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Sr. Platform Engineer | Hybrid in Irving, TX or Baltimore, MD
Optomi, partnering with a top financial services organization, is seeking a Sr. Platform Engineer with experience in contact center systems, reporting, and financial platforms. This hands-on role will take ownership of ongoing projects, deploy NiceCX, integrate GenAI, and build scalable applications and automations that enhance contact center operations. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments, can work independently with minimal onboarding, and collaborates effectively across teams.
Why This Role Is Exciting:
- Opportunity to move from contract to permanent employment
- Flexible onsite and remote work options
- Work with innovative technologies, including AI-driven automation and analytics
- Play a key role in end-to-end platform development and operational improvements
Responsibilities of the right candidate:
- Build, maintain, and enhance REST and GraphQL APIs, connecting NiceCX and other contact center platforms to internal systems.
- Integrate and maintain telephony systems (SIP, VoIP, PBX), IVR, chatbots, omnichannel routing, and CRM platforms.
- Deploy and operate applications on AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, API Gateway), ensuring availability, reliability, and scalability.
- Establish and manage deployment pipelines using GitHub, Jenkins, and Kubernetes for seamless, automated delivery.
- Create workflows, reporting dashboards, and operational automations to boost efficiency and agent productivity.
- Monitor, analyze, and optimize system performance for real-time contact center workloads.
- Utilize logging, monitoring, and alerting tools (AWS CloudWatch, ELK stack) to maintain high operational standards.
- Partner with architects, product owners, QA teams, and senior engineers; mentor junior developers; contribute to architectural and technical decision-making.
- Produce technical documentation, runbooks, and knowledge-sharing materials to support operational continuity.
- Follow secure development practices and ensure systems meet regulatory requirements (PCI, SOC2, etc.).
Experience of the right candidate:
- 6–8+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong programming skills in Java, Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript
- Experience designing, developing, and consuming REST APIs
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, Lambda, S3, API Gateway)
- Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD tools: GitHub, Jenkins, Kubernetes
- Exposure to contact center technologies, telephony, or customer engagement platforms
- Solid understanding of software engineering best practices: version control, testing, debugging
- Ability to thrive in agile, collaborative team environments
- Enterprise financial services experience
Job Summary:
Our client is seeking a Senior Data Analytics Engineer (Customer Data) to join their team! This position is located in Irving, Texas.
Duties:
- Support cross-functional teams including Marketing, Data Science, Product, and Digital
- Build datasets that power: customer segmentation, personalization workflows, campaign and lifecycle analytics, BI dashboards and KPIs and real-time and ML-driven customer experiences
- Build, optimize, and maintain customer data pipelines using PySpark/Databricks
- Transform raw customer data into analytics‑ready datasets for reporting, segmentation, personalization, and AI/ML applications
- Develop customer behavior metrics, campaign insights, and lifecycle reporting layers
- Design datasets used by Power BI/Tableau; dashboard creation is a plus, not required
- Optimize Databricks performance such as: skewed joins, partitioning, sorting, caching/persist strategy
- Work across AWS/Azure/GCP and integrate pipelines with CDPs
- Participate in ingestion and digestion phases to shape MarTech and BI analytical layers
- Document and uphold data engineering standards, governance, and best practices across teams
Desired Skills/Experience:
- 6+ years in Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering
- Strong hands-on experience with: Databricks, PySpark, Python and SQL
- Proven experience with customer/marketing data: segmentation, personalization, campaign analytics, retention, behavioral metrics
- Ability to design performance‑optimized pipelines; batch or near real-time
- Experience building datasets consumed by Power BI/Tableau
- Understanding of CDP workflows, customer identity data, traits/feature modeling, and activation
- Strong communication skills, translating marketing needs into technical data solutions
- Power BI expertise, major plus
- Experience with Delta Lake, orchestration, or feature engineering for ML
- Background as an Analytics Engineer, BI/Data Modeling Engineer, or Data Engineer with strong analytics orientation
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
- Employee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)
- 401K offered
The approximate pay range for this position starting at $140,000. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and location. We comply with local wage minimums.
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MSI Express is a single-source contract manufacturing and packaging company, delivering innovative engineering solutions from our strategically located network of manufacturing facilities.
