This role focuses on data centre designers who are essential for creating and delivering infrastructure that is built, commissioned, and operated at scale. As part of the Infrastructure Solutions business unit within our prefabricated division, you will represent the full capability of the organization to clients, translating requirements into integrated, world-class data centre solutions. You will engage with engineering, delivery, and client collaboration, managing the journey from initial concept to real-world deployment. This role transcends pure design; it requires a deep understanding of practical implementation and performance in live environments.
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Success in this role is built on three core pillars:
- Design Depth — Strong mechanical and electrical design capability across data centre systems, with cross-discipline awareness
- Operational Reality — Experience with constructed, commissioned, and running facilities
- Customer Leadership — Ability to engage clients, translate requirements, and shape solutions that deliver measurable value
Duties & Responsibilities
- Translate customer requirements into solution concepts using approved architectures and standards
- Develop technical proposals, solution descriptions, and Bills of Material
- Support Sales with technical input during customer engagements, presentations, and clarifications
- Apply the company's reference architectures, redundancy models, and design guidelines
- Ensure solutions align with portfolio positioning, cost models, and delivery constraints
- Identify deviations from standard architectures and escalate when required
- Work closely with internal engineering disciplines (electrical, mechanical, controls, services)
- Coordinate inputs from internal specialists and support functions
- Support smooth handover of solutions into execution phases
- Ensure solutions meet defined technical, compliance, and customer requirements
- Highlight technical risks, assumptions, and dependencies clearly
- Support validation against applicable standards (e.g. Tier intent, redundancy philosophy)
- Capture lessons learned from executed projects
- Contribute feedback to improve reference designs, tools, and solution guidelines
- Actively develop technical and commercial understanding of the company's offerings
Minimum Qualifications
- Technical degree (Electrical, Mechanical, or related engineering discipline)
- 6-8 years experience in presales, design, or solution engineering in infrastructure/data centre environments
- Solid understanding of power, cooling, and infrastructure system concepts
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Willingness to travel (~20%)
Summary
This position entails developing technically sound and commercially viable infrastructure solutions that support sales opportunities. The Solution Architect applies established reference architectures, standards, and design principles to meet customer requirements, ensuring alignment with the company's portfolio, delivery capabilities, and commercial objectives. Operating within defined architectural parameters, collaboration with Sales, Engineering, and Product teams is crucial to delivering consistent, high-quality Power and Thermal solutions efficiently.
