The System Lead / Product Architecture Owner is a senior individual contributor responsible for technical ownership and architectural coherence across CDU, HVAC, chiller cooling systems, power distribution equipment, and related product platforms.
This role provides hands-on architectural leadership focused on creating scalable, maintainable, and configurable product structures that support long-term product evolution. The System Lead establishes system architecture, design standards, modularization strategies, and variant logic while driving cross-functional alignment and technical execution across engineering disciplines.
Rather than managing people, this role serves as the primary technical authority for system-level decisions, architecture governance, design reviews, and execution of critical technical initiatives. The position ensures architectural intent is consistently translated into product designs, released configurations, and engineering deliverables while minimizing lifecycle complexity and design churn.
System Architecture & Platform Strategy
Own the overall system architecture across cooling and power product platforms, ensuring coherence between mechanical, electrical, controls, and configuration structures.
Define and maintain modular design strategies that enable product reuse, scalability, maintainability, and isolation of change across product families.
Architect system and model structures that anticipate future growth, option expansion, regional requirements, and evolving customer needs.
Product Variants & Lifecycle Scalability
Define and govern product variant strategies supporting different capacities, ratings, redundancy schemes, and regional compliance requirements.
CAD Standards & Design Frameworks
Establish and maintain CAD architecture standards, model structure requirements, interface rules, and engineering best practices.
Define templates, skeletons, references, and reusable design frameworks that support long-term maintainability and consistency.
Ensure alignment between CAD architecture, PLM structures, configuration management processes, and release requirements.
Technical Leadership & Design Authority
Guide technically sound decisions balancing performance, complexity, scalability, manufacturability, serviceability, and lifecycle impact.
Cross-Functional Alignment & Execution
Work closely with ME CAD, EE CAD, controls, manufacturing, quality, service, and PLM/configuration teams to ensure architectural intent is properly implemented and maintained.
Identify architectural risks, technical blockers, and organizational gaps that may impact product development, releases, or platform scalability.
Partner with stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle to ensure architecture supports design, procurement, manufacturing, testing, deployment, and service objectives.
Influence execution through technical leadership, credibility, clear communication, and sound engineering judgment rather than formal managerial authority.
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
Deep understanding of modular design, product platforms, configuration logic, and lifecycle scalability.
Proven ability to prioritize work, manage dependencies, drive execution, and achieve closure without direct supervisory authority.
Strongly Preferred Experience
Architecture ownership for CDUs, chillers, HVAC systems, liquid cooling infrastructure, or power distribution equipment.
Experience supporting product families with multiple capacities, redundancy schemes, regional requirements, and customer-specific variants.
The pay range for this role is $132,400 - $238,400. Job-related, non-discriminatory factors used to determine the actual offered rate include qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and consideration of internal equity. The anticipated close date of this job requisition is: .
As part of the total rewards package, this position is eligible for a short-term incentive based on performance. In addition, Jabil offers benefits to enhance your health, wealth, and resilient self. These include medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment; 4 weeks of paid parental leave; in 2027, 11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to change yearly; 401(k) retirement plan; and employee stock purchase plan.
