Engineering Manager

Socket.dev; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay

Day shift

Excellent benefits

Growth opportunities

Collaborative culture

Job summary

LiquidStack is expanding its US engineering team in Carrollton, TX, delivering large-scale coolant distribution units and skidded platforms for hyperscale data centers and AI infrastructure.

The Engineering Manager will lead ~15 engineers across mechanical, electrical, controls, and documentation, owning end-to-end delivery and regulatory compliance while coordinating with the Hong Kong team on shared platforms.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or related engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of engineering experience with 4+ years in multi-disciplinary team leadership.
• Proven delivery of complex industrial products for data center cooling or similar.
• Strong knowledge of US manufacturing practices, UL, NEC, ASME codes.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop the US engineering team of ~15 engineers and technicians.
• Own end-to-end engineering delivery of skidded and modular CDU platforms through NPI and sustaining.
• Coordinate roadmaps with Global Product Manager and Hong Kong team to align architectures.
• Establish engineering processes, design review gates, documentation standards, and change control.
• Interface with key US hyperscale and colocation customers for technical reviews and on-site support.
• Drive design-for-manufacturability with Carrollton site and US contract manufacturers; ensure compliance posture.
• Manage budgets, forecast headcount and tooling needs.
• Coach engineers, conduct performance reviews, and foster a healthy culture in a greenfield site.

Skills

Team leadership

Engineering management

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Design for manufacturability

Executive communication

UL/NEC/ASME knowledge

Education

Bachelors or Masters

Job description

At LiquidStack, we’re redefining what’s possible in the data center world. As a global leader in advanced liquid cooling solutions, we’re powering the future of AI, edge computing, and high-performance systems. Our team is growing, and we’re looking for skilled professionals who want to be part of something innovative and impactful.

LiquidStack is the established leader in liquid cooling for data center, HPC, and AI workloads, with manufacturing, R&D, and headquarters in Carrollton, Texas and a longstanding engineering presence in Hong Kong. As part of Trane Technologies, we are scaling our US-based engineering capability to augment our Hong Kong team. The new Texas engineering team will focus on the design, development, and delivery of large Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs) and skidded direct-to-chip platforms — including our GigaModular™ CDU family — for hyperscale, colocation, and AI infrastructure customers. The team will own manufacturability, ETL /CSA / CE / NRTL compliance, and customer-facing engineering for these product families, working in close collaboration with the Hong Kong team on shared architecture and component engineering. The Engineering Manager is the foundational leadership hire for the Texas site and is responsible for standing up the team, defining its operating cadence, and delivering against the US product roadmap.

The Engineering Manager will lead the US engineering organization with full ownership of the skidded and modular CDU product lines, including the GigaModular™ CDU platform. This individual is accountable for technical execution, team development, customer engineering engagement, and tight coordination with the Hong Kong engineering team on shared platforms and components.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop the US engineering team of approximately 15 engineers and technicians across mechanical, electrical, controls, test, production, and documentation disciplines.
• Own end-to-end engineering delivery of LiquidStack's skidded and modular CDU platforms, from concept through NPI, qualification, and sustaining.
• Partner with the Global Product Manager and Hong Kong engineering leadership to align roadmaps, share architecture, and avoid duplication of effort.
• Establish engineering processes, design review gates, documentation standards, and change-control practices appropriate to a regulated, customer-facing hardware business.
• Serve as the senior engineering interface for key US hyperscale and colocation customers, including technical reviews, design qualification, and on‑site support escalations.
• Drive design‑for‑manufacturability with the Carrollton manufacturing site and US contract manufacturers; own ETL / CSA / CE / NRTL compliance posture for US‑built product.
• Manage capital and operating budgets for the US engineering function; forecast headcount and tooling needs.
• Coach engineers, run performance reviews, and build a healthy engineering culture in a greenfield site within an established, post‑acquisition organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or related engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of engineering experience, with at least 4 years managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Demonstrated delivery of complex, skidded or enclosure‑based industrial products (data center cooling, power distribution, process equipment, or similar).
• Strong working knowledge of US manufacturing practices, UL listings, NEC, and ASME / industry codes relevant to liquid cooling and electrical distribution.
• Track record of building or scaling an engineering team from a small base.
• Excellent communication skills with experience presenting to executive customers and internal leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with Coolant Distribution Units, chiller plants, or large-format thermal management systems for data centers.
• Experience working across US and Asia‑based engineering teams.
• Familiarity with hyperscale customer qualification processes and direct‑to‑chip cooling architectures.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive pay with opportunities for overtime
• Consistent day‑shift schedule
• Paid time off, holidays, and great benefits
• Be part of an industry‑disrupting company with room to grow
• Work on innovative technologies in a collaborative, supportive environment