[Hiring] Manager, Pipeline Engineering @Nscale

Role Description

We are hiring a Manager, Pipeline Engineering to own the engineering of the natural gas transmission pipelines that fuel Nscale's generation campuses, from upstream interconnect to plant fence.

Nscale's Power and Energy group develops behind-the-meter generation colocated with our data center campuses:

• Large reciprocating engine fleets served by dedicated, large-diameter gas transmission pipelines moving hundreds of millions of cubic feet per day.
• This is not ordinary laterals; the pipeline is also the storage.
• Line pack is the operating inventory that buffers nominations against engine demand.
• Pressure is governed by that inventory balance.
• The design of overpressure protection, regulation, and system controls determines whether gigawatts of compute stay online.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role built for someone who runs with minimal oversight. You will:

• Establish the design basis for our pipelines and demonstrate how it ties to our downstream commitments.
• Drive the engineering through hydraulic design, controls philosophy, and construction.
• Technically manage the third-party engineering firms and pipeline construction contractors.
• Own both the systems being built now and the reference engineering for what comes next.

You will sit within the Power and Energy technology organization, working alongside the generation engineering and commissioning teams that depend on the gas you deliver.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of natural gas pipeline engineering experience across design, construction, and operations.
• Significant time in a lead or owner's engineer role on transmission systems.
• Deep hydraulic engineering capability, including transient modeling of gas transmission systems.
• Strong process engineering instincts.
• Working fluency with 49 CFR Part 192 and ASME B31.8.
• Hands-on experience with measurement and regulation stations.
• Experience taking pipeline scopes through construction, hydrotest, and first gas on major projects.
• Proven ability to direct engineering consultants and construction contractors.
• Demonstrated ability to run a scope with minimal oversight.
• Proven ability to build standards, processes, and small teams in a fast-scaling environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Civil Engineering or a related field; PE license preferred.
• Willing and able to travel to project sites, vendor facilities, and construction spreads regularly (typically 25%, higher during construction and commissioning campaigns).

Requirements

• Own the design basis for Nscale's gas transmission pipelines: hydraulic design, MAOP and pressure regime, line pack and inventory strategy, routing and sizing philosophy, and expansion provisions for future lines.
• Perform and direct steady-state and transient hydraulic modeling of the pipeline systems.
• Demonstrate how the pipeline design basis supports downstream commitments.
• Evaluate gas storage and supply resilience options.
• Own the overpressure protection philosophy across the pipeline systems.
• Define the control philosophy at interconnects, letdown stations, and plant interfaces.
• Apply process safety discipline to the pipeline scope.
• Engineer the interface into the plant fuel gas systems.
• Own compliance of the pipeline designs with 49 CFR Part 192 and the applicable ASME B31 codes.
• Establish material, welding, and construction specifications.
• Lay the foundation for integrity management.
• Support commissioning and first gas.
• Technically manage the engineering consultants supporting the pipeline scope.
• Direct pipeline construction contractors on technical matters.
• Own the technical interface with upstream pipeline operators and interconnect counterparties.
• Hold third parties to disciplined engineering, testing, and documentation.
• Develop Nscale's engineering standards, specifications, and reference designs for gas pipelines.
• Coordinate with generation engineering on fuel gas requirements.
• Grow the internal pipeline engineering capability over time.
• Communicate complex pipeline and process issues clearly to project leadership and executives.

Benefits

• Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Generous PTO plus US federal holidays.
• A career-defining opportunity to be an early member of one of the fastest growing AI infrastructure companies in the world.
• A human-first approach: flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver.