NPDI Engineer, Turnkey Deployment
Westerville, OH - USA
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Job Summary
Position Summary
The NPDI Engineer Turnkey Deployment is a lead service role responsible for planning and executing turnkey deployment programs across complex customer environments. This role owns execution readiness and delivery alignment for programs involving thermal and AC/DC power management products ensuring deployment strategies are scalable repeatable and aligned with serviceability standards.
The role collaborates closely with Engineering Product Management Service Operations Technical Support and other cross-functional stakeholders to drive program success. This includes enabling integrated solutions and modular deployments supporting field execution and ensuring deployment risksincluding failure modesare proactively identified and mitigated.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead turnkey deployment programs across NPDI initiatives managing risks and execution dependencies to ensure on-time and high-quality delivery. Interfacing with R&D engineering and product management to implement the Global Serviceability Specification in new products
- Represent Services in design reviews product reviews and phase gate milestones; ensuring deployment serviceability and field execution considerations are incorporated early in development.
- Own Services deployment readiness ensuring products and solutions are fully executable in the field with validated procedures tools and trained teams.
- Collaborate on failure mode effects and analysis evaluations (FMEA) for field deployment identifying potential risks in thermal and AC/DC power systems validating mitigation strategies and ensuring learnings are incorporated into deployment standards and service procedures.
- Coordinate cross-functional execution alignment across Engineering Services Operations and external stakeholders to remove roadblocks and maintain program momentum.
- Develop and standardize deployment playbooks including installation procedures commissioning workflows troubleshooting guidance and service documentation to ensure consistent execution globally.
- Monitor early deployment performance and quality tracking startup outcomes and field issues and driving feedback loops into Engineering and Product Management for continuous improvement.
- Support parts and logistics readiness including spare strategy service kits and materials planning required to sustain deployment and operational support.
- Attend beta startups and first-article startups to ensure service readiness.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical Electrical Thermal or related discipline) or equivalent experience.
- Required technical experience:
- Strong background in thermal management systems (e.g. liquid cooling high-density cooling applications).
- Experience with AC/DC power management systems and their application in critical infrastructure deployments.
- Experience with integrated and modular solutions and systems.
- Minimum of 5-8 years of experience interacting with customers on a technical level
- Proven experience leading or coordinating cross-functional programs or complex deployments involving multiple stakeholders.
- Experience working with field service service operations or customer-facing technical execution teams particularly in deployment or commissioning scenarios.
- Ability to interpret technical documentation (electrical diagrams mechanical drawings piping layouts) and apply insights to deployment readiness and troubleshooting.
- Strong leadership communication and organizational skills with the ability to drive alignment across technical and operational teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and standard collaboration tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Project Management Certification PMP
- Advanced Engineering Masters MBA or Engineering Management Certifications
- Experience within standard product development lifecycle and APQP processes.
Working Conditions
- Fast-paced execution-focused Services environment requires strong cross-functional coordination and decision-making.
- Travel up to 20% may be required based on deployment needs (domestic and international).
Required Experience:
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