Lead Mechanical Design Engineer
Submer
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Houston • Texas • United States
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About the role
- Define and lead mechanical architecture development for liquid-cooled racks, including manifolds, server interfaces, and facility connections.
- Drive system- and rack-level integration, ensuring compliance with performance, safety, structural, shock/vibration, seismic and reliability targets.
- Partner with rack suppliers and internal design teams to co-develop mechanical designs aligned with company standards for performance, usability, and cost.
- Perform or coordinate thermal-hydraulic analysis to optimize loop design, flow distribution, and cooling efficiency.
- Own CAD design, documentation, and release of mechanical components and assemblies.
- Lead engineering validation activities, including test plan creation, prototype builds, and root-cause analysis of design or integration issues.
- Conduct design reviews to ensure manufacturability and compliance with mechanical standards and best practices (DFM, DFR, and serviceability).
- Collaborate with system architecture, electrical, and manufacturing engineering teams to deliver a balanced and high-performance rack solution.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or related field with 7+ years of experience in thermal or mechanical design for high-density electronics or data center systems.
- Proficiency in thermal-fluid systems design, mechanical packaging, and system-level integration.
- Strong experience with CAD tools (Creo, NX, or SolidWorks) and simulation tools for thermal, flow, or structural analysis (Flotherm, ANSYS, or equivalent).
- Proven success collaborating with external rack or cooling solution suppliers, managing specs, reviews, and validation deliverables.
- Familiarity with liquid cooling infrastructure in data centers, including CDU, manifold, facility water, and interconnect standards.
- Excellent communication and project leadership skills across cross-functional engineering disciplines.
- Experience developing high-power compute rack solutions or liquid cooling architectures in OEM or hyperscale environments.
- Knowledge of heat transfer and fluid mechanics as applied to electronic cooling solutions.
- Experience with material compatibility, system reliability, and environmental compliance requirements for global deployment.
- Hands-on understanding of prototype build, instrumented testing, and system qualification processes.
Benefits
- Attractive compensation package reflecting your expertise and experience.
- Medical Insurance Plan.
- 401k Employee volunteer contribution Plan.
- A great work environment characterised by friendliness, international diversity, flexibility, and a hybrid-friendly approach.
- Exciting career evolution.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
mechanical architecture developmentthermal-hydraulic analysisCAD designmechanical packagingsystem-level integrationheat transferfluid mechanicsprototype buildinstrumented testingsystem qualification
Soft Skills
communication skillsproject leadershipcollaborationproblem-solving