Senior Manager, Engineering

Danfoss; City of Utica (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentoring

Training

Global opportunities

Flexible work

Work-life balance

Inclusive culture

13th salary

Annual bonus

Paid vacation

Pension plans

Personal insurance

Job summary

Danfoss seeks a Senior Engineering Manager Incubation to lead the execution of new product development within the Incubation organization. You will guide an engineering team through system architecture, mechanical and fluid design, controls, software, and lab work from concept to market readiness, ensuring timely delivery.

You will build and retain a high-performing laboratory and engineering group, drive technical standards and design practices, and partner with global facilities to incorporate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering; Master’s or PhD preferred.
• 15+ years of professional engineering experience with 5+ years leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Deep expertise in thermal management, fluid systems, or related disciplines, with experience in liquid cooling or refrigeration.
• Proven track record leading NPD projects from concept to market-ready outcomes with on-schedule delivery.
• Experience with data center liquid cooling architectures preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead timely execution of all approved NPD projects from concept through handover to product org.
• Develop and retain the Incubation engineering and laboratory team (7–10 reports at full build-out).
• Establish a high-performance engineering culture with rigorous delivery and professional development.
• Act as principal technical authority for system architecture, mechanical/fluid design, controls and validation.
• Provide feasibility input, effort estimation, and risk assessment for concepts.
• Collaborate with global Danfoss facilities to ensure DFM considerations in NPD.
• Establish test setups to evaluate Danfoss data center liquid cooling solutions.

Skills

Leadership experience

Thermal management

Liquid cooling

NPD leadership

System architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree or PhD preferred

Job description

The Impact You'll Make

The Senior Engineering Manager Incubation is a senior engineering leadership role responsible for the execution of new product development (NPD) activities within the Incubation organisation. He leads the engineering team that translates approved concepts into validated, market-ready subsystems, with primary accountability for the timely execution of NPD projects throughout the development process, including system architecture, mechanical and fluid design, controls and software development, and laboratory work covering system and prototype preparation and testing.

The Impact You'll Make

The Senior Engineering Manager Incubation is a senior engineering leadership role responsible for the execution of new product development (NPD) activities within the Incubation organisation. He leads the engineering team that translates approved concepts into validated, market-ready subsystems, with primary accountability for the timely execution of NPD projects throughout the development process, including system architecture, mechanical and fluid design, controls and software development, and laboratory work covering system and prototype preparation and testing.

The Senior Engineering Manager Incubation works closely with business development, strategy and system architecture funtions to support idea generation, funnel prioritisation, product management, market and commercial strategy activities.

The salary range for this position is 120,000 - 160,000.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead the timely execution of all approved NPD projects within the Incubation portfolio from concept release through design, prototyping, validation, and the engineering deliverables required at the point of handover to the established Danfoss product organisation.
• Lead, develop, and retain the Incubation engineering and laboratory team, comprising approximately seven to ten direct or indirect reports at full build-out, including Mechanical and Fluid Design Engineers, Controls and Software Engineers, and the Laboratory team.
• Establish a high-performance engineering culture characterised by technical rigour, delivery discipline, and intellectual honesty. Conduct performance management, professional development, and succession planning for engineering team members.
• Serve as the principal technical authority for the engineering execution of concepts within the Incubation portfolio, providing technical judgement and oversight across system architecture, mechanical and fluid design, controls and software, and validation activities. Establish and uphold engineering standards, design practices, and technical review processes within the Incubation engineering team.
• Provide engineering feasibility input, effort estimation, and technical risk assessment. Contribute technical perspectives to idea generation activities.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with the manufacturing engineering leadership at Danfoss facilities in Mexico, the United States, France, Singapore, and China to ensure early and effective consideration of Design-for-Manufacturability (DFM) in NPD activities. Partner with the established Danfoss product organisation to support effective engineering handover of concepts reaching market readiness.
• Establish comprehensive test set-up of data center liquid cooling server rack that suites to test impact of Danfoss product offering and to prove impact on customer systems.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline. A Master's degree or PhD is strongly preferred.
• A minimum of fifteen (15) years of professional engineering experience, including at least five years in roles with formal leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams of comparable scale and complexity.
• Deep technical expertise in thermal management, fluid systems engineering, or related disciplines, with substantial direct experience in liquid cooling, refrigeration, fluid power, or comparable physical-systems domains.
• Demonstrated track record of leading NPD projects through the full development cycle from concept release to validated, market-ready outcomes, with verifiable delivery against scope, cost, and schedule commitments.
• Direct experience with data center liquid cooling architectures prefered.
• High flexibility for operating under high uncertainty and hands-on mentality during product development process and lab work required.
• >20% Global travel expected

What You'll Get From Us

• We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
• You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.