Director, Engineering, Digital Infrastructure

**REMOTE POSITION** About the Company At Vesper, we know energy. Headquartered in the greater Dallas area, our team brings two centuries of collective renewable energy experience and has delivered more than 10 GW of renewable energy projects globally. Today, our pipeline spans over 35 renewable energy and storage projects with a generating capacity of 11+ GW – enough to power more than 2 million homes. As we continue developing, owning, and operating renewable energy projects across the United States, Vesper is strategically positioning select assets to meet the surging demand for data center and AI infrastructure. This role sits at the center of that evolution, offering a unique opportunity to shape the future of energy at the intersection of clean power and next‑generation technology. About the Role Are you a technical expert who thrives on autonomy, complexity, and fast-moving problem solving? Vesper is seeking a Director of Engineering for our Digital Infrastructure Development team to lead early‑stage data center development engineering. In this role, you will be responsible for looking at a potential site and pulling together the critical elements required for a successful data center: power and interconnection, water and utilities, site access and logistics, constructability, permitting and environmental constraints, and integration with our renewable assets and other co-located generation sources as required. You will synthesize these inputs into a coherent, technically sound conceptual master site plan and use that work to help tell the commercial story to customers and partners. A key part of the role is making our product technically defensible – clearly articulating why a site works, what trade‑offs exist, and how our solution compares to alternatives from a technical and infrastructure standpoint. You will collaborate closely with development, commercial, and finance teams to translate engineering realities into compelling, credible offerings. This is an ideal opportunity for a strong data center engineering leader who understands the big picture and is ready for the next step in their career. You may currently be an Engineering Manager or Senior Manager with 5–7+ years of hands‑on data center experience (site development, infrastructure planning, and/or design) who is ready to move into a Director‑level role with broader scope, visibility, and impact. We’re looking for someone who is highly capable in early‑stage, site‑driven problem solving, comfortable owning decisions with incomplete information, and motivated by building technically rigorous solutions in a fast‑moving, growth environment. Position Summary This role is responsible for the early-stage technical work product that underpins asset valuation and buyer confidence across our development portfolio, including conceptual site layouts, basis of design documents, and technical feasibility assessments. The ideal candidate brings owner-side or developer-side experience in mission-critical design across a variety of use cases, a current working knowledge of data center density evolution and cooling typologies, and the ability to engage directly with buyer technical teams during diligence. Candidates with prior experience evaluating sites from the buy side, for a hyperscaler, colo operator, or infrastructure fund, will be particularly well-suited to this role. Role Requirements Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field required. Years of Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in mission critical data center design, development, or technical advisory, including owner side or developer side accountability for concept phase deliverables and external stakeholder reviews. Experience supporting technical diligence for transactions (buy side or sell side) preferred. Additional Skills, abilities & knowledge: Demonstrated ability to model Vesper's values, Accountability, Respect, Courage, Collaboration, and Continuous Improvement, through day-to-day behaviors (e.g., flags risks early, communicates directly, involves the right stakeholders early, and documents and shares learnings). Demonstrated experience producing concept phase deliverables, including conceptual site layouts, basis of design documents, and power and cooling feasibility assessments Strong working knowledge of data center cooling typologies and current density evolution, including HPC and AI and GPU driven requirements and implications for redundancy, water use, utility requirements and constructability Ability to define and defend concept level power architecture and distribution assumptions in coordination with power delivery strategy and utility constraints Familiarity with behind the meter and hybrid grid and behind the meter design approaches and the commercial and schedule trade-offs they create Owner side or developer side experience preferred, with strong judgment on what is decision-ready versus premature detail Ability to identify diligence-level technical issues before a buyer does, and to propose mitigation paths with clear cost, schedule, and feasibility implications Strong capability managing A/E firms, civil engineers, and MEP consultants, including scope definition, quality control, schedule control, and deliverable acceptance criteria Ability to influence without authority across cross functional teams by aligning assumptions, driving decisions to closure, and documenting outcomes Working familiarity with Uptime Institute Tier concepts and data center design standards across a wide variety of applications Familiarity with utility scale renewable development and gas-fired generation concepts preferred, to support integrated energy and power solutions as applicable Strong documentation discipline, including creation and maintenance of traceable diligence artifacts and a well-organized technical data room Key Responsibilities Lead development of conceptual site layouts, basis of design documents, and technical feasibility memos for digital infrastructure assets, ensuring outputs are consistent, defensible, and decision ready Own concept phase technical assumptions for target buyer requirements, including density, resiliency, cooling approach, and phasing, and translate them into clear design criteria and deliverables Evaluate existing site infrastructure for reuse potential in data center configurations, including PV and storage assets as applicable, and document technical and commercial implications Define preliminary power distribution and electrical one-line concepts in close coordination with the Energy Strategy Lead, including constraints from utility service, substations, and interconnection approach Evaluate and specify appropriate cooling typologies based on target density requirements, site climate conditions, and constructability, and document trade-offs across cost, schedule, and feasibility Manage A/E firms, civil engineers, and MEP consultants retained for concept phase work by setting scope, timelines, and acceptance criteria, and by reviewing deliverables for quality and diligence readiness Establish and improve repeatable templates, standards, and QA checklists for concept deliverables to reduce rework and improve consistency across the portfolio Maintain and organize technical diligence materials in the data room, ensuring artifacts are current, traceable, and aligned to the latest assumptions and site status Serve as the company’s primary technical counterpart during buyer technical diligence reviews, including presenting assumptions, answering questions, and coordinating follow ups across internal teams and consultants Other duties as assigned