA and HMI platforms, set the rules for alarm and telemetry consistency, lead commissioning discipline, and drive our Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DMfA) program.

Our controls strategy rests on one principle: structured diversity at the device layer, and uncompromising consistency at the HMI, SCADA, alarm, and telemetry layers. Your job is to turn that principle into enforceable standards and acceptance criteria, and to build the specialist team that verifies them on every site.

This is a standards-and-governance leadership role. Regional Project Directors deliver projects; you decide what good looks like and develop the people who check it. You'll report to the VP, Controls & Networks, and lead a directorate that brings together SCADA and controls SMEs, MEP specialists, Commissioning Managers, and engineering staff. The role covers the Americas, with travel across regions as required.

Your directorate works alongside, not over, Nscale's Design teams, who hold architectural, mechanical, and base-build design authority; your SMEs are embedded with them as standing reviewers. DC Operations handles day-to-day maintenance of operating controls, and Systems Engineering owns tools and data once data leaves the site.

What You'll be Doing

Standards and Platform Authority

• Own the controls standards library: control narratives and sequences, alarm management (ISA-18.2), high-performance HMI (ISA-101), master points lists, and telemetry and MQTT/Sparkplug B conventions.
• Own the Skid-to-Master Interface Specification and make it a mandatory exhibit on packaged-equipment purchase orders.
• Steward the SCADA platform portfolio, including Ignition as our delivery basis, and lead platform evolution through a gated qualification program while incumbent platforms

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e package, including base salary and equity, with reviews every 12 months.

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• Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by trying new things, leading, challenging the status quo, and owning your impact, always with our full support.
• Human-first flexibility. We treat you as humans first. Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.
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Equal Opportunities Statement

At Nscale, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace. We believe that a variety of perspectives enrich our work environment, and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If there's anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.
The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.

Salary Range
$170,000 — $240,000 USD

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