ROLE PURPOSE/ POSITION SUMMARY
The Plant Manager is accountable for overseeing the daily operations of the food manufacturing facility, including production, quality assurance, maintenance, sanitation, safety, and supply chain. This role ensures adherence to food safety standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., HACCP, GMP, FDA, USDA) while delivering against production goals and cost targets. The Plant Manager will lead cross-functional teams to continuously improve processes, reduce waste, enhance productivity, and ensure timely delivery of products to customers. In addition, this position plays a key role in shaping plant culture, driving employee engagement, and fostering a safe workplace. Collaboration with the executive leadership team and corporate support teams is essential to ensure alignment with broader business objectives.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES/PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Accountabilities
Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance:
Ensure full compliance with all food safety standards (HACCP, GMP, SQF, BRC) and regulatory requirements from agencies such as the FDA, USDA, and local health departments.
Operational Excellence:
Oversee daily plant operations to ensure consistent, efficient, and high-quality production that meets customer demand and company standards.
Quality Assurance:
Maintain rigorous quality control procedures to ensure that all products meet internal specifications and external customer and regulatory expectations.
Health & Workplace Safety:
Lead a safety-first culture by maintaining a clean, organized, and hazard-free work environment. Ensure compliance with OSHA and company safety policies.
Supply Chain & Inventory Management:
Manage raw materials, packaging, and finished goods flow to ensure timely production and delivery while minimizing waste and spoilage.
Financial Performance:
Deliver against plant financial objectives by managing budgets, controlling costs, optimizing labor and materials, and improving operational efficiencies.
Leadership & Team Development:
Lead, coach, and develop the plant team to foster engagement, accountability, and a continuous improvement mindset.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead all plant operations, including production, maintenance, quality assurance, sanitation, warehousing, and logistics.
- Ensure strict adherence to all food safety programs, conducting internal audits and leading external inspections as needed.
- Oversee daily production schedules, ensuring customer orders are fulfilled accurately and on time.
- Collaborate with customers, quality, procurement, and supply chain teams to support new product launches, reformulations, and special runs.
- Monitor KPIs (e.g., reliability, yield, downtime, complaints, waste) and implement action plans for continuous improvement.
- Coordinate with procurement and planning to manage raw material inventory, minimize shortages or overstock, and optimize warehouse space.
- Ensure all sanitation and cleaning protocols are executed according to schedule and verified for compliance.
- Champion a proactive safety culture by conducting regular safety audits, training, and incident investigations.
- Develop and manage plant operating budgets, capital projects, and cost-reduction initiatives.
- Foster a positive and productive working environment through regular communication, performance reviews, and employee development.
- Lead crisis management efforts for food recalls, contamination risks, or emergency shutdowns.
- Report on plant performance to senior leadership and recommend operational strategies.
QUALIFICATIONS/ CAPABILITY PROFILE
Minimum Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Engineering, Industrial Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Master’s degree (MBA or related field) may be considered an asset, especially for larger or more complex operations.
Minimum Experience
- 8+ years of progressive leadership experience in food manufacturing or a closely related industry.
- 5+ years of direct experience in plant operations management, including oversight of production, quality, safety, and supply chain functions.
- Proven track record of managing in a regulated food production environment, with demonstrated understanding of HACCP, GMP, SQF, and FDA/USDA regulations.
- Experience leading and developing cross-functional teams in a high-speed, high-volume manufacturing setting.
- Demonstrated success in implementing continuous improvement initiatives (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) with measurable operational and financial impact.
- Strong background in budget management, cost control, and performance metrics.
- Experience working with ERP and manufacturing systems, preferably in a food manufacturing context (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or industry-specific platforms).
- Experience with customer audits, third-party certifications, and government inspections is highly desirable.
Minimum Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities Knowledge
- Deep understanding of food manufacturing processes, including food safety, sanitation, and hygiene standards (e.g., HACCP, GMP, SQF).
- Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements from agencies such as FDA, USDA.
- Familiarity with allergen control, traceability, and recall procedures.
- Understanding of production scheduling, raw material management, and perishability factors unique to food operations.
- Knowledge of quality assurance systems and compliance protocols in a food production environment.
- Experience with food-specific ERP systems and supply chain logistics in temperature- or shelf-life-sensitive environments.
- Financial acumen related to plant operations, including waste control, yield optimization, and production cost analysis.
Skills:
- Excellent leadership skills with experience managing diverse teams in a food production environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to address quality, process, and supply chain challenges in real time.
- Clear and effective communication skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams and interact with auditors and inspectors.
