Mechanical Engineer - Product Development

Scope of Position:

Working under the direction of the New Product Development Manager, is responsible to develop, design, and test new cooling and heating products. Will manage projects to completion and assume overall responsibility for meeting target dates and target costs. Will work in a team with product development group, production engineering, and plant personnel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Evaluation and written response to a “product definition” document, assessing the technical feasibility of the proposed project.
• Performing all necessary engineering performance calculations
• Development of conceptual drawings
• Directing construction of prototypes
• Developing and conducting tests to establish prototype design compliance with known standards and good engineering practice
• Development of the bills of materials for the new product
• Providing engineering performance data for the final product configuration in support of marketing literature development
• Coordinating agency testing and obtaining agency approvals for the new product
• Final product testing and agency approval testing might require travel to manage set up and testing of the product.
• Conforms to all Quality and Environmental Management System policies, objectives and obligations.
• Create and analyze CFD models for product design purposes
• Develop and present analysis of CFD studies for high profile customers and consultants
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Position Requirements:

• Areas of design engineering knowledge required include, but are not limited to:
• Sizing and selection of direct and indirect evaporative cooling systems
• Control sequences for packaged HVAC equipment
• Sizing and selection of DX and Chilled Water cooling coils
• Sizing and selection of blowers and fans
• DDC controls and rudimentary programming
• Sheet metal layout and design
• Sizing and selection of gas burners
• Sufficient knowledge of CAD design tools to allow development of prototype drawings.
• Good communication skills
• High technical proficiency
• Intense focus on details
• Good organizational skills and teamwork
• The ability to manage multiple projects in a stand-alone work environment.
• S. in Mechanical Engineering or foreign equivalent
• Must have ability to travel up to 10% in U.S. with occasional weekend and OT as required