Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and test insulation, heating, and refrigeration system architecture for vending equipment.
• Perform thermal cabinet analysis and sealed-system performance analysis to support product development and design decisions.
• Design refrigeration circuits, control algorithms, refrigerant selections, and system components for new and existing products.
• Develop refrigeration systems that meet DOE, NAMA, product performance, reliability, cost, and manufacturing requirements.
• Troubleshoot and validate refrigeration system performance during prototype builds, pilot builds, and production transitions.
• Support resolution of field and production refrigeration issues in coordination with manufacturing, quality, engineering, and the Vendnet service organization.
• Support refrigeration design activities for new product development and continuous improvement projects.
• Evaluate refrigeration design changes and recommend improvements to performance, efficiency, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.
• Support refrigeration test chambers, data acquisition systems, instrumentation, and test equipment used for development and validation activities.
• Develop and execute verification and validation test plans for refrigeration development, validation, DOE/NAMA performance requirements, and product approval.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Demonstrated ability to design, analyze, and implement modules, subsystems, or functional elements with increasing ownership from requirements through design, verification, release, and support.
• Strong engineering analysis skills, including thermal analysis, electrical troubleshooting, system modeling, trade studies, tolerance analysis, and FMEA.
• Ability to define test plans, lead test execution, analyze results, and drive corrective actions.
• Ability to create clear engineering documentation, including specifications, drawings, test protocols, validation reports, and technical recommendations.
• Ability to conduct design reviews and mentor engineering staff on technical challenges, best practices, and refrigeration system knowledge.
• Ability to work effectively with manufacturing, test, quality, procurement, production, and service teams to support manufacturability, assembly, supply chain alignment, and component selection.
• Ability to identify, communicate, and help mitigate technical risks; propose alternatives; and support project planning.
• Commitment to improving engineering processes, tools, methods, and standards.
• Ability to guide interns, co-ops, and junior engineers as needed.
• Skilled in Solidworks and Infor or similar packages required. FEA and simulated design experience a plus.

Requirements

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Refrigeration Engineering, or a related discipline required; master's degree preferred. Three to six years of refrigeration systems experience is preferred, along with a demonstrated record of engineering contributions in product development, testing, validation, or production support.