Associate Director Systems Engineering

Job Number: 10290

External Description:

About this role

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.

Role 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. 

Required Qualifications:

• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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. 

Job Number: 30202549

Community / Marketing Title: Associate Director Systems Engineering

Location_formattedLocationLong: North Carolina, US