Design Standardization Architect I
About The Position
This global role leads the standardization of engineering processes, product data architecture, and design methodologies for Dry-Coolers and Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs). The position develops scalable and configurable product platforms that support efficient product development, lifecycle management, digital transformation, and long-term business growth. It drives consistency across product structures, engineering documentation, configuration models, and business systems while enabling automation, design reuse, and operational efficiency. The role works with engineering, manufacturing, product management, and digital teams to establish and deploy global standards for New Product Introduction (NPI) and sustaining engineering activities. The role covers activities required to develop, configure, release, manufacture, and support products throughout their lifecycle. This includes engineering documentation, design standards, product structures, Bills of Material (BOMs), CAD models, drawings, configurators, product data management, PLM and ERP systems, and other engineering-related business processes. A key focus is defining and maintaining product architecture, data structures, and engineering methodologies that enable design automation, product configurability, platform scalability, and future digital engineering initiatives. The successful candidate leads cross-functional efforts to standardize engineering processes globally and promote adoption of best practices.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience and strong familiarity with product business, equipment design, documentation, and manufacturing of configurable products.
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience as a designer.
- Associate in Specialized Technology Degree.
- Mastery of 3D modeling software such as Creo, Solidworks, or Inventor.
Nice To Haves
- Creo experience is preferred.
- Experience with 2D AutoCAD, especially Electrical, is preferred.
- Proficiency with ERP systems such as SAP, MAPICS, or AS/400 is strongly preferred.
- Experience with bill of material configurators such as eLogia or VC is preferred.
- Experience with automation coding such as Smart Assembly or VBA is preferred.
- Microsoft Office applications experience is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Establish, document, maintain, and continuously improve standardized engineering processes for Dry-Coolers and CDUs in collaboration with global engineering, manufacturing, and product teams.
- Act as product architecture lead for design standardization initiatives, including Engineering Order Manual (EOM) structures, CAD models, drawings, BOMs, configuration models, and product documentation.
- Define and govern product data architecture, ensuring consistent product structures, engineering master data, and lifecycle management practices across systems.
- Develop design standards, guidelines, and governance processes to improve product quality, engineering efficiency, and data consistency.
- Develop and maintain scalable, configurable product architectures that support product variation, engineering reuse, and manufacturing flexibility.
- Define configuration strategies, product rules, modular structures, and platform standards for current and future product offerings.
- Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, commercial, and digital teams to improve product configurability while reducing complexity.
- Drive initiatives that increase standardization, support growth, and improve the ability to introduce products and features efficiently.
- Contribute to generic, cross-product-line tools, templates, and data structures needed by the design automation team.
- Recommend deployment and use of standardized design methodologies; support deployment, testing, and training activities as requested.
- Lead and support global change management activities related to engineering process standardization and digital transformation.
- Build cross-functional alignment and establish adoption of standardized methodologies and best practices.
- Identify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency, product quality, data quality, reuse, and time-to-market.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and advisor for product architecture, configurability, standardization, and engineering process excellence.
- Travel up to 10% of the time.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