- High attention to detail, especially in areas involving food safety, labeling, and quality standards.
- Proficient in lean manufacturing and continuous improvement tools (e.g., Kaizen, 5S, root cause analysis) tailored for food manufacturing.
- Skilled in risk assessment and mitigation related to food safety and operational reliability.
Abilities:
- Ability to enforce and promote a strong food safety and safety-first culture at all levels of the plant.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines while maintaining product quality and compliance.
- Ability to interpret production and quality data to drive operational decisions.
- Ability to adapt to changing demand, seasonal production swings, or ingredient availability challenges.
- Ability to respond swiftly and effectively to audits, inspections, or food safety incidents.
- Ability to implement and sustain continuous improvement initiatives in a highly regulated environment.
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Senior Director of Warehousing & Assembly Operations
About the Role
This is a rare opportunity to step into a highly visible leadership role within a successful and growing organization. Dimora Brands continues to expand its footprint, product offerings, and operational capabilities, creating meaningful opportunities for leaders who want to make a lasting impact. The Senior Director of Warehousing & Assembly will lead high-performing teams across a multi-site network. This role offers the ability to directly influence strategy, drive measurable operational improvements, and implement transformative change across the company. For an ambitious operations leader, this position provides significant exposure, executive partnership, and clear opportunities for continued advancement within a thriving organization.
About Dimora Brands
Dimora Brands is the parent company of industry-leading brands including Hardware Resources, Top Knobs, Wolf Home Products, Atlas Homewares, and Task Lighting. Across our portfolio, we design, engineer, manufacture, and distribute decorative and functional hardware, cabinet organizers, cabinets, wood products, and LED lighting solutions.
We proudly stock over 24,000 SKUs and ship same-day from strategically located distribution centers nationwide. Our success is driven by operational excellence, hard work, and a strong commitment to serving manufacturing, showroom, wholesale, retail, and e-commerce customers. At Dimora Brands, we foster a high-performance, team-oriented culture where leaders are empowered to build, innovate, and drive meaningful impact.
Position Summary
The Senior Director of Warehousing & Assembly is a network-wide operations leader responsible for the strategic direction, performance, and continuous improvement of:
- Hardware Resources (warehouse functions/ cabinet assembly)
- Top Knobs warehouse network
- Task Lighting Operations (assembly/warehouse functions)
This role leads a multi-site distribution and assembly network and is accountable for driving operational excellence across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Talent. The Senior Director ensures standardized processes, consistent execution, strong financial performance, and best-in-class customer service across all facilities. The Senior Director will take well-established, well-functioning operations and engage in continuous improvement to strive for excellence in all key areas.
This leader will function as a change agent, building high-performing teams, implementing standardized operating procedures (SOPs), and driving Lean process improvements across the network. This role requires a strong cross-functional partnership with Sales, Customer Service, Product Quality, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Executive Leadership to ensure operational alignment and customer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities
Network Operations Leadership
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for all Dimora Brands warehousing/cabinet assembly and Task Lighting assembly operations.
- Lead and develop DC Managers and site leadership teams.
- Ensure all facilities are staffed, trained, equipped, and operating within company guidelines and performance expectations.
- Serve as escalation point for operational performance gaps and customer service issues.
Performance & KPI Accountability
- Drive execution across all key performance metrics:
- Safety
- Quality
- Delivery / Service Levels
- Cost Management
- Talent Development
- Establish and monitor standardized scorecards across all sites.
- Identify performance gaps and implement corrective action plans with urgency and accountability.
- Own and manage regional operating budgets, capital planning, and cost control initiatives.
Scope
- Leads 10+ locations across the US
- Reports directly to the COO
- Manages a team of 225+ direct and indirect reports
Process Standardization & Continuous Improvement
- Lead the development, deployment, and compliance of standardized SOPs, playbooks, and best practices across all warehouse and assembly sites.
- Drive Lean leadership principles and structured problem-solving processes to eliminate waste and improve productivity.
- Lead focused improvement events and cross-functional initiatives.
- Ensure strong audit processes are in place to maintain operational discipline and process consistency.
Assembly & Value-Added Operations (Task Lighting and NorthPoint Cabinetry)
- Oversee assembly/manufacturing workflows to ensure quality, throughput, and efficiency targets are met.
- Partner with Product Quality and Engineering to ensure product standards and compliance.
