Job DescriptionWhat's In Store For You- Hybrid Work Arrangement: Work onsite in Lexington, Kentucky, Monday through Thursday, with flexibility to work remotely on Fridays depending on business needs.
- Technical Leadership Opportunity: Guide and mentor engineers and designers while serving as a key resource for electrical engineering decisions and technical problem-solving.
- Growing Industry Exposure: Contribute to innovative cooling technologies supporting the expanding data center and mission-critical infrastructure market.
- Career Development: Access professional training, engineering development programs, tuition assistance, and opportunities to strengthen technical leadership capabilities.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Medical coverage and wellness programs beginning on the first day of employment, subject to eligibility.
- Work-Life Balance: Paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, parental leave, and volunteer leave opportunities.
- Financial Wellness: Retirement savings support, educational assistance, and student debt support programs.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work directly with engineering, manufacturing, quality, operations, and product management teams throughout the equipment development and execution lifecycle.
- Travel: Up to 10-15% annually.
RequirementsHow You Will Make An ImpactElectrical Engineering Leadership & Technical Development
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to a multidisciplinary team of electrical and mechanical engineers and designers supporting customized data center cooling equipment.
- Mentor and develop engineers by providing expertise in electrical design principles, engineering standards, technical calculations, and structured problem-solving.
- Review electrical engineering deliverables to ensure technical accuracy, design quality, compliance with applicable requirements, and manufacturing readiness.
- Support engineers from other technical disciplines in understanding and applying electrical engineering principles to equipment design and execution.
- Establish and reinforce engineering best practices, standardized workflows, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Serve as a key technical resource for complex engineering challenges, design decisions, and cross-functional problem resolution.
Electrical Product Design & Engineered-to-Order Execution
- Lead electrical engineering activities throughout the Engineer-to-Order (ETO) lifecycle, from customer bid support and technical submittals through design execution, manufacturing release, and field support.
- Develop and review electrical design content for customer-specific equipment configurations and engineered cooling systems.
- Oversee the preparation and accuracy of engineering deliverables, including bills of materials (BOMs), drawings, product specifications, design models, and technical documentation.
- Evaluate electrical design requirements, equipment configurations, and product performance considerations to support safe, reliable, and manufacturable solutions.
- Coordinate technical activities across engineering resources to ensure customer requirements are translated into complete and accurate manufacturing deliverables.
- Apply structured engineering development processes, including Product Development Process (PDP) or equivalent phase-gate methodologies, to support design quality and project execution.
Manufacturing Support, Quality & Continuous Improvement
- Partner with manufacturing engineering teams to ensure electrical designs align with production capabilities, assembly requirements, and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles.
- Support engineering-to-manufacturing transitions by resolving design questions, reviewing technical documentation, and addressing production-related challenges.
- Collaborate with laboratory and validation teams to support equipment testing, customer witness testing, and verification of electrical system performance.
- Investigate product quality, reliability, and field issues through root cause analysis and corrective action initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to improve electrical designs, simplify manufacturing processes, reduce costs, and enhance overall equipment performance.
- Work collaboratively with operations, quality, manufacturing, and product management teams to maintain project execution standards and support customer satisfaction.
Do You Have The Expertise To Lead Electrical Product Design & Engineering Execution?- 7-10 years of product design engineering experience, with experienced senior engineers bringing additional relevant expertise also encouraged to apply.
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program strongly preferred. A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering may also be considered for candidates with applicable systems engineering experience.
- Strong foundation in electrical engineering fundamentals, including circuit analysis, electrical design principles, mathematics, and physics.
- Demonstrated experience designing electrical systems or components for manufactured equipment, industrial products, or complex engineered systems.
- Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, reviewing designs, and guiding engineering decisions.
- Proven experience leading engineering projects through a Product Development Process (PDP) or equivalent phase-gate methodology.
- Experience collaborating with manufacturing teams to transition engineering designs into production-ready products.
- Ability to evaluate complex technical challenges, prioritize critical issues, and develop practical engineering solutions.
- Strong understanding of engineering documentation, design reviews, quality expectations, and cross-functional project execution.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering disciplines.
- Results-oriented approach with a focus on engineering quality, team development, and successful project delivery.
- Willingness to travel up to 10-15% annually.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Experience designing or supporting commercial HVAC equipment, air handling units, CRAH/CRAC systems, or data center cooling technologies.
- Experience working in an Engineer-to-Order (ETO), Configure-to-Order (CTO), or customized equipment manufacturing environment.
- Familiarity with UL standards and the National Electrical Code (NEC).
- Knowledge of electrical load calculations, current calculations, and electrical system performance requirements.
- Experience with electrical equipment design for industrial machinery, appliances, cooling systems, or other manufactured products.
- Experience developing and reviewing BOMs, engineering submittals, electrical drawings, and manufacturing release documentation.
- Familiarity with Design for Manufacturing (DFM), engineering change management, and product quality improvement.
- Experience supporting product validation, testing, root cause analysis, and corrective action processes.
- Ability to mentor multidisciplinary engineering teams and provide electrical engineering guidance to engineers from mechanical or other technical backgrounds.
