FULL-TIME · ONSITE · HYDERABAD
12+ years of engineering/product development experience
About Company
Refroid Technologies is looking for an experienced Head of Engineering to lead the engineering, product design, validation, and technical development of advanced data center cooling solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in liquid cooling and thermal management products, particularly Immersion Cooling Pods, Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs), Load Banks, heat exchangers, cooling loops, pumps, controls, and associated data center cooling infrastructure.
The candidate will be responsible for translating customer and business requirements into scalable products, leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, and driving products from concept and design through prototyping, testing, validation, manufacturing, and commercial deployment.
Role Overview
Lead Refroid’s end-to-end engineering and product development for data center liquid cooling solutions, including CDUs, immersion cooling, load banks, heat exchangers, and thermal systems. The role involves technical leadership, product design, R&D, testing, manufacturing, customer engagement, and building a multidisciplinary engineering team.
Key Responsibilities
1. Engineering & Product Development
Lead the complete engineering lifecycle of data center cooling products from concept development to production and deployment.
Provide technical leadership for products such as:
Immersion Cooling Pods
Coolant Distribution Units (CDU) – Liquid-to-Liquid and Liquid-to-Air
Load Banks
Heat exchangers and thermal management systems
Pumps, valves, piping, manifolds, controls, sensors, and cooling loops
Establish engineering standards, design methodologies, product architectures, and development processes.
Drive DFM/DFA, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost optimization.
2. Immersion Cooling Expertise
Lead the engineering development of single-phase and/or two-phase immersion cooling systems.
Understand thermal characteristics, coolant selection, flow distribution, heat rejection, pumping requirements, and system integration.
Develop and validate immersion cooling pods/tanks and associated cooling infrastructure.
Work closely with customers and data center teams to address system-level thermal and operational requirements.
3. CDU & Liquid Cooling Systems
Provide technical leadership in the development of CDUs and liquid cooling systems.
Understand system sizing, flow rates, pressure drops, heat loads, redundancy, pump selection, heat exchangers, controls, and instrumentation.
Lead development of L2L and L2A CDU architectures for high-density data center applications.
Ensure products meet required performance, reliability, safety, and scalability targets.
4. Load Bank Engineering
Lead the engineering and development of data center load banks used for testing and commissioning of power and cooling infrastructure.
Understand thermal loads, electrical interfaces, heat rejection, airflow/liquid cooling requirements, controls, instrumentation, and safety.
Ensure load bank designs are suitable for data center testing and validation environments.
5. Thermal & Simulation
Collaborate with thermal/CFD engineers to validate product performance.
Review and guide CFD, thermal analysis, heat transfer, fluid flow, pressure drop, and system-level simulations.
Translate simulation results into practical design improvements.
Establish appropriate testing and validation methodologies to correlate simulation with physical performance.
6. R&D, Testing & Validation
Establish product development and validation plans.
Lead prototype development, laboratory testing, performance validation, reliability testing, and design verification.
Define engineering acceptance criteria and product performance benchmarks.
Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions for product performance issues.
7. Manufacturing & Industrialization
Work closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Procurement, and Operations teams to industrialize new products.
Ensure engineering designs are suitable for factory-level manufacturing and assembly.
Support supplier development, component qualification, and technical evaluation of vendors.
Drive cost reduction, value engineering, and design standardization initiatives.
8. Customer & Project Technical Leadership
Engage with customers, data center operators, consultants, EPCs, and technology partners on technical requirements.
Lead technical discussions, design reviews, FAT/SAT, commissioning support, and customer escalations.
Translate customer requirements into engineering specifications and product roadmaps.
Support business development and presales teams with technical solutions and product demonstrations.
9. Engineering Team Leadership
Build and lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization covering Mechanical, Thermal/CFD, Electrical, Controls, Product Design, and R&D.
Establish engineering goals, development plans, KPIs, and technical competency frameworks.
Mentor engineers and develop strong technical leadership within the team.
Allocate resources across multiple product development and customer projects.
10. Quality, Reliability & Compliance
Establish engineering standards for quality, reliability, safety, and product performance.
Ensure products comply with applicable industry standards, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements.
Drive design FMEA, risk assessment, failure analysis, and reliability improvement initiatives.
Work with Quality teams on product qualification and certification requirements.
Required Technical Skills
Strong knowledge of Data Center Cooling / Liquid Cooling / Thermal Management.
Hands-on expertise in one or more of:
Immersion Cooling
CDU / Coolant Distribution Units
Liquid-to-Liquid Cooling
Liquid-to-Air Cooling
Heat Exchangers
Load Banks
Chilled Water / Cooling Water Systems
Pumps, valves and fluid systems
Thermal management systems
Strong understanding of heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, pressure drop, flow distribution, and system sizing.
Exposure to CFD/thermal simulation and engineering validation.
Strong understanding of mechanical product development and manufacturing processes.
Experience with engineering tools such as SolidWorks, Creo, AutoCAD, ANSYS Fluent or equivalent is preferred.
Preferred Industry Background
Candidates from the following industries will be preferred:
Data Center Cooling
Liquid Cooling / Immersion Cooling
HVAC / Refrigeration
Thermal Management
Heat Exchanger
Industrial Cooling Systems
Chillers / Cooling Systems
Data Center Infrastructure
Power & Cooling Equipment
Industrial Equipment / Special Purpose Machines
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, or a related discipline.
12+ years of engineering/product development experience, with significant leadership experience.
Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Strong exposure to product development, R&D, manufacturing, testing, and customer-facing engineering.
Key Competencies
Data Center Cooling & Liquid Cooling
Immersion Cooling
CDU Engineering
Load Bank Engineering
Thermal & Fluid Systems
Product Development & R&D
CFD & Thermal Analysis
Design for Manufacturing
Engineering Validation & Testing
Cost & Value Engineering
Team Leadership
Customer Technical Management
Project & Program Management