Systems Engineer III

The Systems Engineer III (Electronics) is responsible for developing advanced controls for heat pump electric and gas water heaters. This position will focus on IoT and connected devices developing green products and energy transfer and storage to continuously improve our controls and customer experience. This is a key position on the electronic controls team within Rheems Advanced Technology Integration organization providing advanced technologies and systems solutions for Rheems Water Heating and Air Conditioning business unit.

This position will serve our Enterprise Division located in Ft. Smith AR Lewisville TX or San Antonio TX (Onsite).

• Define / Develop advanced control architectures and requirements for heat pump gas electric and combi water and space heaters.

• Provide technical leadership in the controls space for the product development team.

• Participate in developing system engineering processes and quality criteria.

• Work collaboratively to develop and extend system architecture and design for electronic controller applications.

• Develop design concepts or models supervise prototyping and conduct performance testing to determine feasibility of concepts.

• Actively engage with software hardware test and product development teams over the entire product life cycle to ensure that system engineering work products are planned documented and completed.

• Define / Perform verification and validation activities to support product development and launch.

• Support manufacturing engineering and suppliers by participating in product test procedure and control documentation development.

• Work closely with customer service team to support product and controller training.

• Bachelors degree in Engineering (Systems Electrical Computer or Mechanical discipline)

• 5 years of experience in the development of embedded microprocessor-based controls.

• An innovative solution-first spirit and an ability to think creatively.

• High technical aptitude

• Able to work with cross-functional teams (e.g. product managers engineers business teams) and external subject matter experts

• Experience architecting and developing electronic controls for Water Heating and / or HVAC equipment

• Experience with System Requirements Documentation Requirements Traceability and Test Case development and execution.

• Experience with Functional Safety (e.g. IEC 61508 ISO26262) or Agency Certification Requirements (e.g. UL 60730 UL 174 etc.)

• Experience with product and component level FMEAs

• Experience with real time embedded systems over the entire product lifecycle.

• Knowledge of one or more of: WiFi Bluetooth cellular communication Ethernet IoT

• Passionate about building and owning innovative customer facing services/products.

• Great presentation and communication skills

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Engineering or related field.

• HVAC / Water Heating industry experience preferred.

• Gas Appliance Experience

• Electronics Design and/or Manufacturing Experience

• Embedded Firmware or Software Experience

• Quality / Reliability Experience

• Automated Test Development Experience

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