Lead Mechanical Design Engineer- Remote/Austin

jabil; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance with

401K Match

Job summary

Jabil's Mikros Technologies division seeks a Lead Mechanical Design Engineer to drive complex hardware designs for customer and innovation projects. You will guide teams, lead design reviews, and ensure alignment with specifications.

The role focuses on liquid cooling systems for servers and semiconductor test equipment, offering remote work within the US or onsite in Austin, TX, relocation assistance, and a management level position with people leadership responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field; MS/PhD preferred.
• 8+ years in mechanical design and verification; lead complex programs.
• Experience with liquid cooling systems, thermal management, heat exchangers.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical/thermal design of advanced liquid cooling and heat exchangers.
• Mentor engineers and supervise mechanical layouts with minimal supervision.
• Coordinate design reviews and ensure alignment with requirements.
• Manage external suppliers and input to roadmaps; communicate with stakeholders.

Skills

Mechanical design leadership

Thermal management

Liquid cooling

Prototyping & testing

3D CAD

Finite Element Analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering

MSME/PhD preferred

Tools

3D CAD

Finite Element Analysis

Job description

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

As a Lead Mechanical Design Engineer, you will lead highly complex mechanical hardware designs for customer or innovation projects. Additional responsibilities include ensuring technical milestones are achieved, guiding other team members' designs, leading technical design reviews, and ensuring specification requirements input and design outputs align.

Mikros Technologies (a Jabil company) liquid cooling systems are deployed in servers in large AI data centers and help to increase the energy efficiency of these sites. We also make active liquid cooling systems that are utilized in semiconductor test equipment for providing fast thermal control to maintain a constant temperature under a varying heat load.

This role can be based remotely within the US or onsite in Austin, TX. Relocation assistance available for onsite candidates. Competitive salary with bonus opportunities. This is a management level position with people management responsibilities.

What will you do?

• Partners with system architects to review and clarify design requirements and define the appropriate mechanical/thermal architecture.
• Lead the mechanical and thermal design of advanced liquid cooling, thermal management, and heat exchanger products and components.
• Expertly assembles prototypes and verifies form/fit/function.
• Work with and manage external component suppliers/manufacturers and provide input to their product roadmaps.
• Communicates technical aspects of a project effectively to internal and external customers.
• Define design innovations and potential patentable solutions.
• Leads resolution of complex design issues and manages design trade-offs.
• Leader in developing and validating complex mechanical products that are required across all Business Units.
• Leads/supervises mechanical layouts utilizing standard tools.
• Directs all aspects of mechanical design with minimal supervision.
• Mentors/coaches/trains engineers with less experience.
• Provides technical leadership and guidance across geographically dispersed teams.

How will you get here?

Education:

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• MSME/PhD is preferred.

Experience:

• 8+ years' experience in mechanical design and/or verification or other key competency.
• Demonstrated experience in full cycle mechanical design and releasing products into a production environment.
• Required experience designing liquid cooling systems, thermal management solutions, heat exchangers, and related thermal-fluid components.
• Strong thermal design and analysis experience, including heat transfer, fluid flow, and system-level thermal performance optimization.
• Experience leading complex product development programs from concept through production.
• Prior people management experience is preferred.
• Experience managing and developing remote engineering teams is highly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Detailed knowledge and use of key development tools and design standards: 3D CAD, Finite Element Analysis, Tolerances, Manufacturing Principles, Interference Checks.
• Broad knowledge developing high complexity projects that have required one or more Mechanical Engineering Design specializations or competencies: Tolerance Analysis, DFM, Serviceability.
• Strong understanding of thermal management technologies, liquid cooling architectures, and heat exchanger design principles.
• Leads mechanical engineering projects with multiple engineers assigned.
• Leads cross-functional and ME design reviews.
• Detailed knowledge (with moderate complexity) of industry or specific sector, regulatory and safety standards.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop engineering talent across remote and distributed teams.
• Influence others and share best practices.
• Effectively communicate with good understanding of English.
• Work as part of a global team.
• Assess a project and articulate risk while developing project milestones.
• Develop projects in a stage-gate process (PLCQ).
• Ability to mentor less experienced engineers.

Working Conditions:

Regular business hours. Some additional hours may be required. Travel requirements: Domestic and/or Global, up to 30%. Remote or climate-controlled office environment during normal business hours.

What can Jabil offer you?

• Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug, and Vision Insurance with HRA and HSA options.
• 401K Match.
• Emplo