- Optimize labor planning, workflow design, and material flow to support scalable growth.
Talent Development & Organizational Leadership
- Build and sustain a high-performance culture across all distribution and assembly operations.
- Assess training and development needs across the network.
- Coach and mentor warehouse and operations leaders; develop a strong leadership pipeline.
- Identify high-potential talent and create succession planning strategies.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner closely with Sales to ensure customer expectations and service requirements are met.
- Collaborate with Customer Service to quickly resolve order processing errors and service disruptions.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain, Logistics, and Product Quality to ensure seamless operational flow.
- Communicate disruptions, risks, and opportunities to Executive leadership in a timely and solutions-oriented manner.
Network Optimization & Growth Support
- Support new program launches, warehouse expansions, and facility relocations.
- Evaluate network capacity and scalability to support business growth.
- Lead technology adoption and warehouse systems improvements.
- Provide operational leadership during times of transition or leadership gaps within facilities.
What Success Looks Like
- A standardized, high-performing warehouse and assembly network operating with consistency and discipline.
- Strong safety record and compliance across all facilities.
- Improved service levels and reduced order errors.
- Measurable cost efficiencies and productivity gains.
- Engaged, developed leadership teams with a clear succession pipeline.
- A culture of urgency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
Experience
- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in warehouse, distribution, logistics, and/or light manufacturing/assembly operations.
- Minimum 5+ years leading multiple sites with demonstrated success driving measurable performance improvement.
- Experience implementing Lean methodologies and structured problem-solving processes preferred.
- Proven success managing budgets and driving cost optimization initiatives.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Operations Management, or related field required.
- MBA or advanced degree a plus.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong leadership presence and leadership capability.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through change across geographically dispersed teams.
- Deep understanding of inventory control, order processing, shipping systems, and warehouse technology.
- Strong financial acumen and data-driven decision-making skills.
- Lead by example work ethic
- Excellent communication and relationship management skills across multiple organizational levels.
- Highly organized and effective in fast-paced, multi-time-zone environments.
Additional Information
- Based at a Dimora Brands location (Dallas, Bossier, or Branchburg preferred).
- Regular travel to distribution and assembly facilities (approximately 25–40% domestic travel).
- Must conduct all company affairs in a professional and ethical manner.
- Post-offer background check and drug screen required.
Job Family: Mechanical Design Engineering
Organization: Data Center Infrastructure Team
Location: Remote* OR Austin, TX
*Requires up to 20% domestic and/or international travel (rare)
How will you make an impact?
We are seeking a highly skilled, technically proficient and detail-oriented Principal Mechanical Engineer with expertise in metal structures, frame design, pipes and fabrication to support the development of power and cooling infrastructure for data centers. This role is critical in designing robust mechanical systems that house and support electrical and thermal management equipment, ensuring structural integrity, manufacturability, and compliance with industry standards.
What will you do?
- Experience designing and integrating hydronic systems including pumps, piping networks, valves, and heat exchangers for data center cooling applications.
- Knowledge of fluid dynamics, pressure drop calculations, and pipe sizing for chilled water and glycol-based systems.
- Understanding of installation constraints, maintenance access, and serviceability in large-scale mechanical infrastructure.
- Design and develop mechanical frames, enclosures, and support structures for data center power and cooling products (UPS systems, battery racks, CRAC units, containment systems, LVS, MVS).
- Perform advanced structural analysis using FEA tools to validate mechanical integrity under static, dynamic, seismic, and thermal loads.
- Analyze load paths, stress concentrations, and fatigue life of structural components to ensure long-term reliability.
- Design metal enclosures with considerations for airflow, thermal containment, EMI shielding, and environmental protection.
- Evaluate and implement new materials, coatings, and fabrication technologies to enhance product performance and reliability.
- Participate in customer engagements and site visits to understand deployment constraints and gather feedback for design improvements.
- Create detailed CAD models and fabrication drawings, including weldments, sheet metal, and machined parts
- Select appropriate materials and fabrication methods to optimize cost, performance, and reliability
- Collaborate with electrical, thermal, and systems engineering teams to integrate mechanical designs with functional components.
- Lead mechanical design reviews and contribute to cross-functional design validation efforts.
- Develop and maintain design documentation including BOMs, specifications, test plans, and engineering change orders (ECOs).
- Drive continuous improvement in mechanical design for manufacturability (DFM), cost reduction, and performance optimization.
