Director of Design Technology

Nscale

7d•$190,000 - $245,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Nscale is seeking a Director of Design Technology to lead their entire design technology stack, from BIM standards to the vision of an integrated Digital Twin across Design, Construction, and Operations. This role involves setting strategy for data delivery across disciplines, viewing BIM models as a central source of truth, and driving innovation in computational design and AI integration. The position requires a visionary practitioner who can develop and implement AI-in-design roadmaps, integrate design intent with construction and operational performance, and build an internal team as the program matures. The Director will be responsible for the full design technology stack, including authoring platforms, coordination tools, visualization environments, and data infrastructure, while embedding safety, quality, and sustainability into workflows.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in design technology, BIM management, VDC, or computational design within architecture, engineering, infrastructure, or capital-intensive construction.
Deep, hands-on BIM expertise — authoring BIM Execution Plans, managing federated model environments, and enforcing BIM standards across multi-discipline AE teams.
Demonstrated experience with 4D construction sequencing and 5D cost modeling linked to BIM models.
Working knowledge of Digital Twin concepts, platforms, and integration requirements.
Strong understanding of AI tools applied to design workflows — generative design, automated compliance, energy simulation, or LLM-assisted documentation.
Proficiency across the major design technology stack — Revit, Navisworks, BIM 360/ACC, Civil 3D, and related platforms.
Experience defining and enforcing design technology standards for external AE partners, including contract-level BIM requirements.
Strong ability to communicate complex technical strategy to non-technical executive audiences and write clear, actionable standards documents.
Experience working across design, construction, and operations, with an understanding of the data needs of all three phases.

Nice To Haves

Experience with NVIDIA Omniverse, USD-based workflows, or real-time 3D simulation environments.
Background in datacenter design, mission-critical infrastructure, hyperscale facilities, power generation, or advanced manufacturing.
Experience deploying AI tools in a production design environment, not just evaluating them.
Familiarity with IoT integration, sensor data architecture, and SCADA/BMS systems in the context of Digital Twin data feeds.
Experience with reality capture, photogrammetry, or 3D scanning for as-built model synchronization.
Architecture, engineering, or construction management degree; BIM/VDC certifications (Autodesk ACP, buildingSMART, etc.) a plus.

Responsibilities

Author, own, and enforce Nscale's BIM Guidelines and project-level BIM Execution Plans across all design and construction programs.
Define model authoring standards, naming conventions, LOD requirements, and file structure protocols across disciplines.
Establish federated model coordination workflows and clash detection cadences across architectural, structural, MEP, civil, and power disciplines.
Own the model-based pipeline that carries design data from authoring through construction handoff and into operational systems without data loss or manual translation.
Own the 4D strategy, linking BIM models to construction schedules for visual sequencing and early conflict identification.
Own the 5D strategy, connecting model elements to cost data for real-time cost intelligence and faster value engineering.
Own Nscale's Digital Twin vision, including the data model, platform architecture, and integration requirements for a hyperscale AI datacenter campus.
Lead the evaluation and pilot of NVIDIA Omniverse as the visualization and simulation layer for Nscale's Digital Twin, including USD-based workflows and real-time data integration.
Own Nscale's AI-in-design strategy, deploying AI-assisted tools for clash detection, generative layout optimization, energy simulation, and code compliance checking.
Own the full design technology stack — authoring platforms (Revit, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Rhino), coordination tools (Navisworks, BIM 360/ACC), visualization environments, and data infrastructure.
Embed safety review checkpoints, quality gates, and sustainability analysis directly into model-based workflows.
Define Nscale's design technology requirements for AE firms — minimum BIM standards, required deliverables, and data handoff protocols — and audit AE model quality throughout design.
Operate initially as a high-performing individual contributor, then build an internal design technology team as portfolio volume and program complexity increase.