Engineering Director

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing engineering organization focused on data center cooling technologies.
• Define engineering strategy, technical standards, and product roadmaps aligned with business objectives and customer requirements.
• Drive a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
• Serve as a key member of the leadership team, providing technical insight to support strategic decision-making.
• Oversee end-to-end product development from concept and architecture through validation, launch, and lifecycle support.
• Ensure products meet performance, reliability, safety, regulatory, and quality requirements.
• Champion design-to-cost principles and DFM/DFA to ensure products are cost-competitive, scalable, and optimized for manufacturing.
• Balance innovation with practical execution to meet aggressive timelines and cost targets.
• Partner with Sales and Commercial teams to support key customer engagements, technical reviews, and solution development for hyperscalers and colocation providers.
• Translate customer and market requirements into robust, differentiated product designs.
• Support application-specific and engineered-to-order solutions for strategic customers as needed.
• Work closely with the PMO to align resources, schedules, and technical milestones across development programs.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain and Operations to ensure designs are manufacturable, supply-resilient, and aligned with production capabilities.
• Partner with Quality and Compliance teams to ensure adherence to industry standards, certifications, and customer-specific requirements.
• Build, retain, and develop a strong engineering team through hiring, coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
• Develop future technical and people leaders within the organization.
• Foster collaboration across engineering disciplines and with other functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience, including at least 5 years in an engineering leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience designing complex HVAC, thermal management, or data center infrastructure products.
• Strong understanding of air- and liquid-based data center cooling technologies.
• Proven success driving design-to-cost and DFM initiatives in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading cross-functional product development teams.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to balance technical performance, cost, schedule, and customer expectations.