- Interface with suppliers and customers to resolve fabrication issues and ensure quality standards are met.
- Support lifecycle management of mechanical components, including obsolescence planning and alternate sourcing.
- Conduct root cause analysis and corrective actions for mechanical failures or field issues.
- Ensure mechanical designs support airflow management, thermal containment, and integration with cooling systems (in-row cooling, rear door heat exchangers).
- Collaborate with compliance and certification teams to ensure mechanical designs meet global regulatory requirements (UL, CE, RoHS, REACH)
- May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned
How will you get here?
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
Experience:
- 8+ years of experience in mechanical design and fabrication, preferably in data center, industrial, or power systems environment.
- Proficiency in CAD tools (SolidWorks, Creo, Inventor) and FEA software (ANSYS, Abaqus).
- Strong knowledge of metal fabrication processes including welding, sheet metal forming, and machining is a must
- Experience with structural design for heavy equipment or large assemblies, and familiarity with thermal and airflow considerations in enclosure design is required
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Creative, self-motivated, accountable, and team-oriented
- Able to work independently with minimal oversight
- Proficient in reading, analyzing, and interpreting general business publications, professional journals, technical procedures, and government regulations
- Skilled in writing reports, business correspondence, and procedural guides
- Effective at presenting information and responding to management, clients, and public queries
- Capable of influencing others and sharing best practices
- Comfortable working as part of a global team
- Capable of assessing projects, articulating risks, and developing project milestones
- Familiar with stage-gate processes in project lifecycle management (PLCM)
- Able to mentor less experienced engineers
- Ability to travel both domestically and internationally up to 30%
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Experience designing mechanical systems for data centers, telecom, or industrial power/cooling products.
- Active Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- Knowledge of regulatory and safety standards applicable to data center infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with prototype fabrication and testing; Experience working with global suppliers and contract manufacturers a plus
Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.
Job Family : Mechanical Design Engineering
Organization : Data Center Infrastructure Team
Location : Remote* OR Austin, TX
*Requires up to 20% domestic and/or international travel (rare)
How will you make an impact?
We are seeking a highly skilled, technically proficient and detail-oriented Principal Mechanical Engineer with expertise in metal structures, frame design, pipes and fabrication to support the development of power and cooling infrastructure for data centers. This role is critical in designing robust mechanical systems that house and support electrical and thermal management equipment, ensuring structural integrity, manufacturability, and compliance with industry standards.
What will you do?
Experience designing and integrating hydronic systems including pumps, piping networks, valves, and heat exchangers for data center cooling applications.
Knowledge of fluid dynamics, pressure drop calculations, and pipe sizing for chilled water and glycol-based systems.
Understanding of installation constraints, maintenance access, and serviceability in large-scale mechanical infrastructure.
Design and develop mechanical frames, enclosures, and support structures for data center power and cooling products (UPS systems, battery racks, CRAC units, containment systems, LVS, MVS).
Perform advanced structural analysis using FEA tools to validate mechanical integrity under static, dynamic, seismic, and thermal loads.
Analyze load paths, stress concentrations, and fatigue life of structural components to ensure long-term reliability.
Design metal enclosures with considerations for airflow, thermal containment, EMI shielding, and environmental protection.
Evaluate and implement new materials, coatings, and fabrication technologies to enhance product performance and reliability.
Participate in customer engagements and site visits to understand deployment constraints and gather feedback for design improvements.
Create detailed CAD models and fabrication drawings, including weldments, sheet metal, and machined parts
Select appropriate materials and fabrication methods to optimize cost, performance, and reliability
Collaborate with electrical, thermal, and systems engineering teams to integrate mechanical designs with functional components.
Lead mechanical design reviews and contribute to cross-functional design validation efforts.
Develop and maintain design documentation including BOMs, specifications, test plans, and engineering change orders (ECOs).
Drive continuous improvement in mechanical design for manufacturability (DFM), cost reduction, and performance optimization.
Interface with suppliers and customers to resolve fabrication issues and ensure quality standards are met.
Support lifecycle management of mechanical components, including obsolescence planning and alternate sourcing.
Conduct root cause analysis and corrective actions for mechanical failures or field issues.
Ensure mechanical designs support airflow management, thermal containment, and integration with cooling systems (in-row cooling, rear door heat exchangers).
Collaborate with compliance and certification teams to ensure mechanical designs meet global regulatory requirements (UL, CE, RoHS, REACH)
May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned
How will you get here?
