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Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
About The Team
Anthropic’s Infrastructure team is responsible for designing, delivering, and scaling the physical compute environments that power our AI research and products. The team sits at the intersection of internal customers and an ecosystem of external engineering, construction, and development partners. From site selection through design, construction, commissioning, and ongoing operations, Infrastructure ensures that Anthropic’s datacenter footprint keeps pace with our research ambitions.
About The Role
We are looking for a Design Execution Manager to own the bridge between Anthropic’s technical requirements and the third-party partners who bring our datacenters to life. This is not a pure design role or a pure project management role—it lives in the critical space between the two, ensuring that design follows the requirements, and that technical intent survives every handoff from concept through turnover. Scope spans the full design lifecycle: concept, schematic, permitting, development, construction administration, commissioning, and operations. The right candidate thrives in environments where nimble but structured processes need to be built, not just followed, and is energized by the challenge of standing up execution frameworks across a rapidly growing portfolio of mission-critical facilities.
Responsibilities
Design Execution & Partner Oversight:
- Drive execution of Anthropic’s technical requirements for third-party datacenter delivery partners, ensuring design intent is consistently translated from BOD through construction documents.
- Define the design execution framework—deliverable requirements, review gates, and quality standards—for each partner engagement.
- Drive accountability for partner deliverable quality across milestones, evaluating deliverables for cross-discipline consistency and alignment to Anthropic’s requirements.
- Partner with external design teams and stakeholders to execute design document development and issuance across all project phases.
Change Management & Technical Continuity:
- Own the design change management process across projects, ensuring technical decisions are documented, resolved, and implemented through construction.
- Review and develop responses to contractor RFIs, maintaining design intent while accommodating field conditions.
- Own technical continuity across design, construction, commissioning, and turnover, driving alignment between internal leads on phase transition standards and acceptance criteria.
- Support project closeout and as-built documentation processes.
Constructability & Risk Management:
- Facilitate constructability review processes between design and construction teams, identifying integration risks and maintaining alignment between design intent and field execution as conditions evolve.
- Identify and mitigate design risks; ensure robust QA/QC practices across the design and construction lifecycle.
- Perform project site reviews and deliver technical reports on design compliance and construction progress.
Cross-Functional Coordination:
- Interface with internal stakeholders—construction execution, supply chain, facilities operations, and security—to align design solutions with technical and business objectives.
- Partner with internal teams to define infrastructure requirements and translate them into actionable design criteria for external partners.
- Identify and implement opportunities for process improvements, design optimization, and schedule/performance/cost tradeoffs.
- Review commissioning scripts and final reports to validate performance and functionality against Anthropic’s standards.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years in datacenter or mission-critical infrastructure delivery, spanning design and delivery phases.
- Direct experience in owner’s engineer or technical oversight roles—not purely design production or purely project management.
- Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and cooling systems in datacenter environments.
- Experience managing design change processes, RFIs, and construction documentation workflows.
- Track record of coordinating across multiple disciplines and organizations on complex infrastructure projects.
- Deep knowledge of industry standards, building codes, and safety standards applicable to mission-critical facilities.
- Comfortable operating with authority in ambiguous environments where processes need to be built, not just followed.
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Architecture, or related field.
Preferred
- Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Architect (RA) license.
- Experience stamping construction drawing packages.
- Proficiency with Revit/BIM, Autodesk, or similar design software applications.
- Experience integrating sustainability, energy efficiency, and resiliency goals into datacenter system designs.
- Direct experience with large-scale AI/HPC infrastructure, including high-density cooling systems and power distribution at 50+ MW scale.
Annual Salary
$290,000—$365,000 USD
Logistics
Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.
Your safety matters to us.
To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.
How We're Different
We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills. The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
Come work with us!
Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.
Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.
About Anthropic
Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
About The Team
Anthropic’s Infrastructure team is responsible for designing, delivering, and scaling the physical compute environments that power our AI research and products. The team sits at the intersection of internal customers and an ecosystem of external engineering, construction, and development partners. From site selection through design, construction, commissioning, and ongoing operations, Infrastructure ensures that Anthropic’s datacenter footprint keeps pace with our research ambitions.
About The Role
We are looking for a Design Execution Manager to own the bridge between Anthropic’s technical requirements and the third-party partners who bring our datacenters to life. This is not a pure design role or a pure project management role—it lives in the critical space between the two, ensuring that design follows the requirements, and that technical intent survives every handoff from concept through turnover. Scope spans the full design lifecycle: concept, schematic, permitting, development, construction administration, commissioning, and operations. The right candidate thrives in environments where nimble but structured processes need to be built, not just followed, and is energized by the challenge of standing up execution frameworks across a rapidly growing portfolio of mission-critical facilities.
Responsibilities
Design Execution & Partner Oversight:
- Drive execution of Anthropic’s technical requirements for third-party datacenter delivery partners, ensuring design intent is consistently translated from BOD through construction documents.
- Define the design execution framework—deliverable requirements, review gates, and quality standards—for each partner engagement.
- Drive accountability for partner deliverable quality across milestones, evaluating deliverables for cross-discipline consistency and alignment to Anthropic’s requirements.
- Partner with external design teams and stakeholders to execute design document development and issuance across all project phases.
Change Management & Technical Continuity:
- Own the design change management process across projects, ensuring technical decisions are documented, resolved, and implemented through construction.
- Review and develop responses to contractor RFIs, maintaining design intent while accommodating field conditions.
