Director, Controls and Electrical Engineering

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Posted 5 Days Agojob requisition :
JR100247

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Nortek Data Center Cooling is a Madison Industries company.  Madison Industries is one of the largest and most successful privately held companies in the world and has a robust portfolio of indoor air quality solutions. Madison builds entrepreneurially driven, branded market leaders that are committed to making the world safer, healthier and more productive by creating innovative solutions that deliver outstanding customer value.

At Nortek Data Center Cooling, we’re shaping the future by Creating a Better Tomorrow Every Day!  We are a premier HVAC company offering energy efficient and sustainable products and solutions that exceed customer expectations through our employees’ commitment to quality, customer experience and operational excellence.

Nortek Data Center Cooling. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

Nortek Air Management and its divisions offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Our benefits package includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, FSA, HAS and 401(k) Plan with company contributions.

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Making Nex Gen Products - Cooling the World’s Ever Expanding Data Centers    Airconditioned work environment Benefits start day one    401K match    First year, 4 weeks’ vacation (accrued)
*** Job Summary
*** We are a rapidly growing data center cooling technology company seeking a Director of Controls & Electrical Engineering who will provide technical leadership and strategic direction for all controls systems and electrical engineering activities across the company’s data center cooling products. This role owns the controls function directly and serves as the functional (dotted-line) leader for electrical engineering, ensuring alignment to common standards, architectures, and best practices across programs and product lines.

The Director will partner closely with mechanical engineering, product management, manufacturing, and field teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and compliant solutions for mission-critical data center environments.
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* Position Responsibilities:

***** Controls Engineering
*** Lead and develop the controls engineering team, ensuring the right skills, structure, and capacity are in place to meet current and future needs.
* Mentor and coach engineers, building a strong technical culture and clear career development paths.
* Drive standardization, reuse, and modularity across controls platforms to improve speed, reliability, and scalability.
* Lead development and standardization of PLC, embedded, and supervisory control systems.
* Oversee simulation, testing, commissioning, and field support activities.
*** Electrical Engineering
**** Provide technical oversight for electrical system design including power distribution, motor controls, VFDs, sensors, instrumentation, and control panels.
* Review and approve electrical architectures to ensure compliance with NEC, UL, IEC, CE, CSA, and data center standards.
* Partner with direct-line engineering managers on prioritization, staffing needs, and capability development.
* Drive consistency in electrical design quality, documentation, and compliance across programs.
** Strategy & Roadmap
*** Define and execute a controls growth strategy, aligning controls architecture, standards, and capabilities with the company’s long-term product roadmap.
* Define integration strategies with BMS and customer-specific control environments.
* Develop and maintain the controls and electrical technology roadmap aligned with product strategy and customer requirements.
* Balance platform standardization with customer-specific…