Education :
~ Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
Experience :
~8+ years of experience in mechanical design and fabrication, preferably in data center, industrial, or power systems environment.
~ Proficiency in CAD tools (SolidWorks, Creo, Inventor) and FEA software (ANSYS, Abaqus).
~ Strong knowledge of metal fabrication processes including welding, sheet metal forming, and machining is a must
~ Experience with structural design for heavy equipment or large assemblies, and familiarity with thermal and airflow considerations in enclosure design is required
~ Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Creative, self-motivated, accountable, and team-oriented
Able to work independently with minimal oversight
Proficient in reading, analyzing, and interpreting general business publications, professional journals, technical procedures, and government regulations
Skilled in writing reports, business correspondence, and procedural guides
Effective at presenting information and responding to management, clients, and public queries
Capable of influencing others and sharing best practices
Comfortable working as part of a global team
Capable of assessing projects, articulating risks, and developing project milestones
Familiar with stage-gate processes in project lifecycle management (PLCM)
Able to mentor less experienced engineers
Ability to travel both domestically and internationally up to 30%
Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Experience designing mechanical systems for data centers, telecom, or industrial power/cooling products.
Active Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Knowledge of regulatory and safety standards applicable to data center infrastructure.
Hands-on experience with prototype fabrication and testing; Experience working with global suppliers and contract manufacturers a plus
Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.
Job Family: Mechanical Design Engineering
Organization: Data Center Infrastructure Team
Location: Remote* OR Austin, TX
*Requires up to 30% domestic and/or international travel (rare)
How will you make an impact?
We are seeking a highly skilled, technically proficient and detail-oriented Principal Mechanical Engineer with expertise in metal structures, frame design, pipes and fabrication to support the development of power and cooling infrastructure for data centers. This role is critical in designing robust mechanical systems that house and support electrical and thermal management equipment, ensuring structural integrity, manufacturability, and compliance with industry standards.
What will you do?
Experience designing and integrating hydronic systems including pumps, piping networks, valves, and heat exchangers for data center cooling applications.
Knowledge of fluid dynamics, pressure drop calculations, and pipe sizing for chilled water and glycol-based systems.
Understanding of installation constraints, maintenance access, and serviceability in large-scale mechanical infrastructure.
Design and develop mechanical frames, enclosures, and support structures for data center power and cooling products (UPS systems, battery racks, CRAC units, containment systems, LVS, MVS).
Perform advanced structural analysis using FEA tools to validate mechanical integrity under static, dynamic, seismic, and thermal loads.
Analyze load paths, stress concentrations, and fatigue life of structural components to ensure long-term reliability.
Design metal enclosures with considerations for airflow, thermal containment, EMI shielding, and environmental protection.
Evaluate and implement new materials, coatings, and fabrication technologies to enhance product performance and reliability.
Participate in customer engagements and site visits to understand deployment constraints and gather feedback for design improvements.
Create detailed CAD models and fabrication drawings, including weldments, sheet metal, and machined parts
Select appropriate materials and fabrication methods to optimize cost, performance, and reliability
Collaborate with electrical, thermal, and systems engineering teams to integrate mechanical designs with functional components.
Lead mechanical design reviews and contribute to cross-functional design validation efforts.
Develop and maintain design documentation including BOMs, specifications, test plans, and engineering change orders (ECOs).
Drive continuous improvement in mechanical design for manufacturability (DFM), cost reduction, and performance optimization.
Interface with suppliers and customers to resolve fabrication issues and ensure quality standards are met.
Support lifecycle management of mechanical components, including obsolescence planning and alternate sourcing.
Conduct root cause analysis and corrective actions for mechanical failures or field issues.
Ensure mechanical designs support airflow management, thermal containment, and integration with cooling systems (in-row cooling, rear door heat exchangers).
Collaborate with compliance and certification teams to ensure mechanical designs meet global regulatory requirements (UL, CE, RoHS, REACH)
May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned
How will you get here?
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
Experience:
8+ years of experience in mechanical design and fabrication, preferably in data center, industrial, or power systems environment.
Proficiency in CAD tools (SolidWorks, Creo, Inventor) and FEA software (ANSYS, Abaqus).
