Sr. Project Manager - CDU

Company Name:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.

Location:

Plano, TX, US, 75024

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA) is looking for a Sr. Project Manager - CDU to join our team. This is a hybrid role based out of our Plano, Texas
, location.

For over 130 years Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group’s innovative and integrated solutions have demonstrated our commitment to creating a positive social impact around the globe. Our range of products and services are tailored to meet our customers’ evolving needs across the commercial aviation, energy, transportation and infrastructure, machinery, defense and space systems sectors.

Our culture embraces diversity and cooperation, and we promote a healthy balance of professional and personal development, ensuring that your ideas and expertise are valued and respected.

The Sr. Project Manager - CDU is responsible for leading the development and commercialization of CDU (Coolant Distribution Unit) solutions for the North American data center market. The role focuses on delivering product solutions in collaboration with external partners, while maintaining ownership of product requirements, system integration, and overall product realization. This position leads the definition and alignment of product specifications based on customer needs and market requirements, and coordinates development activities executed across internal teams and external partners.

The role ensures that delivered solutions meet technical, commercial, and compliance expectations, regardless of the specific execution model applied (e.g., partner-based development, co-development, or other collaboration frameworks). Serving as the central integration leader, the Sr. Project Manager drives alignment across stakeholders and manages the process from through concept validation and productization, ensuring that CDU solutions are scalable, competitive, and aligned with the company’s data center infrastructure strategy.

This role is a key contributor to DCEM’s North American business, which involves building relationships with data center operators and infrastructure stakeholders and delivering modular infrastructure solutions through strategic partnerships. This position collaborates with global stakeholders across Japan and the U.S. to align priorities, enable effective execution, and support MHIA’s long-term business objectives.

The ideal candidate will have at least nine (9) years of experience in product development, project management, or engineering coordination for industrial equipment, cooling systems, or packaged/skid systems.

Product Specification & Requirement Ownership

• Defining and own CDU product requirements and specifications based on customer needs, system requirements, and business objectives.
• Translate high-level market inputs and customer use cases into clear and structured specifications for development.
• Establish scope boundaries, performance requirements, interface definitions, and compliance criteria.

Partner & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate development activities involving external partners and internal engineering teams.
• Act as the primary interface for aligning expectations, deliverables, roles, and responsibilities across all stakeholders.
• Evaluate technical proposals, design approaches, and development outputs to ensure alignment with product requirements.

System Integration & Interface Management

• Define and manage system-level architecture and interfaces across mechanical, electrical, and controls disciplines.
• Ensure CDU solutions are compatible with broader data center infrastructure systems.
• Identify and resolve integration gaps between system requirements and available solutions.

Development Oversight & Product Realization

• Manage the development of the lifecycle from concept through design alignment, validation, and readiness for deployment.
• Ensure development outputs meet requirements for performance, manufacturability, quality, and compliance.
• Coordinate validation activities such as testing, PoC, and pilot deployments, incorporating feedback into final product…