Sr. Engineering Manager Thermal

Vertiv Group; Pune; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv in Pune seeks a senior leader to guide the Thermal Management engineering team, delivering high‑quality design for chilled water systems and associated product lines. You will drive NPDI programs, coordinate testing, and ensure global alignment with standards and roadmaps.

The role requires extensive HVAC expertise, strong leadership, and effective cross‑functional collaboration to enable fast, robust engineering responses and successful product industrialization.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Mechanical, Energy, Refrigeration, HVAC or equivalent engineering discipline, preferred.
• 10–15 years of engineering experience in HVAC, data center cooling, refrigeration or industrial thermal products with people management responsibility.
• Strong knowledge of chilled water systems, chillers, CRAH units, Thermal Wall solutions and thermodynamics.
• Experience with NPDI processes, product lifecycle management, design reviews, validation planning and engineering change management.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, design for manufacturability, cost reduction and supplier collaboration.
• Knowledge of safety, quality, regulatory standards for industrial cooling equipment.
• Proven leadership to build and grow high‑performing engineering teams in a matrix/global organization.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication with global stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the local Thermal Management engineering team in Pune/Chakan.
• Oversee engineering execution of Chilled Water products (chillers, CRAH, Thermal Wall).
• Drive NPDI programs from concept to launch with timely deliverables and documentation.
• Coordinate sustaining engineering activities including improvements, cost reductions, localization and quality issues.
• Ensure alignment with global Chilled Water strategy, standards and roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership on thermodynamic design, refrigeration circuits and control interfaces.
• Coordinate lab tests and product validation with global leaders and labs.
• Review and approve specifications, drawings, BOMs, user manuals and change docs.
• Support manufacturing readiness, supplier development and production issue resolution.
• Travel within India and internationally up to 20%.

Skills

Team leadership

Thermal design

HVAC systems

NPDI experience

Controls integration

Supplier collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in Mechanical / HVAC

Job description

• Lead and develop the local Thermal Management engineering team in Pune and/or Chakan, ensuring strong ownership, accountability and technical excellence.
• Be responsible for the engineering execution of Chilled Water products, including chiller, CRAH and Thermal Wall product lines.
• Support NPDI programs from concept to launch, ensuring timely delivery of engineering deliverables, design reviews, validation plans, cost targets and product documentation.
• Coordinate sustaining engineering activities for existing CW platforms, including product improvements, cost reduction, localization, quality issues and component substitutions.
• Ensure alignment between the regional engineering team and global Chilled Water engineering strategy, standards, design rules and product roadmaps.
• Drive decisions on key technical issues to avoid project delays and to support business priorities, customer commitments and manufacturing readiness.
• Provide technical leadership on thermodynamic design, air/water side performance, refrigeration circuits, controls integration, electrical interfaces and design for manufacturability.
• Coordinate laboratory tests and product validation activities in cooperation with global engineering leaders, test laboratories, quality and operations teams.
• Support regional engineering team and customer-specific requests by ensuring fast, technically robust and platform-consistent engineering responses.
• Review and approve technical documentation including specifications, drawings, bills of material, user manuals, test reports, rating tools and engineering change documentation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable safety, quality, regulatory and engineering standards relevant to CW products and local manufacturing requirements.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Quality to support product industrialization, localization, supplier development and resolution of production issues.
• Develop team members through coaching, performance management, technical mentoring and structured capability growth.
• Promote continuous improvement, standard work, engineering discipline, cross-functional collaboration and customer-focused execution.
• Work in a multi-disciplinary and global engineering environment focused on high performance, cost-effective design, product reliability and market-leading innovation.
• Availability to travel on request within India and internationally to support global engineering reviews, supplier activities, customer projects, factories and test facilities.

Job Description

Responsibilities & Role Requirements

• Lead and develop the local Thermal Management engineering team in Pune and/or Chakan, ensuring strong ownership, accountability and technical excellence.
• Be responsible for the engineering execution of Chilled Water products, including chiller, CRAH and Thermal Wall product lines.
• Support NPDI programs from concept to launch, ensuring timely delivery of engineering deliverables, design reviews, validation plans, cost targets and product documentation.
• Coordinate sustaining engineering activities for existing CW platforms, including product improvements, cost reduction, localization, quality issues and component substitutions.
• Ensure alignment between the regional engineering team and global Chilled Water engineering strategy, standards, design rules and product roadmaps.
• Drive decisions on key technical issues to avoid project delays and to support business priorities, customer commitments and manufacturing readiness.
• Provide technical leadership on thermodynamic design, air/water side performance, refrigeration circuits, controls integration, electrical interfaces and design for manufacturability.
• Coordinate laboratory tests and product validation activities in cooperation with global engineering leaders, test laboratories, quality and operations teams.
• Support regional engineering team and customer-specific requests by ensuring fast, technically robust and platform-consistent engineering responses.
• Review and approve technical documentation including specifications, drawings, bills of material, user manuals, test reports, rating tools and engineering change documentation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable safety, quality, regulatory and engineering standards relevant to CW products and local manufacturing requirements.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Quality to support product industrialization, localization, supplier development and resolution of production issues.
• Develop team members through coaching, performance management, technical mentoring and structured capability growth.
• Promote continuous improvement, standard work, engineering discipline, cross-functional collaboration and customer-focused execution.
• Work in a multi-disciplinary and global engineering environment focused on high performance, cost-effective design, product reliability and market-leading innovation.
• Availability to travel on request within India and internationally to support global engineering reviews, supplier activities, customer projects, factories and test facilities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Master degree in Mechanical, Energy, Refrigeration, HVAC or equivalent engineering discipline is required; master’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum 10-15 years of engineering experience in HVAC, data center cooling, refrigeration or industrial thermal products, with proven people management responsibility.
• Strong technical knowledge of chilled water systems, chillers, CRAH units, Thermal Wall solutions, thermodynamics, refrigeration circuits, air handling and hydronic systems.
• Experience with NPDI processes, product lifecycle management, design reviews, validation planning, engineering change management and sustaining engineering.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, design for manufacturability, cost reduction, localization and supplier collaboration.
• Knowledge of applicable technical norms, safety standards, quality requirements and regulatory expectations for industrial cooling equipment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to build, motivate and develop high-performing engineering teams in a matrix and global organization.
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and spoken, with the ability to interact effectively with global stakeholders, customers and cross-functional teams.
• Result-oriented, structured, detail-focused and able to operate in a fast-paced, customer-focused and competitive environment.
• Ability to influence without direct authority, manage priorities, resolve technical conflicts and drive decisions across functions and geographies.
• Travel: less than 20%

About Us

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES

Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Innovation
• Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer-first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

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