Strong knowledge of metal fabrication processes including welding, sheet metal forming, and machining is a must
Experience with structural design for heavy equipment or large assemblies, and familiarity with thermal and airflow considerations in enclosure design is required
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Creative, self-motivated, accountable, and team-oriented
Able to work independently with minimal oversight
Proficient in reading, analyzing, and interpreting general business publications, professional journals, technical procedures, and government regulations
Skilled in writing reports, business correspondence, and procedural guides
Effective at presenting information and responding to management, clients, and public queries
Capable of influencing others and sharing best practices
Comfortable working as part of a global team
Capable of assessing projects, articulating risks, and developing project milestones
Familiar with stage-gate processes in project lifecycle management (PLCM)
Able to mentor less experienced engineers
Ability to travel both domestically and internationally up to 30%
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Experience designing mechanical systems for data centers, telecom, or industrial power/cooling products.
Active Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Knowledge of regulatory and safety standards applicable to data center infrastructure.
Hands-on experience with prototype fabrication and testing; Experience working with global suppliers and contract manufacturers a plus
Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.
*At Securian Financial the internal position title is Infrastructure Dir."
Mission
"To lead the engineering discipline that ensures Securian's technology platforms and cloud services are built and operated with uncompromising resilience, performance, and quality. This role drives the design and automation of fault-tolerant, high-availability architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP-ensuring the enterprise meets resiliency, scalability, and efficiency expectations at every layer of technology."
Positioning
The Director of Resilience Engineering and Quality Leader is both a strategic peer and technical counterpart to the Infrastructure & Reliability Engineering Leader.
This role provides bench depth and succession coverage for REO's most technically complex domains while driving innovation in reliability, resilience, and performance practices.
Strategic influence: Shapes cloud reliability, quality engineering, and resilience strategy across REO and Architecture domains.
Operational authority: Leads Sr. Managers and Managers who own the execution of quality, resilience, and performance engineering capabilities.
Enterprise collaboration: Works hand-in-hand with Technology, Solution, Business, Data, and Enterprise Architects to embed reliability and resilience as core architecture principles.
Scope of Accountability
Resilience Engineering & Cloud Reliability
Architect and validate fault-tolerant, regionally resilient architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Own resilience automation, chaos testing, and IaC-based recovery validation.
Lead cross-cloud reliability design reviews and failure-mode analyses for critical systems.
Quality Engineering & Continuous Testing
Define enterprise-wide quality engineering strategy integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
Drive automation-first testing (functional, non-functional, performance, resilience).
Embed observability-driven quality validation and contract testing across services.
Performance, Capacity & Efficiency Engineering
Oversee predictive capacity planning, scaling automation, and cost/efficiency optimization (FinOps/GreenOps).
Partner with Platform & Infrastructure teams to tune performance across application and platform layers.
Measure and report on performance SLIs/SLAs aligned to REO's Reliability Metrics framework.
Cross-Domain Architecture Collaboration
Partner with Enterprise Architects to codify resilience and reliability standards in technology blueprints.
Collaborate with Technology & Solution Architects to design service reliability into delivery architectures.
Engage Data Architects for data resilience, replication, and pipeline reliability.
Work with Business Architects to align technical reliability goals with critical business outcomes.
Leadership & Talent Development
Lead a team of Sr. Managers and Managers, fostering a high-performance, hands-on engineering culture.
Build and mentor top-tier technical talent in cloud reliability, resilience, and quality automation.
Partner with HR and REO Enablement to develop succession plans and technical competency frameworks.
Core Technical Competencies
AWS (primary) - Multi-account design, HA architecture, region failover, resilience automation, Terraform/CDK/CloudFormation.
Azure & GCP (secondary) - Compute, networking, and reliability constructs; hybrid cloud design and failover integration.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Deep proficiency in Terraform, policy-as-code (OPA/Conftest), drift detection, pipeline integration.
Reliability & Chaos Engineering - AWS Fault Injection Simulator, Gremlin, steady-state hypothesis design.
Observability & Quality Automation - OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, CloudWatch, K6, Gatling; CI/CD quality gates and dashboards.
Performance Engineering - Load, stress, and soak testing automation; performance profiling and SLO alignment.
Disaster Recovery Automation - Cross-region orchestration, IaC-driven DR runs, replication validation.
FinOps/GreenOps - Cloud cost and efficiency automation, carbon-aware scaling policies.
Leadership Competencies
Strategic Technical Leadership: Operates at the intersection of deep engineering and executive strategy.
Multi-Domain Collaborator: Integrates reliability and resilience across architecture, operations, and business domains.
