Product Engineer II - Rack Integration

Essential Functions  

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

 

General Functions 

• Collaborate on quoting requests with other Product Engineers, Sales Engineers, Project Managers, external client facing teams, and directly with the client as necessary for complete and accurate quotes. 

• Collaborate on cross training with the Product Engineering Team. 

• Collaborate with the Sales Engineering team to scope and design Foundry services as necessary. 

• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, System Verification engineering, to ensure proper documentation and automation in in place for projects.   

• Support Production as needed throughout the course of projects.   

• Create and assemble hardware quotes when Foundry is driving the design of enterprise products or racks.   

• Manage the revision control of product and Bill of Materials throughout a product’s lifecycle when necessary. 

• Participate in the launch of new solutions, ensuring successful delivery to customers. 

• Diagnose and resolve hardware, firmware, and software compatibility issues in coordination with customers and vendors. 

• Respond to and resolve advanced customer technical inquiries in a timely manner. 

• Mentor and provide guidance to other Product Engineers to support team development. 

 

Rack Integration Engineering Functions 

• Develop and maintain rack elevations and rack-level BOMs for integrated solutions, ensuring all mechanical and electrical constraints are met.  

• Perform power and cooling analyses for integrated racks, including PDU selection, power strip layout, input load balancing, and airflow considerations (air and liquid cooling where applicable).  

• Design cabling matrices, cable routing paths, and labeling schemes for power, networking, storage, and management fabrics.  

• Collect and document rack integration requirements from customers and internal stakeholders (space, power, cooling, access, cable entry/exit, labeling, documentation expectations).  

• Create installation runbooks and work instructions for production teams, detailing step-by-step rack assembly, device installation, cabling, labeling, and QA checks. 

• Support production builds of integrated racks, clarifying design intent, addressing mechanical or routing issues, and driving continuous improvement.  

• Support on-site rack delivery and installation activities, including site readiness checks, layout verification, and hand-off documentation.  

• Drive rack design standards (cabling colors, labeling, documentation templates, photos) and contribute to Foundry rack integration best practices.

Competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities) 

• Excellent communication and listening skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with customers, technical resources, and team members to deliver successful projects. 

• Proven ability to understand, gather, and document customer requirements. 

• Expertise with engineering disciplines and revision control, including engineering change management, product lifecycle management (PLM), and end-of-life (EOL) processes. 

• Expertise with enterprise-grade compute, storage, networking, PDU and rack hardware power, cooling (air and liquid), build methodologies, cabling, connectivity and build standards. 

• Expertise of x86 and ARM computer architectures, server hardware components, and computer standards. 

• Expertise with enterprise Gen AI use cases and hardware used for core inference and training.   

• Knowledge of quality control and computer assembly methods. 

• Expertise with collaborating effectively with external vendors. 

• Demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving, planning, and organizational skills, with the ability to make decisions under pressure.  

• Adaptability and resilience in dynamic environments. 

• Expertise with risk management and new product introduction (NPI). 

• Excellent attention to detail and documentation skills. 

• Network+ and Server+ certifications are a plus. 

Physical Demands

Occasionally this position requires lifting servers weighing up to 50lbs.  

Position type and expected hours of work  

This is a full-time position, and hours of work and days are typically Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.   

Travel

This position requires up to 10% travel and may include Integrated Rack delivery at customer locations.

Required education and experience 

• 5+ years of experience building and designing computer components into custom built systems. 

• 5+ years of experience building and designing enterprise level systems including Networking, Compute and Storage hardware. 

• 5+ years of experience with Linux and Windows operating systems. 

• 5+ years of experience creating and maintaining bills of materials (BOMs). 

• 5+ years of experience configuring Dell, Supermicro, HPE, Lenovo, and Whitebox systems  

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.