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Lead DFx Support Engineer - Data Center Infrastructure

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 1 Jul 2026

💰 $189,200/yr($105,100/yr – $189,200/yr)

About the role

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

SUMMARY

The Lead DFx Support Engineer is a hands-on individual contributor responsible for driving manufacturability, assembly, serviceability and quality excellence across complex electrical and electromechanical products. This role provides authoritative Design for X leadership from early concept through NPI, production and sustaining phases, ensuring design intent translates into robust, scalable and repeatable factory execution.

The position requires deep experience with manufacturing environments, tolerance management, and standardization strategies, along with the ability to influence design decisions across engineering, manufacturing, quality and supply chain organizations. The Lead DFx Support Engineer proactively identifies systemic risks, drives design improvements upstream and materially reduces manufacturing driven engineering changes, cost and field corrections.

Job Title: Lead DFX Engineer

Organization: Data Center Infrastructure Team

Location: Austin, TX - or Remote*

*Requires up to 25% domestic and/or international travel (rare)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

DFx Leadership & Manufacturing Readiness

Provide senior‑level DFx guidance to ensure designs are optimized for manufacturability, assembly efficiency, service access, and long‑term quality.
Lead DFx evaluations during concept, design reviews and release readiness activities, identifying risks before product release.
Establish clear, actionable manufacturability requirements aligned to factory capabilities, takt time and quality objectives.

Standardization & Design Robustness

Drive cross program standardization and part rationalization initiatives to reduce variation, cost and supply chain risk.
Influence architectural and layout decisions to promote reuse of proven components, wiring practices and panel designs.
Champion robust design principles that minimize sensitivity to tolerance variation and assembly variability.