Building Architact

Houston, TX. Reno, NV. San Francisco, CA. Remote.

Giga builds the electrical infrastructure that powers the modern world. We manufacture transformers, switchboards, and modular data centers for customers across the United States and the globe. Together, our team combines fresh perspectives with deep industry experience to solve real‑world problems for our customers. We move fast and think practically. If you're ready to make an impact in an industry that matters, we're looking for people like you.

• The Pace: You will manage projects moving faster than anywhere else in the industry.
• The Impact: You are the person who turns "concepts" into "contracts" and "permits."
• The Team: Work with a world‑class group of engineers defining the future of AI infrastructure.

As Building Architect
, you'll serve as the Design and Code Authority for Giga's data center product line and deployment projects. You'll bridge the gap between our standardized manufacturing intent and the complex web of local regulatory requirements across the United States.

You’ll own the architectural life safety strategy—ensuring that every facility we deploy is not only aesthetically distinct and structurally sound, but also fully compliant with IBC, NFPA 101, and local zoning ordinances. This means translating our industrial modular designs into permit‑ready packages that satisfy Fire Marshals, Planning Departments, and Building Officials across diverse jurisdictions.

This role combines industrial design pragmatism with regulatory mastery. You’ll design building envelopes that optimize for manufacturing efficiency while meeting high‑performance thermal and waterproofing requirements. You’ll create compelling architectural visualizations that help stakeholders understand our vision. And you’ll be the architect who makes modular data centers permit table anywhere in America.

If based outside of our Houston, Long Beach, Reno, or San Francisco hubs, this role will be based remotely from your home office. You must be willing to occasionally travel to one of our hub offices.

• Design building shells including steel structures, pre‑engineered metal buildings (PEMB), and containerized integration, balancing industrial efficiency with high‑performance thermal and waterproofing details
• Create site plans that optimize for logistics, security, and future expansion, determining how standard modules fit diverse geographies while managing setbacks, access roads, and utility entry points
• Maintain architectural Revit models, create custom families, manage central files, and ensure perfect coordination with Mechanical and Electrical linked models
• Execute detailed occupant load calculations and egress modeling per IBC Chapter 10 and NFPA 101, defining travel distances, exit widths, and dead‑end corridors for complex industrial environments
• Specify fire‑rated assemblies (walls, floors, penetrations) to ensure proper fire separation distances and compartmentation
• Guarantee full compliance with ADA and ANSI A117.1 for accessible routes and work spaces across all facilities
• Manage permit packages to local building departments, serving as primary point of contact for Plan
• Check comments and code interpretation resolution
• Proactively engage with Authorities Having Jurisdiction, Fire Marshals, and Planning Departments to clarify code applicability for novel modular structures
• Produce zoning analyses, site feasibility studies, and conceptual packages for planning commission reviews to support the real estate team
• Produce high‑quality 3D renderings, photorealistic perspectives, and architectural walkthroughs for internal stakeholders, investors, and planning boards
• Generate complete architectural drawing sets, life safety plans, code analysis sheets, and AHJ plan check responses

• Registered Architect (RA) license required
• 7+ years of architectural experience with specific focus on industrial, data center, or manufacturing facilities
• Expert‑level mastery of Autodesk Revit for BIM modeling and documentation
• Deep working knowledge of IBC (International Building Code), particularly Groups F‑1, S‑1, and B
• Strong…