HVAC & Liquid Cooling System Architect/Project Manager
Core
Architecting and industrializing advanced HVAC and liquid-cooling systems for scalable manufacturing, with a main emphasis on data-center critical cooling applications.
Role type
Senior IC HVAC & Liquid Cooling System Architect / Project Manager
Builds
Scalable manufacturing solutions, specifically data-center critical cooling platforms (chillers, CDUs, hydronic systems)
Domain
Industrial manufacturing / Data center infrastructure / Thermal management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
System-level architecture and requirements definition, early trade-off analysis (cost, schedule, efficiency), controls and connectivity strategy (BMS/DCIM integration), multi-disciplinary design review leadership, compliance with ASHRAE and safety codes, thermal/acoustic system modeling and analysis, DFM/DFA/DFT for manufacturing transfer
Preferred skills
Experience with data-center critical cooling infrastructure, ASHRAE certification, Master's degree in related discipline
Technologies
MATLAB/Simulink, EnergyPlus, ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS Icepak, BACnet/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, SNMP
Responsibilities
Drive system concepts and partitioning for HVAC and liquid-cooling platforms; translate market needs into system-level requirements with validation traceability; execute early trade-off analyses and maintain compliance matrices; define control architecture and protocol strategies; lead multi-disciplinary design reviews and create handoff packages; support competitive proposals and cost modeling; architect for DFM/DFA/DFT and supply chain resilience
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic alignment