Thermal Systems Lead Engineer — Data Center Cooling & Infrastructure #3612653

Be Part Of A Dynamic Team:

Join a high-performing engineering team focused on advancing next-generation thermal systems for data center, AI, HPC, hyperscale, and mission-critical environments. This organization is helping shape the future of cooling infrastructure by developing scalable solutions that support rapidly increasing compute density, energy efficiency, reliability, sustainability, and deployment readiness.

This team works across advanced thermal systems, liquid cooling, airside cooling, mechanical infrastructure, power integration, controls, modeling, validation, and customer-facing solution development. The ideal candidate is a systems thinker who can connect technical depth with real-world deployment needs, customer requirements, industry standards, and long-term product strategy.

What’s In Store For You:

This is a full-time direct hire opportunity supporting a high-growth data center thermal systems portfolio.

The role offers the opportunity to influence cooling architecture for high-density compute environments, working closely with engineering, product, controls, modeling, field, sales, manufacturing, and customer-facing teams. Strong candidates will help define system concepts, evaluate design tradeoffs, support validation, contribute to technical documentation, and guide scalable thermal solutions for emerging data center needs.

Remote flexibility may be considered for exceptional candidates, with travel expected as needed for technical reviews, customer meetings, field validation, industry events, and project support.

How You Will Make An Impact:

• Lead or support development of advanced thermal systems for data center, AI/HPC, hyperscale, and mission-critical applications.
• Evaluate cooling architectures involving liquid cooling, direct-to-chip cooling, CDUs/TCS, cold plates, rack-level cooling, airside systems, chillers, dry coolers, heat exchangers, pumps, thermal storage, heat rejection, controls, and facility integration.
• Translate high-density compute and infrastructure requirements into practical thermal system concepts and engineering requirements.
• Assess tradeoffs across performance, reliability, redundancy, controls, serviceability, safety, energy efficiency, water usage, carbon impact, cost, and deployment readiness.
• Support development of system concepts, reference designs, operating modes, control inputs, technical documentation, validation plans, and customer-facing materials.
• Partner with product, engineering, modeling, controls, field, sales, manufacturing, vendors, and customers to guide scalable data center cooling solutions.
• Use modeling, simulation, field data, lab testing, commissioning feedback, or performance analysis to improve system design and operation.
• Provide technical guidance for strategic customer opportunities, industry discussions, internal design reviews, and commercialization activities.
• Help mentor engineers and build organizational knowledge around emerging thermal systems and data center cooling technologies.

Are you a proven thermal systems professional ready to make an impact in data center cooling?

• 8 years of relevant engineering experience in thermal systems, data center cooling, mechanical systems, mission-critical infrastructure, power infrastructure, electronics cooling, HVAC, controls, modeling, or advanced product development.
• Direct experience with data center, AI/HPC, hyperscale, colocation, mission-critical, high-density compute, or advanced cooling systems.
• Strong system-level thinking with the ability to connect components into the broader cooling, power, controls, and facility architecture.
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following: liquid cooling, direct-to-chip cooling, cold plates, CDUs/TCS, rack-level cooling, airside cooling, heat rejection, chillers, dry coolers, pumps, heat exchangers, hydronic systems, power integration, controls, modeling, validation, or commissioning.
• Ability to evaluate technical tradeoffs involving performance, reliability, efficiency, redundancy, cost, sustainability, safety, and deployment.
• Experience creating or contributing to technical documentation such as design guides, requirements, test plans, operating modes, sequence-of-operation inputs, reference designs, white papers, or customer-facing technical materials.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical concepts to customers, leadership, engineering teams, field teams, vendors, and industry stakeholders.
• Experience with modeling, simulation, validation, controls, field troubleshooting, commissioning, or system optimization is preferred.
• Exposure to OCP, ASHRAE TC 9.9, IEEE, ASME, JEDEC, UL, NFPA, NEC, LEED, CEM, or similar standards / industry organizations is preferred.
• Professional Engineering license, advanced degree, patents, publications, conference speaking, committee work, or technical presentations are helpful but not required.

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter highlighting your relevant experience and qualifications.

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About us:

Axiom Path is a global solutions provider leveraging AI and pre-built analytics to deliver exceptional services across various domains. Our core values (Accountability, Excellence, Integrity, and Community) guide us in providing optimized results and unparalleled service. We are an equal opportunity employer, a SIA-recognized diversity-owned firm, committed to diversity and inclusion.