Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

*** MUST HAVE: HANDS-ON MECHANICAL DESIGN EXPERIENCE WITH POWER DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT — PDUs, SWITCHGEAR, STS, OR RPPs ***

The Opportunity

Our client is one of the fastest-growing power distribution manufacturers in the country — scaling from $60M to $200M in revenue this year, with $300–400M projected next. They are sold out through next year and actively turning down $20M projects because they don't yet have the team to execute. You could be one of the people who changes that.

The Company

Born out of a $250M exit in precision sheet metal manufacturing, this privately held, debt-free startup has grown into a vertically integrated power distribution manufacturer in under two years. Their 115,000 sq ft Marietta facility assembles PDUs, switchgear, RPPs, and transfer switches — with sister facilities handling sheet metal fabrication, in-house transformer manufacturing, and on-site testing. A 250,000 sq ft facility in West Virginia was just acquired to support continued expansion.

The COO who recently joined previously took a major manufacturer from a 16-week lead time to 3–5 days. The engineering team is being built to match that standard.

If your career has been built inside a Tier 1 OEM you already know what it feels like to have deep product expertise and nowhere to put it. Layers of process between your ideas and the build. A team that doesn't need leading because the machine already runs without you.

The engineering team is growing fast alongside the business. The person coming into this seat won't be slotting into a legacy technical culture — you'll be creating it. The design standards, the review process, the bar for what good looks like — that's yours to set.

The Role

This is the technical authority seat in the mechanical engineering function. Not a management role — the CTO owns that. This is the person the team looks to when the design question is hard, the customer requirement is ambiguous, or the schedule is tight and a decision needs to be made.

You'll own the full mechanical design lifecycle for PDUs, RPPs, STS units, and switchgear — from customer requirements through detailed design, prototyping, qualification testing, and manufacturing release. You'll set the design standard, lead UL listing activities, drive DFM discipline into every release, and engage directly with customers, sales, and leadership when the technical stakes are high.

This role requires someone who is comfortable in those conversations — not someone who prefers to stay behind the CAD screen.

What You'll Own

• Full mechanical design lifecycle: concept through manufacturing release for PDUs, RPPs, STS units, and switchgear
• UL listing activities — documentation, coordination with UL representatives, objection resolution
• Thermal analysis and enclosure cooling design for data center environments
• Bus bar sizing, tolerance stack-up, GD&T-annotated production drawings
• DFM/DFA — designs that are manufacturable, not just correct on paper
• Technical mentorship of the existing mechanical engineering team
• Customer-facing technical engagement: design reviews, FATs, requirements capture

What We're Looking For

Must-Have:

• 8–12+ years of hands-on mechanical design experience in power distribution equipment for data center environments
• Demonstrated design experience in at least 1 and exposure to at least 3 of 4 product families: PDUs, RPPs, STS units, switchgear
• Comfort defending your design decisions to customers, sales, and executive leadership

Nice-to-Have:

• Expert-level SolidWorks proficiency
• Working knowledge of UL 891, UL 1558, UL 508A, NEMA, ANSI C37, and NEC/NFPA 70E
• Ability to lead UL listing activities independently
• PE license (Mechanical)
• Seismic qualification experience (IEEE 693 or GR-63-CORE)
• FEA proficiency (ANSYS, SolidWorks Simulation, or equivalent)

Why Now

The people joining this company in the next 12 months are getting in at an early stage of something that by every trajectory is a billion-dollar business within three to five years.

If you've spent your career designing power distribution equipment and want to be the person the team is built around — let's talk.

Relocation support is available. Primary facility is in Marietta, OH. Columbus-based candidates open to regular travel to Marietta will be considered.

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