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- Location
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- Type
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Materials Manager, Data Center Power Infrastructure
- Location
- Houston
- Type
- Full time
- Posted
- 3H AGO
About the role
What you’ll do
Giga is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to lead and scale our engineering organization as we grow. You will be the single point of contact for all of engineering, leading electrical, structural, CAD, and manufacturing engineering teams across multiple product lines, including transformers and switchboards. You will set the strategy, own the timelines, and make the calls that keep engineering ahead of the business. As a peer to the leaders of Sales, Supply Chain, Production, and Quality, you will shape how Giga designs and delivers the power equipment behind AI infrastructure. This is a chance to build the engineering function at one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry.
Where you’ll work
This role can be fully remote. You are also welcome to work from our San Francisco, Long Beach, or Houston offices. Expect up to 25% travel to our hubs, manufacturing partners, and customer sites, plus our monthly team onsites.
Responsibilities
Lead Giga's engineering organization, including electrical, structural, CAD, and manufacturing engineering, across multiple product lines.
Serve as the single point of contact for engineering with company leadership, customers, and manufacturing partners.
Set engineering strategy and the roadmap, aligned to company growth plans.
Own engineering timelines across all active projects and products, and resolve schedule and resource risks before they reach the customer.
Partner with Sales, Supply Chain, Production, Quality, and Operations leadership to align design release with procurement lead times and factory schedules.
Hire, develop, and manage engineering managers and leads, and build the org structure needed to scale.
Establish engineering standards, document control, and change management processes across all products.
Define and report engineering KPIs and own the engineering budget.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
7+ years of engineering experience in electrical equipment or power systems.
5+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including managing other managers or leads.
Experience with low and medium voltage equipment, such as distribution transformers, switchgear, and switchboards.
Experience leading a multi-functional engineering organization across multiple products.
Leadership experience at an established electrical equipment manufacturer or OEM.
Working knowledge of structural design, CAD workflows, and manufacturing engineering.
Proficiency in SolidWorks, including SolidWorks PDM.
Experience integrating design tools (CAD, PDM, or PLM) with ERP systems, including BOM transfer and item master management.
Experience building and managing engineering data across drawings, BOMs, part numbers, and revisions.
Strong organizational skills, with experience owning timelines, resourcing, and roadmaps across multiple concurrent projects.
Experience working cross-functionally with sales, supply chain, manufacturing, and quality leadership.
Willingness to travel up to 25%.
Bonus points
Knowledge of IEEE, UL, ANSI, and NEMA standards, including UL 891 and IEEE C37.
Experience scaling an engineering organization through rapid growth.
Experience working with international manufacturing partners.
Data center, battery storage, renewable, or grid infrastructure project experience.
PE license.
Advanced engineering degree or MBA.
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