Senior Staff Thermal Systems Engineer

What you will do

Johnson Controls’ Data Center Product Architecture team is seeking a Senior Staff Data Center Thermal Systems Engineer for the Advanced Technology & Innovation group. You will be a technical and business leader with business unit influence. You’ll drive long-range planning for business unit thermal products, champions thermal technology initiatives across Data Center Solutions, and defines integration standards ensuring modular thermal stack interoperability. You will be considered a system architect and recognized expert across thermal, controls, electrical, and mechanical domains with industry knowledge. This position is based onsite, minimum 3 days per week, at our Advanced Technology and Innovation Center located in New Freedom, PA. Candidates must be commuting distance to the facility or able to relocate.

How you will do it

Drive long-range planning for business unit thermal products; serve as system architect and global resource for thermal design direction

Define integration standards across product lines; ensure modular thermal stack interoperability

Define and coordinate product family specifications; establish business unit thermal standards and design guidelines

Champion thermal technology initiatives across Data Center Solutions; exhibit business unit influence

Supervise technical team; lead thermal system architecture efforts

Strategic communicator representing organization for company-wide thermal initiatives; mentor Principal and Staff Engineers globally

What you will need

Required

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline

14+ years experience with multiple released thermal products/systems and recognized throughout division and/or industry

Chiller industry experience, or large industrial HVAC industry experience

System architect for data center thermal solutions

Recognized expert across thermal, controls, electrical, and mechanical domains

Expert in multiple technical domains (thermal, controls, electrical, mechanical)

Microsoft 365/Excel (including basic macros/VBA for data analysis and reporting)

CAD proficiency (SolidWorks, Creo, or equivalent)

Engineering calculations and documentation (MathCAD, EES, or equivalent)

Heat transfer analysis (conduction, convection, two-phase)

Strong cross-domain knowledge across thermal, controls, electrical systems-generalists with 80% mastery across domains highly valued

Thermodynamic cycle analysis

Fluid mechanics and hydraulic system design

Thermal system component sizing and selection

Prototype fabrication and hands-on testing

Cross-functional project execution

Preferred

Master’s degree

Software/Simulation experience

Python scripting and environment management (package installation, virtual environments, basic automation)

CFD (ANSYS Fluent, Star-CCM+, OpenFOAM, or equivalent)

FEA (ANSYS Mechanical, Abaqus, or equivalent)

MATLAB/Simulink for system modeling and controls

Controls fundamentals (feedback loops, PID tuning, system response)

Electrical systems basics (motor sizing, VFDs, power distribution)

Refrigeration system design and refrigerant properties

Data center cooling architectures (direct liquid cooling, rear-door heat exchangers, CDUs)

Expert in one or more thermal domains (CDU, chiller, dry cooler, cold plate systems)

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