Product Engineer

Job Description

The Development Engineer I will assist in water cooled, centrifugal-chiller product development, validation, and launch. Alongside the above deliverable, will be a focus in technology integration into existing and future platforms.

A Day in the Life:

• Technical System Development of HVAC equipment using engineering fundamentals such as heat transfer, fluid dynamics and mechanical analysis.
• Integral part of a fast-paced stage gate development process and reporting out on progress to upper management.
• Collaborate with Product management to translate requirements into product.
• Supporting the design, integration, and validation of the following subsystems:

• Single multi-stage, centrifugal compressors
• Refrigeration system piping
• Tube and shell HX (evaporator / condenser applications)
• Economized, multistage compression systems.

• Assist in the integration and validation of the follow subsystems:
• 1 2 phase cooled VFDs.
• Chiller controls hardware and software.

• Give technical input to create concepts and develop system prototypes.

• Collaborate closely with CAD designers to model architecture of new product.
• Collaborate with advanced simulation teams to perform FEA and CFD analysis of design.
• Coordinate with manufacturing and supply chain personnel to ensure manufacturability of product.

• Provide Manufacturing support for Concept and Prototype unit builds.
• Oversight of laboratory testing; including creation of test plans, direction during testing and analysis of data collected during testing.
• Initiate and obtain agency and regulatory approval status for new product (UL, ETL, CRN, ASME, CE, etc)
• Making technical and product decisions throughout the development process.
• Producing technical documentation to support the Marketing launch of new product and product options.
• Providing infant support for newly released product; including:

• Review of training program documentation
• Supporting Application Engineering and Sales

• Assist in various Cost Improvement Goals, proposing innovative ideas and initiating cost reduction and product improvement efforts to increase the overall value of the product.
• Provide a clean, detailed, and strong transfer of newly released product to sustaining engineering team, to support product for years to come.

What you will Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical preferred)
• Minimum of 0 - 2 years of related experience (HVAC, Industrial Process, or similar)
• Requires detailed knowledge of engineering, preferably in the HVAC industry.
• PC skills including Microsoft office applications.
• Basic skills with CAD applications, a plus.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal and communications skills

About Us

Building a more sustainable planet. Creating comfortable, healthy spaces for people to connect, live and work. Perfecting the air we share.

Daikin Applied is not just an HVAC company. We're part of a global technology powerhouse that uses Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) to transform the world. We're innovators and leaders. Not only as a business, but as individuals.

We invest in our people, and our people invest in our customers and communities. This mutual commitment is the reason for our dynamic growth. So is an inclusive culture that encourages everyone to come to work as their whole selves and come together as a team that welcomes unique ideas, perspectives and backgrounds.

You see, we're not just innovating on the outside. We're innovating on the inside to unlock people's unlimited potential and bring out the diverse and groundbreaking ideas that will help us solve today's most pressing challenges.

That's why Daikin offers more than a job. Here's where you'll be heard, be valued, belong -- and be able to make your mark.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

It is the policy of Daikin Applied to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, membership or activity in a local commission, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.