Lead Data Center CDU Mechanical Engineer - Hybrid

Principal Engineer – CDU

Company:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.

Location:

Carrollton, TX, US, 75006 (Hybrid)

For over 130 years, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group has delivered innovative and integrated solutions across aviation, energy, transportation, infrastructure, machinery, defense, and space systems. MHIA fosters a culture of diversity and cooperation, promoting a healthy balance of professional and personal development.

The Principal Mechanical Engineer leads mechanical design and engineering authority for MHIA’s data center liquid cooling systems, initially focused on Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs). The role bridges customer requirements, supplier capabilities, and internal product objectives, ensuring CDU systems are technically sound, scalable, reliable, and commercially viable from concept through mass production and lifecycle support.

• Serve as the technical authority for CDU mechanical system design, including pumps, heat exchangers, piping, valves, sensors, and skid/enclosure integration.
• Review and evaluate CDU mechanical designs, drawings, specifications, and calculations, providing clear technical feedback and approval direction.
• Lead product design activities across concept design, PoC, pilot builds, and mass‑production design, ensuring design‑for‑manufacturing and design‑for‑service principles.
• Technically assess and judge CDU design performance in terms of:
• Redundancy and reliability concepts
• Safety and compliance
• Control and load‑following performance under dynamic AI workloads
• Operability, maintainability, and durability
• Compliance with internal and customer design requirements
• Act as a key technical interface with customers, leading and supporting technical discussions on CDU architecture, performance, and integration.
• Translate customer technical requirements into clear, actionable design inputs and specifications.
• Provide technically sound and flexible solution proposals aligned with customer operational and business needs.
• Capture Voice of Customer (VOC) and ensure systematic feedback into product design and roadmap decisions.
• Coordinate technical alignment between customers and suppliers, serving as the engineering bridge to resolve gaps and clarify responsibilities.
• Engage directly with hyperscalers and large data center customers, supporting technical reviews, RFIs/RFPs, and design clarification processes.
• Evaluate supplier engineering capabilities, including design maturity, quality control, compliance readiness, and mass‑production capability.
• Collaborate with supply chain teams to assess inventory strategy, lead times, and production capacity aligned with sales and order forecasts.
• Support production planning by aligning engineering requirements with manufacturing processes and schedules.
• Lead or support technical issue resolution, root cause analysis, and corrective action follow‑up with suppliers.
• Drive cost‑down and value engineering initiatives without compromising performance, reliability, or safety.
• Support logistics and transportation considerations impacting CDU mechanical design and packaging.
• Contribute to the definition of CDU service offerings, including scope, service content, and boundary conditions.
• Review and evaluate Installation, Operation, and Maintenance (IOM) manuals; coordinate technical alignment and revisions with suppliers.
• Support the development of service revenue models and evaluate service‑related profitability and cost structures.
• Gather customer service‑related needs and coordinate with suppliers and service partners to ensure readiness.
• Support the creation and proposal of Service Level Agreements (SLA) aligned with customer expectations and product capability.
• Additional duties as assigned.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience:
  
  Minimum of twelve (12) years, including at least seven (7) years in mechanical system design and supplier‑facing leadership for industrial or packaged equipment such as pumps, heat exchangers, HVAC systems, skid‑mounted units, or thermal management…