Product Applications Engineer – Data Center Cooling Innovator

Danfoss; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentoring and training

Flexible work-life balance

Inclusive culture

Global opportunities

Job summary

Danfoss is seeking a Product Applications Engineer to be a technical expert shaping the future of data center liquid cooling. You will ensure our quick disconnects, hoses, and assemblies are qualified, specified, and deployed in hyperscale environments.

Your insights will influence product strategy, engineering roadmaps, and new development priorities. You will lead engineering engagement with hyperscalers, integrators, OEMs/ODMs, and CDU manufacturers, manage qualification timelines, and

Qualifications

• Five+ years of experience in applications, product, or field engineering.
• Experience with data centers, cooling systems, thermal management, or fluid conveyance is preferred.
• Ability to interpret customer specifications, engineering drawings, and system requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical expert for liquid cooling components within data center architectures (racks, manifolds, CDUs).
• Lead engineering engagement with hyperscalers, integrators, OEMs/ODMs, and CDU manufacturers through regular technical touchpoints and onsite support.
• Manage product qualification activities by defining timelines, driving feasibility and validation testing, coordinating with engineering and operations, and maintaining customer open-item trackers.
• Execute quotation and part activation processes with Sales, including cost and lead-time coordination, CRN assignment, and product setup in Salesforce and SAP, while maintaining accurate technical documentation and revision control in Teamcenter.
• Deliver training, webinars, application notes, and customer-ready technical presentations, while capturing Voice of Customer insights and translating market and engineering trends into product development and long-term roadmap inputs.

Skills

Communication

Customer-facing

Technical presentations

Interpreting specifications

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Teamcenter

SAP

Salesforce

PLM

Job description

Danfoss is seeking a Product Applications Engineer to be a technical expert shaping the future of data center liquid cooling. You will ensure our quick disconnects, hoses, and assemblies are qualified, specified, and deployed in hyperscale environments.

Your insights will influence product strategy, engineering roadmaps, and new development priorities. You will lead engineering engagement with hyperscalers, integrators, OEMs/ODMs, and CDU manufacturers, manage qualification timelines, and