Original job description
Required Skills & Experience
• P.Eng. designation in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 10+ years of engineering experience within data centres, mission-critical infrastructure or industrial modular systems.
• Direct owner-side experience on a design-build project.
• Experience making or approving technical/design decisions, rather than solely producing engineering drawings.
• Experience directing or managing external architects and engineering consultants.
• Strong understanding of mission-critical mechanical and/or electrical infrastructure.
• Experience with high-density power and cooling systems.
• Strong understanding of cooling infrastructure, ideally including liquid cooling and heat rejection.
• Ability to make technical decisions under aggressive project timelines.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with senior leadership, consultants and vendors.
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
• Direct data centre design/build experience.
• Experience with AI/high-density computing infrastructure.
• Experience with liquid-cooled data centres.
• Experience with modular or prefabricated data centre infrastructure.
• Experience with prefabricated power and cooling systems.
• Experience taking a standardized engineering design from concept through procurement and manufacturing.
• Previous experience as an Owner’s Engineer, Design Authority, Technical Director or Engineering Lead.
Job Description
Our client is looking for a senior Product Engineering Lead / Owner’s Engineer to act as the technical authority for a modular data centre product. This person will sit on the owner side, directing external architecture and engineering consultants and making the technical decisions required to move the product from design through procurement and manufacturing.
Day to Day
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for architects, mechanical engineers and electrical engineers.
• Own and maintain the Design Basis Memorandum, including requirements around rack density, power, cooling, redundancy and overall performance.
• Make technical and product decisions to keep the engineering and design schedule moving.
• Review and approve major design stages and the reference architecture.
• Identify gaps between mechanical and electrical scopes and ensure clear ownership.
• Provide technical direction around high-density power, liquid cooling, coolant distribution units, chillers and heat rejection.
• Define technical requirements for equipment and procurement packages.
• Review vendor technical submissions and ensure equipment meets project requirements.
• Partner closely with manufacturing/DfMA and supply chain to ensure designs can be fabricated efficiently.
• Maintain documentation around engineering decisions, changes and product IP.
