Jabil
PrincipalSystemsLead-DataCenterInfrastructure
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“Principal Systems Lead - Data Center Infrastructure at Jabil. Skills: System Architecture, Model Strategy, Variant Logic, Platform Scalability, CAD Standards, Templates, Guardrails, Technical Authority, Design Review Ownership, Cross-Functional Technical Alignment. Own the overall CAD system architecture across cooling and power platforms, ensuring coherence between mechanical, electrical, and configuration structures.. Define and maintain modular design strategies that enable reuse, scalability”
Industry & Context.
Resolve ambiguous or conflicting design directions by anchoring decisions to architecture and lifecycle impact.; Act as the escalation point for complex system integration issues.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent professional experience, 10+ years of experience designing and architecting complex electromechanical systems, Proven track record of hands-on CAD architecture ownership in multi variant product environments, Deep understanding of modular design, configuration logic and lifecycle scalability, Ability to operate independently as a senior technical authority across disciplines
Nice to Have
Architecture ownership for CDUs, chillers, HVAC, liquid cooling or power distribution systems, Experience handling product families with multiple ratings, redundancy configurations and regional compliance needs, Deep familiarity with CAD / PLM integration and configuration control discipline, Experience reducing organizational load by eliminating recurring design churn and reactive changes
What You'll Do.
Own the overall CAD system architecture across cooling and power platforms
ensuring coherence between mechanical
and configuration structures.
Define and maintain modular design strategies that enable reuse
scalability and isolation of change across product families.
Architect model structures that minimize downstream rework by anticipating growth
option expansion and regional variations.
Actively identify and eliminate sources of recurring design churn through architectural refinement.
Define and enforce variant logic supporting differences in: capacity and ratings
regional standards (IEC / UL / customer specific)
Ensure variants are implemented through configurable logic
not ad hoc duplication or manual rework.
Enable product scalability without destabilizing released designs or increasing lifecycle complexity.
Establish and maintain CAD modeling standards
structure rules and best practices across all cooling and power systems.
Define standard templates
references and interface rules to ensure consistent model behavior and long-term maintainability.
Ensure standards are practical
enforced through execution
and aligned with PLM and configuration requirements.
Continuously refine standards based on real engineering pain points
not theoretical ideals.
Serve as the primary technical authority during system level and cross domain design reviews.
Make or guide technically sound decisions on tradeoffs involving performance
manufacturability and serviceability.
Resolve ambiguous or conflicting design directions by anchoring decisions to architecture and lifecycle impact.
Act as the escalation point for complex system integration issues.
Work closely with ME CAD
and PLM/configuration roles to ensure architectural intent is properly implemented and maintained.
Ensure alignment between product architecture
configuration control and released data structures.
Partner with manufacturing
and service teams to ensure architecture supports build
Influence execution through technical clarity and not managerial control.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with ME CAD, EE CAD, and PLM/configuration roles to ensure architectural intent is properly implemented and maintained.; Ensure alignment between product architecture, configuration control and released data structures.; Partner with manufacturing, quality, and service teams to ensure architecture supports build, test, and field realities.; Influence execution through technical clarity and not managerial control.
Communication Scope
Clear technical communication across disciplines
Full Job Description
At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe. The Principal Systems Lead (Product Architect Owner) is a senior individual contributor responsible for technical ownership and architectural coherence across all CDU, HVAC, chiller cooling systems and related power distribution CAD models. This role provides hands on architectural leadership focused on preventing design churn, reducing lifecycle inefficiencies and enabling scalable, repeatable engineering execution. Rather than managing people, this role actively shapes the product architecture by defining modeling standards, modular strategies and variant logic that ensure consistency, long term maintainability and rapid adaptability to changing requirements. The Principal Systems Lead serves as the primary technical authority for complex system level decisions, design reviews and cross functional alignment. **Key Responsibilities** **System Architecture & Model Strategy** * Own the overall CAD system architecture across cooling and power platforms, ensuring coherence between mechanical, electrical, and configuration structures. * Define and maintain modular design strategies that enable reuse, scalability and isolation of change across product families. * Architect model structures that minimize downstream rework by anticipating growth, option expansion and regional variations. * Actively identify and eliminate sources of recurring design churn through architectural refinement. **Variant Logic & Platform Scalability** * Define
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