About this role
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership
• Lead the architecture and technical definition of thermal management solutions for complex data center and mission-critical infrastructure projects. • Develop end-to-end cooling architectures covering: • Air-cooled data center solutions • Chilled water systems • DX-based cooling systems • CRAH and CRAC applications • Chillers and heat rejection systems • Cooling distribution systems • Pumping and hydronic systems • Economization strategies • Liquid cooling architectures • Direct-to-chip cooling • CDU-based cooling systems • High-density AI and HPC applications • Translate customer IT loads, rack densities, redundancy requirements and growth plans into scalable thermal infrastructure architectures. • Lead thermal capacity sizing and system dimensioning. • Develop conceptual thermal layouts and cooling architectures. • Evaluate cooling technologies and recommend the most appropriate architecture based on customer requirements, site conditions, efficiency targets and commercial considerations. • Drive optimization of cooling system efficiency, energy consumption and overall data center performance. • Support analysis and optimization of PUE and other relevant energy-efficiency parameters.
Customer Engagement & Solution Pursuit
• Act as the senior thermal technical authority during customer engagements and solution pursuits. • Engage directly with customer engineering, facilities, data center and IT teams to understand requirements and translate them into solution architectures. • Lead technical workshops, design discussions and customer presentations. • Challenge customer requirements where appropriate and recommend alternative architectures that improve performance, scalability, resilience or total cost of ownership. • Support early-stage opportunity identification and technical qualification. • Participate in customer visits, technical presentations and strategic pursuits.
Solution Development & Proposal Support
• Lead the creation, review and approval of thermal solution architectures, conceptual designs, technical proposals, equipment selections, cooling system specifications, technical documentation, system sizing calculations and customer presentations. • Work closely with commercial and estimating teams to develop technically accurate BOMs and quotations. • Support cost and margin analysis and identify opportunities for solution optimization. • Evaluate and integrate third-party equipment where required to deliver a complete customer solution.
Cross-Functional Leadership
• Partner with Power Solutions Architects to ensure integrated electrical and thermal infrastructure architecture. • Work with Engineering teams to transition customer concepts into executable designs. • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to solution architects and engineering teams. • Support Sales teams through technical training and solution enablement. • Influence product and solution roadmaps based on customer and market requirements, particularly in high-density computing, AI and HPC.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, HVAC Engineering or a related discipline. • Typically 12–20+ years of progressive experience in thermal management, HVAC, mission-critical infrastructure or data center cooling. • Demonstrated experience architecting complex data center cooling solutions. • Strong expertise in HVAC and thermal infrastructure systems. • Experience with high-density data centers, AI/HPC environments and liquid cooling solutions will be highly preferred. • Strong understanding of data center availability and redundancy architectures. • Experience working directly with large enterprise, hyperscale, colocation or telecom customers. • Strong commercial awareness and ability to balance technical optimization with cost and business objectives. • Excellent presentation, communication and customer engagement skills. • Ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
• Experience in a data center OEM, cooling OEM, EPC, MEP consultancy, hyperscaler or colocation provider. • Experience with global data center projects. • Experience with liquid cooling and AI infrastructure is strongly preferred. • Experience leading cross-functional technical teams.