Product Applications Engineer, Data Center Liquid Cooling

Job Description

Danfoss is looking in the Austin, TX area for an experienced, results-oriented Product Applications Engineer with technical expertise and industry knowledge of liquid cooling thermal management systems with a focus on hyperscale data centers – specifically, rack-based servers employing liquid cooling technologies.

The Product Applications Engineer will act as the subject matter expert on single-phase and two-phase liquid cooling applications within hyperscale data centers providing technical & operational support, identifying product solutions to meet application requirements, and contributing to business development initiatives. The engineer will be responsible for a range of tasks from on-site customer support to market analysis, ensuring the delivery of high-value solutions and maintaining strong customer relationships.

At Danfoss Power Solutions we engineer and design solutions that allow the world to use resources in smarter and energy efficient ways – driving the sustainable transformation in hydraulics, thermal management, digitalization, and electro mobility of tomorrow.  Your initiative and entrepreneurial mindset will be an important part in serving customers with our innovative products and solutions.

Job Responsibilities

Responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following.

• Act as the subject matter expert on all matters related to single phase and two-phase liquid cooling applications within hyperscale data centers, including primary and in-rack cooling solutions.
• Identified within and outside the team as a product and technical resource for other thermal management applications, i.e. electric vehicle and charging applications.  
• Identify and drive new business opportunities – bringing value to our customers via smarter and energy efficient products and systems.
• Meet with data center partners on-site to review server platform functional requirements employing liquid cooling and identify product solutions and product gaps for their given system needs.
• Translates customer requirements into identifying existing products or to work with engineering on internal designs using existing company design standards. Establishes BOMs, calculates component costs and establishes selling prices within established guidelines.  Performs competitive analysis to determine market price levels.
• Facilitates prototyping requirements, routing request through the organization and collaborating with manufacturing plants globally.
• Create and develop customer presentations, ROI (Return of Investment Analysis), Project submittals, MOPs (method of procedure) and any other technical information required by customers to ensure application support and ongoing business development wins.
• Domestic travel requirements 15%

Background & Skills

Required (basic) qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (engineering disciplined preferred, but business degree acceptable with demonstrated technical proficiency.)
• 3+ years of experience with data center infrastructure design objectives, performance factors, and physical requirements. Preferred experience with single phase and two-phase liquid cooling applications.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s Degree (engineering or business discipline)
• Experienced in reading and drafting drawings in CAD software, preferred in PRO-E.
• Trade group affiliation or familiarity (ASHRAE, AHRI, DOE, Energy Star, Open19, OCP)

Job Criteria

• Ability to work and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively at different levels and with different stakeholders completing and presenting value add presentations internally and externally.
• Strong and pragmatic troubleshooting, problem solving and root cause analysis skills, ability to recognize "big picture".
• Experienced in reading and drafting drawings in CAD software, preferred in PRO-E.
• Experienced in using MS Office Tools, SAP, Salesforce, Team Center, CAD

Employee Benefits

We are excited to offer you the following benefits with your employment:

• Bonus system
• Paid vacation
• Flexible working hours
• Personal insurance
• Communication package
• Opportunity to join Employee Resource Groups
• State of the art virtual work environment
• Employee Referral Program

This list does not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

Danfoss – Engineering Tomorrow

At Danfoss, we are engineering solutions that allow the world to use resources in smarter ways - driving the sustainable transformation of tomorrow. No transformation has ever been started without a group of passionate, dedicated and empowered people. We believe that innovation and great results are driven by the right mix of people with diverse backgrounds, personalities, skills, and perspectives, reflecting the world in which we do business. To make sure the mix of people works, we strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are treated equally, respected, and valued for who they are. It is a strong priority within Danfoss to improve the health, working environment and safety of our employees.

Following our founder’s mindset “action speaks louder than words”, we set ourselves ambitious targets to protect the environment by embarking on a plan to become CO2 neutral latest by 2030.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.