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Product Engineer II - Rack Integration

AHEAD· Engineering, Engineered Solutions
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Libertyville, IL$100k - $160kFull-timePosted 6d ago

About the role

Product Engineer II – Rack Integration Services responsible for designing and implementing integrated rack solutions for enterprise-grade data center hardware, from concept to installation, including rack elevations, BOMs, power/cooling analysis, cabling design, and installation documentation.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate on quoting requests with 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Skills

Required:Communication and collaborationRequirements gathering and documentationEngineering change management / PLM / EOLEnterprise compute, storage, networking hardwarex86 and ARM architecturesQuality control / computer assembly methodsVendor collaborationProblem solving and project planningAdaptability and resilienceRisk management and NPIDocumentation and attention to detail
Nice to have:Gen AI hardware for core inference/training

Benefits

  • USA Employment Benefits include: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid company holidays
  • Paid time off
  • Paid parental and caregiver leave
  • Plus more! See benefits for details.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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AHEAD accelerates the impact of technology on clients by engineering customized data, developer, and infrastructure platforms that improve IT operations.

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