10 Xylem engineering leaders
A senior director of engineering, directors of engineering and a director of manufacturing engineering are among the roles held today by these ten Xylem engineering leaders. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Xylem from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Afkar Rafique
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Firmware Hardware & System Engineering · Xylem
Afkar Rafique has been Director of Engineering, Firmware Hardware & System Engineering at Xylem since November 2025 and held the title Director of Engineering, Firmware Hardware at Xylem from 2022 to 2025. Afkar Rafique was also an engineering manager at Xylem from 2021 to 2022 and Lead Firmware Engineer there from 2017 to 2021.
Angie Wu
LinkedInExperience: Director, Engineering and Development · Xylem
Angie Wu has been Director, Engineering and Development at Xylem since June 2024, and was Manager, Data Science and Solution Architects at Xylem from 2021 to 2024 and Senior Solution Architect there from 2020 to 2021. Angie Wu was also R&D Project Manager at Pure Technologies from 2016 to 2019 and Lead System Engineer there from 2012 to 2016.
Ethan Huhn
LinkedInExperience: Director of Manufacturing Engineering · Xylem
Ethan Huhn has been Director of Manufacturing Engineering at Xylem since January 2025. Ethan Huhn held several roles at Evoqua Water Technologies, including Director of Operations in 2024, Integration Operations Manager from 2022 to 2024, Field Service Manager from 2021 to 2022 and Project Manager II from 2020 to 2021.
Jason Klein
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · Xylem
Jason Klein has been Director Of Engineering at Xylem since March 2022. Jason Klein was Director of Operations Excellence at Zero Zone from 2019 to 2022, Product Engineering & Quality Manager at ABB from 2016 to 2019 and Engineering Manager at Crane Nuclear from 2011 to 2016.
Luke Batcher
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director · Xylem
Luke Batcher was Engineering Director at Xylem from 2023 to 2024 and has been Senior Director Operations at Xylem since March 2024. Luke Batcher was also Engineering Director at Evoqua Water Technologies from 2022 to 2023 and Vice President Of Engineering at Frontier Water Systems from 2019 to 2022.
Matt Blue
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering, MCS Water · Xylem
Matt Blue has been Senior Director of Engineering, MCS Water at Xylem since October 2024 and was Sr. Director, Sensus Global Product Engineering at Xylem from 2020 to 2024. Matt Blue also held the Xylem title Sr. Dir. - Distribution Automation & System Intelligence CoE from 2018 to 2020 and was Director - Distribution Automation Engineering at Sensus from 2015 to 2020.
Matteo Cipelli
LinkedInExperience: Director, Product Engineering & Innovation EMEA · XYLEM SERVICE ITALIA S.R.L.
Matteo Cipelli has been Director, Product Engineering & Innovation EMEA at XYLEM SERVICE ITALIA S.R.L. since April 2021. Matteo Cipelli also held the title CoE Engineering Manager, Advanced Engineering at Xylem from 2009 to 2023 and was a hydraulic engineer at ITT Inc. from 2005 to 2008.
Matthew Bronk
LinkedInExperience: Director, Applications Engineering · Xylem
Matthew Bronk has been Director, Applications Engineering at Xylem since February 2026, leading global application engineering teams according to the profile. Matthew Bronk held several roles at Evoqua Water Technologies, including Senior Engineering Manager from 2023 to 2026, Engineering Manager from 2020 to 2023 and Product Engineer from 2016 to 2020.
Pruthvish Patel
LinkedInExperience: Director - Project Engineering vertical lead · Xylem
Pruthvish Patel has been Director - Project Engineering vertical lead at Xylem since August 2026 and was Director - Engineering at Xylem from 2024 to 2026. Pruthvish Patel's other Xylem roles include Asst. General Manager - FEA from 2022 to 2024 and Sr. Manager, Leader - FEA CoE from 2011 to 2022, and the listing also shows Sr. Engineer at ITT Inc. from 2009 to 2011.
Robert Hill
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Gas Division at Xylem · Sensus
Robert Hill has held the title Director of Engineering, Gas Division at Xylem, listed under Sensus, since October 2024. Robert Hill's other Sensus roles include Director, Global Mechanical Engineering from 2020 to 2025, Director Mechanical Engineering, NA Water & Gas from 2019 to 2020 and Mechanical Engineering Manager from 2011 to 2019.
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Pick the person whose engineering area is closest to your question, since firmware and hardware, manufacturing engineering, applications engineering and product development involve different work. Check the dates on each role to see how recent the experience is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your current engineering role, and what did you learn from it?
- 02How do you decide which product or design problems get your engineering team's attention first?
- 03What have you learned from your own work about bringing engineering teams together after an acquisition or reorganization?
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