Maximize your potential. Minimize your footprint.
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. To apply, please visit our career site at www.nortekair.com/careers.
Other Benefits:
*Making NexGen Products - Cooling the World’s Ever Expanding Data Centers
*Airconditioned work environment
*Benefits start day one
*401K match
*First year, 4 weeks’ vacation (accrued)
Maximize your potential. Minimize your footprint.
Nortek Data Center Cooling builds the systems that keep modern data centers running — from liquid cooling to large‑scale air solutions. Our work supports some of the world’s most demanding AI and hyperscale environments, and we solve those challenges with engineering depth and practical execution.
We keep things simple here. We communicate early, stay close to the details, and follow through. When issues come up, we address them directly, not with layers of process. Customers count on us because we do what we say and we keep projects moving.
Our culture is hands‑on and collaborative. People take ownership, move quickly, and help each other. If you like working with teammates who are straightforward and accountable, you’ll feel at home.
With the backing of Madison Air, we have the scale, stability, and manufacturing footprint to support complex, high‑growth programs.
Position Summary
The Director of Engineering will lead the design, development, and delivery of Nortek Data Center Cooling’s full portfolio of custom cooling solutions—including air cooling, liquid cooling, and related thermal technologies—serving hyperscale and colocation customers. Based in Oklahoma City, this role provides strategic and hands-on leadership to a multidisciplinary engineering team with a strong emphasis on design-to-cost, Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and scalable, high-reliability solutions. The Director will partner closely with Sales, PMO, Supply Chain, Operations, and Quality to ensure products are optimized for performance, cost, and manufacturability while enabling efficient execution from concept through commercialization and strengthening Nortek’s competitive position in the data center cooling market.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership & Strategy
Product Design & Development
Customer & Market Engagement
Cross-Functional Collaboration
People Development & Talent Management
Qualifications