R&D Engineer - Technical Project Lead

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

Serve as the technical leader and engineering owner for sophisticated Data Solutions liquid-cooling product development programs, including in-row and in-rack CDUs, manifolds, and fluid-distribution solutions. Own system architecture and technical requirements, translating customer and product needs into engineering specifications, subsystem interfaces, design criteria, and verification plans. Drive system-level technical decisions and cross-disciplinary integration across thermal/fluid, mechanical, electrical, controls, structural, manufacturing, reliability, cost, compliance, and technical risk.

Lead technical design reviews and NPI readiness, ensuring key engineering decisions are supported by appropriate analysis, risk assessment, testing, and validation evidence. Define and implement product verification, validation, and compliance strategies, including system-performance testing, internal and external testing, certification activities, and evaluation of results against engineering requirements. Provide technical leadership from prototyping and engineering builds through design verification, product validation, and production launch, including hands‑on troubleshooting and engineering support as needed.

Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply, suppliers, Product Management, and Project Management to drive component selection, manufacturability, technical qualification, product requirements, risk mitigation, and production readiness. Mentor and influence multidisciplinary engineering teams without direct reporting authority, while promoting strong technical ownership, standardized solutions, lessons learned, and reuse across the Data Solutions product portfolio.

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering field required;
Master’s degree preferred.

8+ years of hands‑on engineering experience, including technical leadership of thermal‑management, liquid‑cooling, fluid‑distribution, or comparable electromechanical products from requirements through production launch.

Solid understanding of fluid mechanics, hydraulics, heat transfer, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, piping, fittings, sensors, and related system components.

Experience developing system architectures and integrating mechanical and fluid systems with electrical and controls architectures to deliver complete product solutions.

Experience applying engineering design, risk, and validation methodologies such as DFMEA, DFM/DFMA, DRBFM, technical readiness assessments, structured design reviews, and verification and validation.

Proven track record of leading multidisciplinary teams, making technically sound trade‑offs, and tackling complex system‑level problems using engineering fundamentals, analysis, test data, and structured problem‑solving.

Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to translate complex technical topics into clear decisions, risks, recommendations, and actions while mentoring engineers.

Experience partnering with manufacturing teams and suppliers through prototype, validation, qualification, and production‑launch activities.

Ability to travel up to 10% domestically.

A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable…