Sr. Reliability Engineer

Job Description

Make your mark at the world's largest HVAC company

Why You'll Love Working for Daikin:

• We're a group who operates with a people-centered mindset, believing in the unlimited potential of each employee, with a goal of driving our company to its fullest potential.
• Our goal is to "Perfect the Air". We do this through cutting edge innovation sustainability efforts while meeting the HVAC needs of thousands of customers - expanding over 160 countries!
• Our culture is unrivaled. Daikin operates under 8 Core Values which are embedded into every aspect of our business. It's through these values that we continuously strive to build a place where everyone can be authentic, feel valued and heard, and have a sense of purpose and belonging.

Reporting to the Sr Director of Product Integrity, the Sr. Reliability Engineer acts as a "Design/Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis (DFMEA) Process Expert" covering HVAC systems and components in the Product Integrity Department on behalf of Daikin Applied America (DAA).

The Sr. Reliability Engineer will develop, document, train, implement and promote processes that deliver clear and actionable product life projections.

Under general direction, you will this engineer serve as the DAA subject matter expert on the interpretation of applicable external standards and acts as the DAA technical representative at the applicable technical body.

A Day in the Life: (Essential duties and responsibilities)

• Implement plans to develop, document, train implement and promote processes for robust component and system life projections.
• Communicate a clear understanding of state-of-the-art processes and tools associated with system life assessment and reliability.
• Network within DAA functional areas to glean the company needs and opportunities with system life assessment and reliability.
• Work with internal product teams, including product managers, engineers, and supply chain to document and educate DAA personnel on processes of system life assessment and reliability.
• Participate in effective application of engineering excellence processes and techniques to ensure product life, compliance, timely delivery and forecast cost objectives. Train others to do the same.
• Participate in product maintenance and Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) non-conformance analysis as a subject matter expert in life cycle assessment. Train others to do the same.
• Provide project technical leadership by coordinating cross functional teams through the defined steps of product change management.
• Lead investigations or audits covering product compliance, risk assessment, risk mitigation, root cause investigation, remediation, and permanent corrective action.
• Provide expert support, engineering coordination and counsel to DAA Legal in support of litigation action, including providing testimony and verifying written discovery responses for DAA as needed.
• Participation in the succession planning process and active mentoring of potential successors is an accountably of this role.
• Other duties as assigned.

What's in It For You:

• Based in the Plymouth Dakin Applied location.
• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage, PTO, 401K match, support for community involvement and much more!
• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth.
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best.

What you will Bring:

• Minimum Educational Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET program or equivalent.
• Demonstrated continuing education accomplishments.
• Preferred Education Requirements
• Professional license(s) or applicable certification(s)
• Advanced degree(s) in engineering or advance degree(s) in business.
• Minimum Experience
• 8+ years' experience with system life analysis.
• Success in product compliance to commercial or industrial standards regulations.
• Broad understanding of business practices.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functional areas and project partners.
• Track record of on time delivery.
• Preferred Experience
• Experience with commercial and/ or industrial products versus consumer products.
• Experience as a subject matter expert in a matrix environment.
• Experience working with multiple sites.
• 5+ years leading a team of product engineers or matrixed teams.
• Demonstrated history of being a mentor / career coach.
• Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Engineering fundamentals.
• Process mapping, authorship, implementation, and life cycle management.
• Product lifecycle and change management.
• Project planning / execution / risk assessment / mitigation
• Design/Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis (DFMEA / PFMEA)
• Monti Carlo Simulation
• Design of Experiments Planning
• Weibull Analysis
• Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA)
• Verification and Validation of product performance.
• Process knowledge of non-conformance, turnback and escape management.
• Excellent communication skills; written, verbal, presentation.
• Travel domestically and internationally 25% of the year.
• Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Engineering design and analysis tools such as CAD, circuit design and analysis, FEA, CFD, and FRACAS.
• Microsoft Office applications; MS Project

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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.