Sr Director Engineering Liquid Cooling

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To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Sr. Director, Liquid Cooling located in Guadalajara, North Campus. Reporting to the VP Operations, this role involves being lead the end-to-end design, implementation, and validation of liquid cooling infrastructure, with the overall focus to ensure customer satisfaction and retention to generate growth for the business.

What a typical day looks like:

• Provide technical leadership for the design and development of complex liquid cooling solutions in the data center Hydraulic Dynamics at the rack and server level.

• Responsible for the thermal and mechanical implementation of fluid distribution systems within server racks.

• Expertise in fluid systems design to deliver high performance liquid cooling with production level reliability.

• Contribute to the design of servers, racks, and associated data center building blocks.

• Develop interface management for liquid systems and develop standards by which the team is able to scale our liquid cooled systems development in pace with the growth of AI.

• Ensure projects meet technical, cost, and time objectives, ability to oversee NPI (New Product Introduction) phases and infrastructure readiness.

• Responsible for creating product specifications, interface control documents, and associated collateral.

• Implement continuous improvement and define performance KPIs.

• Ensure compliance with thermal dissipation and energy requirements across liquid and air-cooling systems.

• Drive alignment and execution of complex, cross-functional projects.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless integration and performance, to align goals, timelines, and execution.

Experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• BA/BS/MBA or equivalent work experience.

• 10+ years of industry experience related to thermal systems design and development.

• Technical engineering experience managing in operations & engineering (Processes, Product, Equipment, Assembly, Tests, FA & Facilities).

• Understanding of thermal and mechanical design principles, fluid dynamics, pumps and compressors, mechanical vibration and shock, valve and manifold design, material compatibility, manufacturing processes, and validation.

• Experience with Thermal/Fluids simulation using Ansys/Fluent.

• Liquid cooling processes, cold plate soldering and thermal management in electronic manufacturing environment.

• Deep understanding of water pressure systems, flow control, and thermal dissipation in high-performance environments.

• Experience managing clean room environments, cooling systems, and POD cooling connections within advanced manufacturing settings.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence through deep technical knowledge.

• Skilled in managing highly complex projects with multiple stakeholders.

• Strong leadership presence with the ability to drive cross-functional collaboration.

• Oversee the execution and integration of four core areas: NPI Plan (New Product Introduction), SCP Clean Room, Cooling System, POD Cooling Connections.

• Fluent English.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.

• Life & Medical insurance.

• Christmas Bonus.

• Food Coupons.

• Saving Fund.

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