Job Description

Onsite position located at Carrier-Syracuse, 6304 Carrier Parkway, East Syracuse, NY, 13057

Work Schedule Monday – Friday, days

The Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer is a critical position, and the selected individual will play a key role in product development: supporting HVAC cooling and heat pump equipment development, developing qualification plans for systems and components, secure product requirement compliance and agency certification.

The candidate will actively participate in the New Product Development process applying state-of-the-art design and simulation tools to optimize the release of next generation of HVAC/R equipment for building applications.

The Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer works in a smaller local team of 3-5 engineers, and interaction with larger extended teams and supporting groups.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for a sub-project of a major new product development program or the entire scope of a smaller new product development program.
• Provide expertise in heat transfer, thermodynamics, fan systems, and thermal management system analysis in the development of next generation high efficiency and environmentally friendly HVAC&R and electronic control systems.
• Develop and execute test and qualification for systems, sub-systems, and components. Review test results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives and modify or adjust equipment to meet specifications.
• Provide reliability analysis of components and systems.
• Develop and coordinate engineering documents and release.
• Provide daily directions to supporting Designers & Technicians.
• Prepare presentations for Qualification Review Boards including demonstrating the use of Quality System deployment tools.
• Collaborate with team members from Marketing, Design Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering.
• Document process improvements as part of standard engineering work.
• Identification of reliable and cost-effective purchased components required for new product development projects
• Excellent follow-up and follow-through skills are a must.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in an Engineering discipline with at least 5 years of hands-on experience working in an Engineering design environment, or Master of Science in Engineering discipline with at least 3 years of hands-on experience working in an Engineering design environment.
• Willing and able to travel up to 2 times per year, international (Mexico), or domestically.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or familiarity with various HVAC applications.
• Demonstrated system design thinking skills and creative new product design skills.
• Experience with vapor-compression refrigeration or power generation systems including related components: heat exchangers and compression technologies.
• Project management and interpersonal skills and the ability to work within an engineering design team.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing fabrication and assembly methods.
• Demonstrated experience in continual process improvement.
• Experience with model-based design techniques.
• Experience integrating and verifying & validating performance of complex systems.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a lean and fast paced environment.
• Ability to work with geographically dispersed teams and a diverse cultural environment.
• Ability to professionally engage with cross-functional and cross-regional teams to understand and translate product requirements into hardware and control system requirements.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts across technical and non-technical organizations.
• Ambitious self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced design environment.
• Ability for developing continuous improvement projects to influence and drive change
• Demonstrate an ability to deliver successful designs under tight timing constraints.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail, while managing multiple priorities.
• Knowledge of CSA/ANSI and UL Standards is a plus. AHRI, ASHRAE, DOE, EPA, NEC, UL/CSA, etc.
• Knowledge of SAP and Creo.
• Familiarity with Heat Pumps.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, & PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of model development software tools like Ansys/Fluent is a strong differentiator.
• Experience in thermo-fluid system control development.
• Knowledge of MATLAB / Simulink, Visual Basic, C/C++, & Python.