Design Engineer III - HVAC

The Design Engineer III uses engineering techniques to design, maintain, or improve new or existing products and/or components for engineering projects within the area of assigned responsibility.

This position will serve our Water Heating Division, located in Montgomery, AL.

• RESPONSIBILITIES

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

• 5 years of experience in design and manufacture of products

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating, and maintenance instructions and procedures.

• Ability to work with mathematic concepts such as probability and statistical inference.

• Strong reasoning and analytical skills (ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variable in situations)

• Experience in engineering/manufacturing change processes.

• Experience in manufacturing processes engineering and engineering computer systems including SolidWorks modeling software.

• Occasional travel required.

• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with attention to detail and accuracy.

• Proficient computer skills and in-depth knowledge of relevant software such as MS Office Suite.

• Demonstrated ability to work well with others in a matrix team environment.

• Knowledge of concepts, techniques and tools that promote effective analysis, such as Design of Experiments and test engineering. Ability to carry out the development of information-gathering exercises for the purpose of investigating a system or process in a manufacturing environment and determine the root cause of problems. Knowledge of, and the ability to use, tools and techniques for analyzing and documenting logical relationships among data, processes or events.

• Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design in the manufacturing environment.

• Knowledge of existing and advanced methodologies, processes, tools and techniques of product development; ability to design, build and manage the manufacture of new products.

• Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics and ability to plan, organize, monitor, and lead projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.

• Knowledge of cost improvement projects

QUALIFICATIONS

HOW TO STAND OUT

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.

• Experience in appliance design.

• Knowledge of gas combustion principles.

• Knowledge of heat pump design and heat exchanger optimization.

• Knowledge of HVAC design principles and vapor compression.

• Knowledge of analysis & system development tools (e.g. ANSYS/Fluent, ANSYS/Mechanical, MATLAB, LabView, Pro/e, EnergyPlus, GT-SUITE, etc.)

• Experience in working with governing certification standards and agencies preferred.
  

As a leader at Rheem, how you achieve results is as important as the results you achieve. While LEADING OTHERS, you will be expected to demonstrate the following competencies and behaviors:

• Aligning Performance for Success

• Applying Business Knowledge

• Building Talent

• Building Trusting Relationships

• Communicating with Impact

• Customer-Orientation

• Delegating Tasks

• Executing/Leading the Team

• Facilitating Change

• Fostering Relationships/Emotional Intelligence

• Influencing

• Problem Solving & Decision Making

• Supporting Innovation
  

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