- Own technical continuity across design, construction, commissioning, and turnover, driving alignment between internal leads on phase transition standards and acceptance criteria.
- Support project closeout and as-built documentation processes.
Constructability & Risk Management:
- Facilitate constructability review processes between design and construction teams, identifying integration risks and maintaining alignment between design intent and field execution as conditions evolve.
- Identify and mitigate design risks; ensure robust QA/QC practices across the design and construction lifecycle.
- Perform project site reviews and deliver technical reports on design compliance and construction progress.
Cross-Functional Coordination:
- Interface with internal stakeholders—construction execution, supply chain, facilities operations, and security—to align design solutions with technical and business objectives.
- Partner with internal teams to define infrastructure requirements and translate them into actionable design criteria for external partners.
- Identify and implement opportunities for process improvements, design optimization, and schedule/performance/cost tradeoffs.
- Review commissioning scripts and final reports to validate performance and functionality against Anthropic’s standards.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years in datacenter or mission-critical infrastructure delivery, spanning design and delivery phases.
- Direct experience in owner’s engineer or technical oversight roles—not purely design production or purely project management.
- Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and cooling systems in datacenter environments.
- Experience managing design change processes, RFIs, and construction documentation workflows.
- Track record of coordinating across multiple disciplines and organizations on complex infrastructure projects.
- Deep knowledge of industry standards, building codes, and safety standards applicable to mission-critical facilities.
- Comfortable operating with authority in ambiguous environments where processes need to be built, not just followed.
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Architecture, or related field.
Preferred
- Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Architect (RA) license.
- Experience stamping construction drawing packages.
- Proficiency with Revit/BIM, Autodesk, or similar design software applications.
- Experience integrating sustainability, energy efficiency, and resiliency goals into datacenter system designs.
- Direct experience with large-scale AI/HPC infrastructure, including high-density cooling systems and power distribution at 50+ MW scale.
Annual Salary
$290,000—$365,000 USD
Logistics
Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.
Your safety matters to us.
To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.
How We're Different
We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills. The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
Come work with us!
Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.
Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.
How to Get Visa Sponsorship in Data Center Design
Target hyperscalers and colocation operators first
Companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft operate large data center teams with established H-1B sponsorship pipelines. Colocation operators such as Equinix and Digital Realty also sponsor consistently and have more predictable hiring cycles than smaller firms.
Align your degree field with the job description
Data center design roles typically require electrical or mechanical engineering degrees. If your degree is in a related field like systems engineering or architectural engineering, document the coursework overlap carefully, USCIS scrutinizes specialty occupation fit for infrastructure roles.
Highlight licensed engineering credentials
A Professional Engineer license or progress toward PE licensure strengthens your H-1B petition significantly. It signals that your qualifications meet a recognized professional standard, reducing the risk of a Request for Evidence on specialty occupation grounds.
Apply before the H-1B lottery window closes
H-1B registrations open in early March each year for an October 1 start date. Data center design roles are cap-subject for most employers, so timing matters. Missing the registration window means waiting a full year or exploring cap-exempt employer options.
Ask employers about O-1A eligibility if you have senior experience
Senior data center designers with published work, significant projects, or industry recognition may qualify for the O-1A extraordinary ability visa. It has no lottery and no annual cap, making it a viable alternative for candidates who can document a distinguished record.
Document project scope and technical depth in your resume
Sponsoring attorneys build your H-1B petition around your job duties. Resumes that specify megawatt capacity, redundancy tiers, and infrastructure systems, rather than vague descriptions, make it easier to establish specialty occupation and reduce petition risk.
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Does a data center design role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, in most cases. Data center design roles require theoretical and practical application of electrical, mechanical, or systems engineering, exactly the kind of specialized knowledge the H-1B specialty occupation standard requires. The position must normally require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific engineering discipline. Roles that accept any degree, regardless of field, can face denial, so job descriptions should specify the required field clearly.
Which engineering degrees support an H-1B petition for data center design jobs?
Electrical engineering is the most directly accepted degree for data center design roles involving power systems, cooling infrastructure, and electrical distribution. Mechanical engineering works well for thermal and HVAC-focused positions. Degrees in civil or architectural engineering may qualify if the role involves building systems design. Computer science or IT degrees are generally insufficient unless the position is primarily software or controls-focused rather than physical infrastructure design.
How often do employers receive H-1B RFEs for data center design petitions?
USCIS issues Requests for Evidence for data center design petitions when the job description is vague or when the degree requirement isn't narrowly defined. Engineering roles with clearly specified degree fields and detailed duty descriptions see fewer RFEs. Including project-specific technical language, power density requirements, tier classification standards, cooling architecture, helps attorneys build a stronger petition that withstands USCIS scrutiny.
Can I find data center design jobs with visa sponsorship on Migrate Mate?
Yes. Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically for roles where employers have a documented history of sponsoring work visas, including H-1B petitions for engineering roles. Data center design positions from infrastructure operators, hyperscalers, and engineering consultancies appear on the platform. Browsing Migrate Mate is more efficient than searching general job boards because sponsorship eligibility is already verified for each listing.
Is the E-3 visa an option for Australian data center design engineers?
Yes. Australian citizens can apply for the E-3 visa, which requires the same specialty occupation standard as the H-1B but has no lottery and a separate annual cap that has never been exhausted. Data center design roles in electrical or mechanical engineering qualify. The application is processed at a U.S. consulate in Australia without requiring employer-side USCIS filing, which makes the process faster and less expensive for both the employer and the applicant.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Data Center Design jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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