Talent Multiplier: Develops and empowers senior managers, fostering engineering mastery and innovation.
Credible Technical Authority: Trusted peer to Infrastructure & Reliability Engineering; capable of leading architecture reviews and executive briefings.
Change Champion: Drives transformation of reliability practices across platforms, pipelines, and teams.
Qualifications & Experience
12+ years in cloud engineering, reliability, or platform leadership roles.
5+ years leading Sr. Managers/Managers in technical domains.
Proven expertise across AWS, with working knowledge of Azure and GCP.
Experience with multi-cloud governance, DR design, IaC at scale, and reliability automation.
Strong understanding of observability, SRE principles, and REO/ITIL-aligned reliability frameworks.
Certifications:
Required: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Preferred: AWS DevOps Engineer, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect
Success Metrics
99.9% availability maintained for Tier-1 workloads.
100% coverage of DR automation for Tier-1 services.
25% annual increase in automated quality/test coverage.
15% annual improvement in resource efficiency and cost performance.
Documented resilience participation across all enterprise architecture blueprints.
Positive "technical peer readiness" and succession rating from Head of REO.
Summary Value Proposition
This Director role blends deep AWS reliability engineering expertise, multi-cloud technical breadth, and leadership scale.
It ensures REO maintains both technical depth and leadership redundancy, and it strengthens the bridge between engineering execution and enterprise architecture alignment.
#LI-hybrid **This position will be in a hybrid working arrangement.**
Securian Financial believes in hybrid work as an integral part of our culture. Associates get the benefit of working both virtually and in our offices. If you're in a commutable distance (90 minutes), you'll join us 3 days each week in our offices to collaborate and build relationships. Our policy allows flexibility for the reality of business and personal schedules.
The estimated base pay range for this job is:
$145,000.00 - $267,000.00Pay may vary depending on job-related factors and individual experience, skills, knowledge, etc. More information on base pay and incentive pay (if applicable) can be discussed with a member of the Securian Financial Talent Acquisition team.
Be you. With us. At Securian Financial, we understand that attracting top talent means offering more than just a job - it means providing a rewarding and fulfilling career. As a valued member of our high-performing team, we want you to connect with your work, your relationships and your community. Enjoy our comprehensive range of benefits designed to enhance your professional growth, well-being and work-life balance, including the advantages listed here:
Paid time off:
We want you to take time off for what matters most to you. Our PTO program provides flexibility for associates to take meaningful time away from work to relax, recharge and spend time doing what's important to them. And Securian Financial rewards associates for their service by providing additional PTO the longer you stay at Securian.
Leave programs: Securian's flexible leave programs allow time off from work for parental leave, caregiver leave for family members, bereavement and military leave.
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Company-funded pension plan and a 401(k) retirement plan: Share in the success of our company. Securian's 401(k) company contribution is tied to our performance up to 10 percent of eligible earnings, with a target of 5 percent. The amount is based on company results compared to goals related to earnings, sales and service.
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Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.
Location Details: Remote - United States
At GoDaddy, the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time, others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days), and some work entirely remotely.
This is a remote position, so you'll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings.
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The GoCaaS (GoDaddy Content As A Service) team powers GoDaddy's generative AI platform. We enable internal teams to securely build, deploy, and scale AI capabilities across the company—driving innovation, productivity, and customer impact. Our platform supports 100+ large language models across multiple vendors (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, AWS) with 99.99% uptime, serving thousands of employees and dozens of teams.
What you'll get to do...
- Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team delivering critical AI platform capabilities while mentoring engineers to deliver quality software efficiently.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (product, design, and engineering leaders) to define and execute the GoCaaS roadmap and strategic initiatives.
- Drive platform excellence by ensuring reliability, scalability, and optimal developer experience for internal AI consumers.
- Champion engineering best practices, including CI/CD, observability, and secure software development across the organization.
- Collaborate with enterprise teams (security, data, infrastructure) to deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions while fostering a culture of experimentation and technical excellence.
Your experience should include...
- 6+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in engineering management or tech lead roles.
- Proven leadership of backend/platform teams delivering production-scale services.
- Strong cloud infrastructure knowledge (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and distributed systems expertise.
- Hands-on programming skills in Python, Go, or Node.js with CI/CD and observability experience.
- Leadership and project management abilities, including stakeholder management and cross-functional project delivery.
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