SUMMARY

TheLeadDFxSupport Engineer is a hands-on individual contributor responsible for driving manufacturability, assembly,serviceabilityand quality excellence across complex electrical and electromechanical products. This role provides authoritative DesignforX leadership from early concept through NPI, productionand sustaining phases, ensuring design intent translates into robust,scalableand repeatable factory execution.

The position requires deep experience with manufacturing environments, tolerance management, and standardization strategies, along with the ability to influence design decisions across engineering, manufacturing,qualityand supply chain organizations. TheLeadDFxSupport Engineer proactivelyidentifiessystemic risks, drives design improvements upstream and materially reducesmanufacturingdrivenengineering changes,costand field corrections.

Job Title: Lead DFX Engineer

Organization: Data Center Infrastructure Team

Location: Austin, TX - or Remote*

*Requires up to 25% domestic and/or international travel (rare)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

DFxLeadership & Manufacturing Readiness

• Providesenior‑levelDFxguidance to ensure designs areoptimizedfor manufacturability, assembly efficiency, service access, andlong‑termquality.
• LeadDFxevaluations during concept, designreviewsand release readiness activities,identifyingrisks before product release.
• Establish clear, actionable manufacturability requirements aligned to factory capabilities,takttime and qualityobjectives.

Standardization & Design Robustness

• Drive crossprogram standardization and part rationalization initiatives to reduce variation,costand supply chain risk.
• Influence architectural and layout decisions to promote reuse of proven components, wiringpracticesand panel designs.
• Champion robust designprinciples thatminimize sensitivity to tolerance variation and assembly variability.

Tolerance Management & Assembly Feasibility

• Lead tolerance stack-up analysis and assembly feasibility assessments in coordination with mechanical and manufacturing engineering.
• Identifyfit, clearance, and accessibility risks that couldimpactyield,serviceabilityor safety.
• Recommend andvalidatedesign changes that improve assembly robustness and repeatability.

Manufacturing Feedback Integration & Change Reduction

• Serve as theseniortechnical conduit for manufacturing feedback, ensuring productionlearnings aresystematically fed back into design standards.
• Proactively reducemanufacturingdrivenECRs/ECNs by resolving producibility concerns prior to design release.
• Support rootcause analysis of recurring manufacturing or quality issues and drive corrective and preventative design actions.

CrossFunctional Technical Influence

• Partner with manufacturing engineering, quality, supply chain, and production leaders during prototype builds, pilot runs and production rampups.
• Mentor junior engineers onDFxbest practices and manufacturingaware design approaches.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of enterpriseDFxprocesses,guidelinesandrelease criteria.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, ManufacturingEngineeringor related engineering discipline.
• Typically8+ years of experience inDFx, manufacturingfocused design, production engineering, or related roles supporting industrial or infrastructureclass equipment.
• Proven ability to evaluate complex designs and influence design direction to improve manufacturability and quality.
• Deep understanding of tolerance management, assemblyprocessesand production system constraints.
• Demonstrated ability to independently leadDFxefforts and influence crossfunctional teams without direct authority.

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting power and cooling equipment such as switchgear, PDCs, CDUs, transformers,chillersor similar missioncritical infrastructure.
• Hands‑onexperience in factory environments supporting prototype builds, NPI and highmix or lowvolume production.
• Strong familiarity with electrical panel construction, wiring methods, labelingstandardsand industrial assembly practices.
• Experience working within PLM systems and formal engineering change processes.
• Track recordof reducingmanufacturingdrivenECRs/ECNs and improving production yield or cycle time through design changes.

Core Competencies

• SeniorlevelDFxjudgment and technical influence
• Strong manufacturing and factory execution awareness
• Proactive risk identification and mitigation
• Bias toward standardization,robustnessand scalability
• Effectivecross‑functionalleadership without managerial authority
• High ownership,accountabilityand attention to detail

About the Data Center Infrastructure (DCI) Team:

The DCI team consists of technical subject matter experts who specialize in end-to-end large scale physical infrastructure that powers and enables modern data centers. This includes power distribution systems such as transformers, substations, generators, switchgear, switch panels, busways, ATS units, EDPM, BMS systems, and control panels, as well as cooling solutions ranging from traditional evaporative and indirect cooling systems to emerging liquid cooling technologies including chillers, heat exchangers, CDUs, pumps, and secondary fluid networks. The team also addresses the mechanical structures that house these systems - hot aisle containment, steel enclosures, blanking panels, cable trays, and fiber and networking infrastructure.

The DCI team operates as a cross-industry center of excellence, partnering primarily with various cloud providers across the industry. Team members function as deeply technical subject matter experts who engage directly with customers and supply chain partners to assess requirements, identify challenges, and design infrastructure solutions end-to-end. The ideal contributor brings engineering-level expertise in either power or cooling disciplines, a working knowledge of the full infrastructure dependency chain, and the ability to