Trane Technologies

Lead System Engineer

Trane Technologies$95K — $173K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline
  • 7+ years of experience in design or manufacturing of industrial products
  • Strong background in HVAC equipment and systems preferred
  • Familiarity with PLM and CAD systems, preferably Creo
  • Experience in schedule development and resource planning
  • Proficient in data manipulation using Excel or Tableau

Responsibilities

  • Oversee design and release of chiller and heat pump systems from concept to delivery
  • Facilitate cross-functional development of market and product requirements
  • Ensure compliance with engineering specifications for purchased and internal components
  • Lead technical reviews of components, subsystems, and overall systems
  • Collaborate on product quality assurance through DFMEA and DVP&R
  • Develop and implement best practices for project efficiency and effectiveness
  • Partner with manufacturing teams to incorporate design for manufacturing principles

Benefits

  • Health insurance and wellness programs start on Day One
  • Fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance available
  • Generous paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave
  • 401K matching and tuition assistance programs
  • Access to training and development opportunities
Full Job Description
Where is the work:
Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.

As the Lead System Engineer, you are responsible for all aspects of equipment design for Chillers and Heat Pumps to support the North American Water-Cooled Chiller product portfolio. You will collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers to create innovative designs that will reduce the energy intensity of our customers' cooling systems and decarbonize their heating applications with high efficiency heat pumps. You will guide the team to solve problems through a stage-gate development process. This includes, but not limited to, design creation/documentation, change management during development, design for manufacturability, product cost, product performance, reliability, all while maintaining the project schedules.

What you will do:
• Oversee the projects design and release of chiller and heat pump equipment designs and sub-systems from concept generation through the release of design deliverables. This includes heat exchangers, compressors, controls, electrical design, general assembly, and any other required subsystems.
• Facilitate and contribute to the cross-functional development and delivery of market requirements (MRD) to the product requirements documentation (PRD) and the ensuing product design documentation (PDD) to meet business objectives.
• Ensure the proper engineering specifications and requirements are applied to drive the selection, and qualification of all purchased components/assemblies or internally supplied components.
• Lead concept design reviews, technical design reviews, detailed model reviews, and drawing reviews for components, sub-systems, and the overall chiller/heat pump system.
• Collaborate with the cross functional engineering team to create and modify DFMEA and DVP&R to ensure product quality and reliability.
• Utilize, develop and deploy best practices to increase the quality, deployment and cost/efficiency of the execution and effectiveness of engineering projects and teams.
• Partner with the manufacturing project leader and the manufacturing engineering team to incorporate design for manufacturing (DFM) principles into the product design.
• Own the product cost models; ensure the projected cost meets the agreed upon cost requirement.
• Team with product management, manufacturing, quality, and project management to develop requirements and track compliance to the agreed upon requirements.
• Travel domestically 5-10% of the time to interact with colleagues working on chiller and heat pump products, typically between Pueblo, CO and La Crosse, WI

What you will bring:
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (or related technical discipline) and at least 7-years of work experience in design or manufacturing of industrial products is required.
• Demonstrated experience with HVAC equipment and systems is preferred.

Essential Skills or Competencies:

• Ability to function as the lead engineer by acting to ensure due diligence is applied throughout the design process through coaching, mentoring and oversight of the design team.
• General knowledge of one or more manufacturing processes to enable the coaching and mentoring of the design team.
• Ability to effectively communicate with others both written and orally.
• Experience using PLM and CAD systems (preferably Creo).
• Schedule development and resource planning experience.
• Design or application experience with building HVAC products
• Data manipulation in Excel or Tableau.

Annual Base Salary Range or Hourly Base Pay Range:
$95,700.00 - $173,004.99
Compensation Type:
Salary
Incentive Eligible:
No
Sales Commission Eligible:
No

Disclaimer: We strive to provide competitive compensation for this position, tailored to a variety of factors. The actual compensation will depend on elements such as seniority, merit, geographic location, education, experience, travel requirements, and union designation. Our compensation range is generally based on the national average for the country. Additionally, benefits may vary depending on the region, business alignment, union involvement, and employee status.

Thrive at work and at home:

  • Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including health insurance and holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives - WE DARE TO CARE!
  • Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
  • Paid time off includes up to 15 vacation days, paid holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
  • 401K match up, educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.


Disclaimer: Benefit offerings may vary by site as well as Collective Bargaining Agreements and local/state regulations

Safety Sensitive Role:
No
The company designates certain roles as Safety Sensitive. Safety Sensitive roles may require that you pass additional drug screening.

About Trane Technologies

Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator. Through our strategic brands Trane and Thermo King, and our portfolio of environmentally responsible products and services, we bring efficient and sustainable climate solutions to buildings, homes and transportation. Our innovative solutions have helped make buildings and homes comfortable, while more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. We also provide transport temperature control solutions that are used in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors. Trane Technologies is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 and has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the tenth consecutive year.
Learn more about Trane Technologies
Size
37,000 employees
Market Cap
$39 billion
Industry
Net Income
$854.8 million
5 Year Trend
+0.9%
Revenue
$12.4 billion
NASDAQ

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