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Lead DFx Support Engineer - Data Center Infrastructure
$105,100–$189,200 year
Remote · United States or Austin, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead DFx Engineer responsible for driving manufacturability, assembly, serviceability and quality excellence across complex electrical and electromechanical products. Provide authoritative DFx leadership from concept through NPI, production and sustaining phases, ensuring design intent translates into robust, scalable and repeatable factory execution. Influence design decisions across engineering, manufacturing, quality and supply chain; proactively identify systemic risks, drive design improvements upstream, and reduce manufacturing driven engineering changes, cost and field corrections. Responsibilities include DFx leadership during concept, design reviews and release readiness, establishing manufacturability requirements aligned to factory capabilities and quality objectives, and mentoring junior engineers. Preferred experience includes supporting power and cooling equipment in data-center infrastructure, hands-on factory exposure, PLM and engineering change processes. The role involves cross-functional collaboration, travel up to 25%, and contributing to continuous improvement of DFx processes and release criteria.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or related engineering discipline
- Typically 8+ years of experience in DFx, manufacturing focused design, production engineering, or related roles
- Proven ability to evaluate complex designs and influence design direction to improve manufacturability and quality
- Deep understanding of tolerance management, assembly processes and production system constraints
- Demonstrated ability to independently lead DFx efforts and influence cross functional teams without direct authority
- Experience with power or cooling equipment such as switchgear, PDCs, CDUs, transformers, chillers or similar infrastructure
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