Primary Function: The
Electronics Controls Systems Engineer is responsible for leading the development, integration, and validation of electronic and electromechanical systems for residential and commercial water heating products. The ideal candidate possesses a strong foundation in both electrical and mechanical engineering principles, along with extensive experience designing and delivering reliable, cost-effective appliance systems from concept through production.
Responsibilities:- Lead the system-level design and development of electronic controls and electromechanical components for water heating appliances.
- Define product controls architectures, system requirements, interfaces, and controls performance specifications.
- Develop and validate control strategies involving heating elements, sensors, pumps, valves, blowers, communication interfaces, and safety systems.
- Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, manufacturing, and quality teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Perform system integration, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting of electrical, mechanical, thermal, and controls-related issues.
- Develop verification and validation plans to ensure products meet functional, safety, reliability, and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Design Reviews, Risk Assessments, and Root Cause Corrective Action investigations.
- Support controls certification activities including UL, CSA, IEC, and other applicable regulatory standards.
- Support field issue investigations and implement robust corrective actions.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership on complex system development activities.
Job Requirements:- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and/or Systems Engineering, Master's degree in Engineering or related preferred
- Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in appliances, HVAC, water heating, industrial controls, embedded systems, or related product development environments.
- Strong understanding of both electrical and mechanical system design and their interactions within electromechanical products.
- Experience with embedded control systems, sensors, actuators, power electronics, and control architectures.
- Demonstrated experience leading products from concept development through production launch.
- Strong understanding of system engineering processes, requirements management, and product validation methodologies.
- Experience conducting design reviews, risk assessments, DFMEA, PFMEA, and root cause analysis.
- Knowledge of regulatory and safety standards applicable to consumer or commercial appliances.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
- Experience developing electric, hybrid, heat pump, or gas-fired water heating products preferred
- Previous system design experience for residential and commercial appliances preferred
- Experience with communication protocols such as CAN, Modbus, UART, SPI, I2C, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth preferred.
- Familiarity with model-based systems engineering preferred
