Director Systems Engineering- Data Centers

Carrier•Charlotte, SC

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Carrier Global Corporation, a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety, and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality, and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries, and ensure the safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines, and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. This role 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 customers and industry partners to support the growth in this fast-paced segment where changes are expected. Establishes the key priorities in workflow processes and oversees the execution of resource allocations to ensure optimization of strategy and implementation. At the beginning, this position will not have direct reports but may lead teams in a matrix organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering Discipline
10+ years of systems engineering experience
8+ years of industry experience working with Data Center customers on cooling system solutions

Nice To Haves

Masters in an Engineering or Industrial field such as Systems Engineering.
Familiarity with industrial business models for HVAC, 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 and controls.
Analyze trade-offs.
Translate 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.
Drive enterprise level design synergies through the development of global platforms and solutions.
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.