Thermal Mechanical Engineering Team Lead

Ecolab; Calgary; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation days

Dental & Health

Casual dress code

Retention rewards

RRSP contributions

Job summary

CoolIT Systems, based in Calgary, Alberta, seeks a Thermal Mechanical Engineering Team Lead to guide a design engineering team focused on Direct Liquid Cooling products. You will drive technical excellence, manage workload, mentor engineers and partner with external stakeholders to accelerate innovation.

Lead with strong CAD skills, GD&T, FEA, and NPI experience, shaping product development from concept to mass production while building a culture that attracts, develops, and retains top talent

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or similar field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of thermal design and fluid dynamics concepts.
• Experience with NPI and hardware development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the technical design process for Direct Liquid Cooling products to stay competitive.
• Manage workload, prioritize tasks, and develop team capabilities.
• Collaborate with industry partners, customers, consultants, and suppliers for technical decision-making.
• Define cross-functional roles, responsibilities, and escalation paths for product development.
• Act as the point of contact for design standards and engineering processes.

Skills

Team leadership

CAD design

GD&T

Thermal design

Fluid dynamics

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

FEA software

PLM systems

Thermal simulation tools

Job description

What You’ll Do

As the Thermal Mechanical Engineering Team Lead, you will lead a team of skilled design engineers responsible for Direct Liquid Cooling products, ensuring technical excellence and timely project execution. You will manage team workload, support technical development, and collaborate with industry partners to drive continuous improvement and adopt best-in-class technologies. As a functional team 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.

As the Thermal Mechanical Engineering Team Lead, you will lead a team of skilled design engineers responsible for Direct Liquid Cooling products, ensuring technical excellence and timely project execution. You will manage team workload, support technical development, and collaborate with industry partners to drive continuous improvement and adopt best-in-class technologies. As a functional team 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.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the technical design process used for Direct Liquid Cooling products, ensuring the product development workflow remains competitive and enables the team to achieve project targets.
• Manage the team's workload, prioritize tasks, and delegate effectively, while also focusing on building the team's technical knowledge, supporting career growth, and managing performance.
• 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 without diluting Engineering’s ownership of design standards, processes, and workflows.
• Work with other departments to define clear cross‑functional roles, responsibilities, decision boundaries, and escalation paths for product development activities that involve Engineering.
• Act as the Engineering team’s point of contact and decision maker for design standards, engineering processes, and team workflows, ensuring these practices are clearly communicated, consistently applied, and aligned with cross‑departmental needs.

Who You Are

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or similar Engineering disciplines.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of thermal design and fluid dynamics concepts.
• Deep understanding of mechanical design and engineering, including mechanism analysis, GD&T, FEA, DFM, DFMEA, PLM, thermal simulation, testing and validation.
• Strong understanding of the New Product Introduction process, with proven experience managing hardware development through the full product lifecycle from concept, prototyping, verification, validation, and production transfer through to mass production.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of people management and/or technical leadership experience (managing or supervising engineering teams).
• Experience with high‑volume production for industrial products.
• Possess P.Eng designation or similar professional credentials.

Skills

• Strong CAD design skills.
• Leadership skills with the ability to manage and develop a team.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Effective time management skills.
• Strong cross‑functional communication skills, with the ability to align Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and external parties on design requirements, process expectations, and product development deliverables.
• Ability to oversee the design of complex mechanical components and assemblies.
• Capacity to manage team workload, prioritize, and delegate tasks.
• Ability to coordinate with external parties while representing Engineering’s decisions on design standards, development processes, and workflow expectations.
• Proven ability to manage and execute departmental plans and budgets spending.
• Capability to lead cross‑departmental product development initiatives and drive alignment from early concept definition through design release, production readiness, and mass production support.

Why CoolIT?

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.

Benefits

We are a company that is full of vibrant, innovative people who love what we do. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• 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.
• Dress for your day – in a casual yet professional environment.
• Retention rewards like “The Big Coffee Break” that reward tenure with additional vacation time and a monetary bonus.
• Company‑funded RRSP contributions to support your long‑term financial goals.

We thank every candidate in advance, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates for this position will be required to undergo background checks including criminal records check and education.

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.

Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion & Belonging

Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance in all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement. Ecolab will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin,citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, or disability.