Sr. Director, Fluidics Engineering Lead

Overview

Location: United States of America — Atlanta, GA (onsite)

Travel Required: 10–20% (supplier and partner sites)

Relocation Provided: No

Job Posting End Date: September 16, 2025

Shift: Not specified

Job Description Summary:

This is a People Leader role

Direct Reports: Fluidics Engineering Team

Reports To: Head of Engineering

Location Details: Atlanta, GA (onsite)

Role Summary:

We are seeking an experienced engineering leader to oversee the strategy, development, and lifecycle management of core fluidics technologies across our global equipment platforms. This role guides the technical direction for critical components—pumps, valves, dosing systems—and ensures technology standardization, cost effectiveness, and high reliability.

You will lead a team of subject matter experts, define cross-platform engineering standards, drive adoption of innovative designs, and partner with R&D, product, and manufacturing teams to transfer proven technologies into scalable, commercially viable products.

This position is ideal for a leader who balances deep technical expertise in fluid systems with proven organizational influence , ensuring that platform teams have the tools, components, and standards they need to deliver world-class beverage equipment.

Enable Platform Success

• On-Demand Expertise: Serve as the primary technical authority for fluidic components across all platforms.
• Engineering Standards: Establish and maintain engineering standards for materials, design specifications, performance, and regulatory compliance.
• Shared Component Libraries: Build and manage a centralized component library containing validated, reusable modules and reference designs.
• Rigorous Documentation: Oversee documentation integrity (CAD, specifications, diagrams, interface requirements) to ensure clarity, accuracy, and accessibility.
• Seamless Technology Transfer: Define and manage technology transfer processes from prototype to production, including rigorous validation procedures.
• Cost Optimization: Evaluate and implement cost-down measures to ensure solutions are affordable and scalable while maintaining high standards of quality, reliability, and system performance.

Drive Core Technology Innovation

• Lead Strategic Roadmaps: Define and execute a multi-year innovation roadmap for fluidics technologies aligned to platform strategies.
• Identify Emerging Technologies: Identify, evaluate, and pilot emerging fluidics solutions—micro-dosing, novel pump/valve designs, alternative materials, control algorithms.
• Collaborate with the Innovation Hub: Partner with the Innovation Hub on early-stage prototypes and proofs of concept, ensuring scalability and manufacturability.
• Intellectual Property Management: Manage intellectual property strategy, from invention disclosure to patent filing, to protect competitive advantage.

Maintain Centers of Excellence

• Core Expertise Functions: Lead specialized teams within the following domains to advance innovation while maintaining operational efficiency:
• Advanced Fluidics & Dosing – Focused on pumps, valves, and micro-dosing systems for unparalleled performance. Design and develop new components to support current and future dispensed beverage equipment.
• Design control algorithms to control both components and dispensed beverage systems.
• Talent Development: Mentor team members within Centers of Excellence, promoting upskilling and staying abreast of cutting-edge technologies. Lead a team of engineers to highest levels of performance. Hire and manage performance of the team.
• People Management & Development: Include sub-items below
• Empower the Team: Foster a high-performing, results-driven team by enabling autonomy and ownership of critical priorities.
• Mentor and Coach Leaders: Provide guidance, coaching, and feedback to direct and dotted-line reports.
• Promote Accountability: Hold team members accountable to project goals, timelines, and technical quality.
• Measure and Recognize Performance: Regularly evaluate performance and recognize contributions to sustain motivation.

Key Deliverables:

• Modular Component Library with Reference Designs: Develop and maintain a centralized library of modular, reusable engineering components and scalable reference designs, with CAD files, interface requirements, and technical specifications for cross-platform implementation.
• Engineering Standards and Design Guidelines: Establish comprehensive standards and guidelines for materials, technical requirements, regulatory compliance, and sustainable design principles.
• Component Reliability and Quality Metrics: Define and track KPIs for component reliability and quality; provide regular reports to drive data-driven improvements.
• Technology Roadmaps: Develop long-term roadmaps across critical disciplines aligned to strategic objectives.

Skills & Competence

Required:

• Degree in a relevant engineering discipline
• 12+ years of engineering experience with a track record of innovation and delivering breakthrough technologies
• Deep expertise in fluid systems with hands-on application
• Proven ability to translate R&D into commercially viable products
• Experience transferring technologies to product/platform teams in complex environments
• Experience building and leading high-performing innovation teams
• Strong balance between theoretical knowledge and practical implementation

Preferred:

• Advanced degree in engineering or equivalent industry experience
• Masters in Business Administration
• Bev/food equipment experience related to quality, regulation, and performance
• Knowledge of micro-fluidics, IoT, connectivity platforms, or advanced materials
• Experience scaling technologies through platform-based organizations or Agile environments
• Ability to influence without authority across cross-functional teams

Leadership Competencies

• Technology Vision & Pragmatism: foresee industry shifts and practical implementation
• Platform-First Mindset: consider needs of multiple product platforms
• Influence Through Value Delivery: deliver tangible outcomes without relying on formal authority
• Collaborative Innovator: bridge innovation and execution teams
• Project Prioritization Skills: evaluate and terminate low-value projects

The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Skills: Change Management, Continual Improvement Process, GMP, ISO 14001, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Microsoft Office, Production Management, Production Processes, Quality Control, SOP, Waterfall Model

Pay Range: $176,000 - $199,000

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits is offered.

Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage: 30

Annual Incentive reference value: is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.

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