Senior Product Applications Engineer II

Schneider Electric - UAE; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric - UAE is seeking a seasoned Regional Technical Authority to drive AI-ready data center infrastructure and advanced liquid cooling implementations across hyperscale deployments. You will define reference architectures, establish governance, and guide executive-level technology strategy.

The role requires deep expertise in high-density cooling, AI/HPC design, and end-to-end tendering with major customers and EPCs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12–15 years in mission-critical data center infrastructure.
• At least 7 years focused on high-density cooling technologies.
• Proven experience leading technical tendering and value engineering.
• Strong customer-facing skills with hyperscalers and EPCs.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of AI-ready DC infrastructure and liquid cooling deployments.
• Develop reference architectures and best practices for AI/HPC environments.
• Drive presales, specification leadership and design reviews with engineering teams.
• Own tendering processes from qualification to award and negotiations.
• Engage customers and ecosystem partners at executive levels.

Skills

AI infrastructure

Liquid cooling

HPC architecture

Data center design

Tendering leadership

Value engineering

Presales leadership

Customer engagement

Regional governance

CFD software

Tools

CFD software

Job description

Regional technical authority for next-generation AI and HPC infrastructure owning technical strategy solution architecture customer engagement and ecosystem development for advanced liquid cooling technologies across hyperscale enterprise AI and HPC deployments Recognized as a trusted technical advisor to consultants hyperscalers Specialized Datacentre EPCs engineering firms and strategic customers covering full project technical lifecycle from specification and technology selection to tendering value engineering Ecosystem upskilling and award

Technical Leadership

Act as regional technical authority for AI-ready DC infrastructure and liquid cooling lead technical development of AI HPC projects requiring high-density environments Define Deploy reference architectures and best practices establish technical governance for liquid cooling deployment support executive leadership on technology strategy and competitive positioning

AI amp Liquid Cooling Expertise

Direct-to-Chip D2C Rear Door Heat Exchangers RDHx Immersion Cooling TCS and Secondary Network Heat SFN loops CDU architecture amp facility heat exchanger FWS design Glycol water loop engineering hydraulic balancing pumping systems thermal management heat rejection water Mix Liquid quality management facility hydraulic integration Optimize air liquid capture ratio air-to-hybrid transition strategies AI rack thermal management high-density racks 80 150 kW rack thermal resilience redundancy and energy efficiency

AI Infrastructure Design

Lead design for AI Pods GPU clusters NVIDIA HGX MGX NVL platforms large GPU clusters HPC and AI Factory architectures high-density white space Rack architecture containment high-performance airflow power distribution integration 800VDC-ready infrastructure busbar systems AI-ready POD compute topology mechanical-electrical integration

Presales amp Specification Leadership

Support Sales coach BD teams enable Presales influence consultants engineering firms EPC DCS contractors hyperscalers and AI ecosystem partners Lead specification development design reviews technology positioning competitive differentiation customer workshops executive presentations and design validation

Tendering amp Value Engineering

Own the full technical tendering process qualification architecture validation risk assessment design optimization compliance review value cost engineering technical negotiations bid defense customer clarifications and final technical approvals through to award

Customer amp Ecosystem Engagement

Build trusted relationships with hyperscalers enterprise customers AI infrastructure providers consultants design institutes EPC mechanical contractors and channel partners Represent the organization at executive workshops industry conferences technical seminars customer advisory sessions and AI technology forums

Required Competencies amp Technical Expertise

AI Infrastructure GPU infrastructure HPC architecture AI Factory design large-scale AI clusters rack density optimization thermal management AI-ready electrical infrastructure Critical DC Infrastructure Tier III IV architectures white space amp containment precision cooling chilled water CRAH CRAC in-row cooling RDHx high-availability mechanical systems mission-critical redundancy DC infrastructure Digital Twin Desing simulation DCS Software stackLiquid Cooling Direct Liquid Cooling amp Immersion Cooling TCS SFN CDU technologies heat exchangers hydraulic systems pumping stations thermal modeling CFD heat recovery concepts Electrical Distribution 800VDC technologies High density Power train architecture integrated Compute critical infrastructure AI POD Skid Industry knowledge Vertiv ABB Schneider Electric Carrier Johnson Controls STULZ Munters LiquidStack CoolIT Systems Motivair Boyd Submer GRC nVent Delta Electronics Huawei Digital Power Equinix reference architectures NVIDIA AI Infrastructure ecosystem 12 15 years in mission-critical data center infrastructure minimum 7 years dedicated to high-density cooling technologies Demonstrated experience on AI HPC infrastructure projects and proven expertise in liquid cooling architecture and deployment Extensive experience leading technical tendering and value engineering strong customer-facing experience with hyperscalers enterprise accounts EPCs and consulting firms Demonstrated success influencing technical specifications and securing major infrastructure projects Recognized technical authority for AI cooling technologies mentor regional presales engineering organizations build technical competency and drive innovation and technology adoption across the region Deliver regional AI liquid cooling technical strategy standardized AI reference architectures technical enablement of sales BD presales consultant and specification engagement plans and technical ownership of strategic AI opportunities Deliver end-to-end tendering and value engineering leadership regional design guidelines and enginee 12 15+ years in mission-critical data center infrastructure; minimum 7 years dedicated to high-density cooling technologies. Demonstrated experience on AI/HPC infrastructure projects and proven expertise in liquid cooling architecture and deployment. Extensive experience leading technical tendering and value engineering; strong customer-facing experience with hyperscalers, enterprise accounts, EPCs and consulting firms. Demonstrated success influencing technical specifications and securing major infrastructure projects. Recognized technical authority for AI cooling technologies; mentor regional presales/engineering organizations; build technical competency and drive innovation and technology adoption across the region.