Director, Manufacturing Engineering

About the role

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and GPU clusters for AI training and inference. IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC. With 100% renewable energy, we build, own and operate our data centers and take pride in being at the forefront of sustainable solutions for the ever-evolving applications of high-performance compute. We believe that human progress is invaluable, but it should be done in the right way – responsibly, sustainably and having a positive impact on the communities we operate in.

Responsibilities

• DfMA Standards & Governance: Own DfMA design standards across mechanical, electrical, structural, and architectural systems, ensuring every building system is evaluated for off-site manufacturability with a default bias toward modular, skidded, or prefabricated solutions over field-built alternatives.
• Establish and govern module interface standards across disciplines — defining connection boundaries, tolerances, and field tie-in procedures so components from different systems integrate predictably on site.
• Maintain and expand IREN's kit-of-parts library — the standardized set of modules, assemblies, and interfaces that can be configured and deployed across site typologies with minimal bespoke engineering.
• BOM Management & Virtual Build Validation: Own accurate, structured bills of materials for every module and assembly as designs evolve, ensuring procurement and fabrication partners are always working from the current configuration.
• Direct virtual build (BIM-to-fabrication) workflows and digital twin alignment to validate module designs and resolve clashes before fabrication begins, reducing rework and field surprises.
• Drive modular assembly determination — the system-level call on which components ship as factory-tested modules (E-Houses, generator platforms, mechanical skids, cooling distribution systems, structural components) versus field-built.
• Team Leadership: Recruit, build, and lead the Manufacturing Engineering organization, including the Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering, and Systems Engineering leads and their engineers, coordinators, and test engineers.
• Set standards for design quality, documentation discipline, and fabrication-partner collaboration; mentor leads and senior engineers to build organizational depth in DfMA methodology and modular design.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner