Mechanical Engineering - Team Lead
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 2, 2026. Ecolab scores B on the Alion truth index.
CoolIT, An Ecolab Company, a leading Direct Liquid Cooling technology provider for data centers, supercomputers, and desktop computers is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Team Lead, CDU/ Structural Mechanical, who will lead a high performing team of mechanical engineers in the design of new Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU) products for the datacenter and high-performance computing industry. You will manage team workload, support technical development, and collaborate with industry partners to drive continuous improvement and adopt best-in-class technologies. Your team will be responsible for the CDU mechanical design, contributing across the full lifecycle of the product. As an engineering leader, your success will be measured by your team’s ability to perform effectively and achieve its goals. You will also foster a team culture that attracts, develops, and retains top industry talent.
What’s in it for you:
- We strive to be an employer of choice and as such we believe in rewarding our employees with career and development opportunities that will maintain and strengthen our culture while aligning to our vision and values.
- Dress for your day - in a casual yet professional environment.
- Thrive in a company that values sustainability, drives a safety-focused culture and has been recognized as one of the most ethical companies in the world
- Vacation and flex days, and paid company-wide shutdown during the holiday season.
- Comprehensive benefits including Dental, Drugs, Optical, Paramedical and Health Spending. These costs are covered by CoolIT and are enacted from your first day
What You Will Do:
- Lead the engineering team responsible for CDU mechanical architecture and interfaces, physical integration, structural-mechanical design, seismic analysis, reliability, packaging, and manufacturability.
- Guide your team in mechanical product design through the full new product introduction (NPI) lifecycle; concept development, detailed design, validation, product launch & handoff to mass production, field support & sustaining activities, and value engineering until product end-of-life.
- Drive increased product reliability, shorter development times, and fewer design cycles by standardizing design approaches and increasing re-use of qualified components and assemblies across products.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.
- Review and authenticate your team’s technical work ensuring technical competence and rigour is upheld.
- Conduct performance management activities including performance evaluations, Goal Setting Reviews (GSRs), coaching, and ongoing feedback.
- Support your team members in developing their technical, decision-making, and leadership skills with Individual Development Plans (IDPs), training, and professional development.
- Support business decisions by contributing to high-level project effort and timeline estimates.
- Conduct detailed work planning and estimation, participate in defining the work breakdown structures for current and queued projects.
- Balance your team’s workload by supporting sprint planning and capacity smoothing.
- Support and contribute to continuous improvement of internal engineering standards, workflows, and guidelines.
- Collaborate with external parties, including industry partners, customers, consultants, and critical component suppliers to support technical decision-making, continuous improvement, and adoption of best-in-class technology.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Physics, or a related engineering discipline.
- Minimum 7 years of experience in mechanical engineering, product design, datacenter design, or a related technical field.
- P.Eng. or P.Tech.(Eng.) designation with APEGA, or ability to obtain within six months.
- Strong expertise in mechanical design, including GD&T, tolerance analysis, FEA, DfM, DfA, DFMEA, and design validation.
- Experience leading hardware product development through the full New Product Introduction (NPI) lifecycle, from concept through production.
- Demonstrated people leadership and/or technical leadership experience.
- Experience designing complex products for high-volume manufacturing environments.
- Strong engineering analysis, project planning, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound, data-driven decisions in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience managing or supervising engineering teams.
- Experience with agile or hybrid hardware development methodologies and sprint planning.
- Experience in datacenter product design or datacenter project engineering.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with experience working across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality teams.
We thank every candidate in advance, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please note immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.
Successful candidates for this position will be required to undergo background checks.
ABOUT COOLIT, AN ECOLAB COMPANY:
Founded in Calgary, Alberta in 2001, CoolIT Systems is the leading Direct Liquid Cooling technology provider for data centers, supercomputers, and desktop computers. We design and manufacture solutions used by the largest tech companies globally.
Recognized as one of “The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2023” by Financial Times and honored with the Deloitte Fast 50 Clean Technology award in 2022, as well as the Deloitte Fast 500 distinction in both 2021 and 2022, CoolIT's rapid growth is capturing global attention.
As demand for generative AI, high performance computing and cloud solutions rapidly expands, there has never been a more exciting time to join our team.
During pre-screening, we may use an AI tool, supported by human oversight, to efficiently manage tasks such as resume screening and/or interview scheduling. All hiring decisions are made by human reviewers.
Successful candidates will be required to undergo pre-hire background checks as a condition of employment.