Manager, Product Engineering

Job Description:

The Manager, Product Engineering is responsible for leading, developing, and managing a multidisciplinary engineering team to successfully design, improve, launch, and support HVAC-based product lines. This role blends product leadership, engineering execution, operational strategy, and cross-functional collaboration to drive innovation, product performance, manufacturability, customer satisfaction, and profitability.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and mentor a team of product engineers and technical staff.

• Direct product development from concept through launch, validation, and lifecycle support.

• Establish engineering processes, documentation standards, and technical quality benchmarks.

• Align engineering output with business goals, cost targets, compliance requirements, and product roadmap decisions.

• Guide product research, modeling, heat-transfer analysis, mechanical design, testing, and certification.

• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to enhance design-for-build efficiency and resolve factory issues.

• Drive BOM accuracy, drawings, engineering data, and documentation for release to production.

• Work cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and leadership to support product strategy and pricing inputs.

• Investigate customer issues and warranty trends, lead RCA efforts, and implement engineering improvements.

• Support regulatory adherence with DOE, AHRI, ASHRAE and industry certification requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline (MS preferred).

• 10+ years of HVAC engineering or related mechanical product experience.

• 3-5 years of refrigeration & hydronic piping design experience

• Prior leadership, technical mentoring, or engineering management experience.

• Proficiency in 3D modeling (Inventor preferred), BOM development, thermodynamics, refrigeration cycles.

• Demonstrated ability to drive execution, solve complex engineering challenges, and deliver results.

• Strong communication, analytical decision-making, and project management ability.
  

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• CFD/FEA simulation proficiency.

• Knowledge of electromechanical controls, motors, VFDs, PLCs, sensors.

• Field testing, product validation, lab data interpretation experience.

• Business, P&L awareness, cost-reduction and product competitiveness mindset.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Office-based role with routine production-floor presence and occasional test-lab or field-site travel.

Benefits and Compensation Summary:

We take care of our people. We offer competitive compensation and robust benefits to all full-time team members, including:

• Tuition reimbursement

• Paid time-off

• Paid holidays

• Healthcare insurance & Health Savings Accounts

• Profit sharing or Annual Incentive Plan Bonus

• Premium 401(k) plan

Pay Range:

$111,348.00 - $167,023.00