Associate Director Systems Engineering
About The Position
She/he will analyze incoming Data Center trends, emerging technologies, and customer needs, translate them into a products & solutions strategy that offers competitive differentiation, and derive the system architecture as well as system and sub-system technical requirements. Working with the rest of the engineering organization and product managers, this leader will drive product solutions that enable a strategic, customer-centric product portfolio that is optimized across regions. This leader will work closely with sales, marketing and operations internally to develop new products that support the growth in this fast-paced segment where changes are expected to continue. Establishes the key priorities in workflow processes and oversees the execution of resource allocations to ensure optimization of strategy and implementation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering
- 15+ years of industry experience working with Data Center customers on cooling system solutions or leading New Product Development projects/team
Nice To Haves
- Masters in an Engineering or Industrial field such as Mechanical Engineering.
- Familiarity with industrial business models for HVAC systems, preferably in a Data Center business environment.
- Proven track record of building trusted relationships cross-functionally and managing various stakeholder relationships to get consensus on solutions/initiatives and ability to make decisions with conviction.
- Ability to solve complex problems using and finding alternate paths to achieve objectives in a highly constrained and fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Collect and analyze emerging trends in Data Center build and operation.
- Assess customer needs (hyperscalers, colos, others) and understand the technical solutions from competition.
- Understand elements of product / system differentiation combining HVAC equipment throughout the full customer use chain.
- Analyze trade-offs.
- Translate customer/marketing needs into a strategy for products and solutions offering.
- Define the solution architecture and derive system level requirements.
- Breakdown system technical requirements into sub-system technical requirements.
- Lead engineering team to deliver projects on time, within budget and to meet all program performance expectations and requirements.
- Collaborate effectively with customers, product management, and various global stakeholders to align technical requirements and create a scalable, cost-efficient solution
- Foster strong relationships with stakeholders across the business to ensure alignment and successful implementation of Data Center projects.
Benefits
- Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision
- Wellness incentives
- Retirement Benefits
- Paid vacation days, up to 15 days
- paid sick days, up to 5 days
- paid personal leave, up to 5 days
- paid holidays, up to 13 days
- birth and adoption leave
- parental leave
- family and medical leave
- bereavement leave
- jury duty leave
- military leave
- purchased vacation
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
- Health Savings Account
- Health Care Spending Account
- Dependent Care Spending Account
- Tuition Assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
