Data Center White Space Designer

gigaenergy; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Giga is seeking a Data Center White Space Designer to lead planning, design, and optimization of data center white space for AI infrastructure projects. You will own rack layouts, containment strategies, power distribution, and infrastructure standards to enable hyperscale deployments.

In this role you will travel to sites for validation, mentoring junior engineers, and help shape design standards. Regular collaboration with mechanical, electrical, and operations teams is expected to ensure

Qualifications

• Own rack layouts and containment strategies for AI infrastructure projects.
• Coordinate with customers and partners to translate deployment requirements into designs.
• Maintain Basis of Design (BoD) documents and templates for rack platforms.
• Travel to data centers for validation, commissioning, and on-site analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, and optimization of data center white space for AI infrastructure.
• Own rack layout strategy and alignment with modular products (GIGA BASE).
• Translate requirements into robust, executable designs across internal teams and partners.
• Travel for site validation, commissioning, and support; mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Rack design

Power distribution

Containment strategies

Data center design

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Job description

About Giga

Giga is building gigawatts of AI data centers to hasten a future of intelligence and abundance. We build data centers fast and at scale by combining the capabilities of an equipment supplier, engineering firm, general contractor, and real estate developer under one roof. Our team moves quickly and thinks practically. If you're ready to make an impact in an industry that matters, we're looking for people like you.

Why join Giga

The Pace: We're building at a speed most companies talk about but never actually operate at. If you've been bored somewhere else, you won't be here.

The Impact : Every person at Giga touches the work that matters. No layers, no waiting for approval chains. You'll see your fingerprints on what we ship.

The Team: A team of operators defining the future of AI infrastructure. We recruit A-players from the most innovative companies in the world, and they choose Giga because the work here means more.

The Moment : AI doesn't run without power, and that's us. Giga is the picks and shovels behind the AI revolution. This industry is about to explode, and you'll be in the room where it's already happening.

What you'll do

As Data Center White Space Designer at Giga, you'll lead the planning, design, and optimization of data center white space for our AI infrastructure projects. You'll own rack layouts, hot/cold containment strategies, power distribution, cable pathways, and infrastructure standards that enable hyperscale compute deployments. Working across colocation partners, internal teams (mechanical, electrical, structural, fire), and operations, you'll translate complex requirements into robust, executable designs. You'll travel to sites for design validation and commissioning, mentor junior engineers, and help shape the future of our data center design standards. If you want to own end-to-end white space strategy and see it deployed at scale - and fast - this is the role.

Where you'll work

This role is based in one of our offices (Houston, TX / Long Beach, CA / San Francisco, CA / Reno, NV). We work in person because the best engineering happens when smart people are in the same room. Regular travel to data center sites for design validation, commissioning, and operational support is expected.

That said, we will make exceptions for truly exceptional talent if you live outside one of our hubs. If you're the right person for this role, we'll have a conversation about what works.

Responsibilities

• AI/ML Rack Layout Strategy & GIGA BASE Alignment Own the white space and rack layout strategy for current and upcoming AI/ML rack platforms (NVIDIA GPU racks, Google TPU pods, Cerebras wafer-scale systems, and comparable accelerator hardware), tracking how power density, cooling, and interconnect requirements are evolving generation over generation
• Define how each rack platform's requirements map onto GIGA BASE, Giga's modular white space product, including power distribution, containment, cable pathways, and structural interfaces
• Identify where emerging rack requirements exceed the capabilities of current GIGA BASE modular products, and translate those gaps into clear, engineering-backed requirements for the product development team
• Own and maintain Basis of Design (BoD) documents and rack layout templates for each AI/ML rack platform in Giga's pipeline Keep templates current as new accelerator generations, rack form factors, and customer requirements come online Use these templates as the working basis for customer-facing layout conversations, so every engagement starts from a Giga-optimized design rather than a blank sheet
• Coordinate directly with customers to translate their AI/ML deployment requirements into rack layouts that are optimized around GIGA BASE modular products Collaborate with colocation partners, internal teams (mechanical, electrical, structural, fire), and technology partners (network, compute, carrier) to align white space design with rack-level requirements Lead project coordination meetings to align on scope, timelines, and critical design updates
• Maintain a running view of where rack technology is headed (power density, liquid cooling, busway/PDU requirements, interconnect topologies) and flag implications for the GIGA BASE roadmap before they become deployment blockers Partner with product development on design reviews for new or modified GIGA BASE components driven by rack requirement changes Represent white space and rack layout considerations in internal product planning discussions
• Travel to new and existing data centers to conduct on-site design validation, commissioning, and engineering analysis Act as subject matter expert for white space and rack systems, validating integration with facility operations and infrastructure Provide engineering support during live events and in