Design Engineer II HVAC

The Design Engineer II 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.

• Analyzes engineering sketches specifications and related data and drawings to determine design factors such as size shape and arrangement of parts.
• Sketches rough layouts and computesangles weights surface areas dimensions radii clearances tolerances leverages and location of holes.
• Plan coordinate and check engineering changes prior to supervisory signature release to production.
• Investigate and troubleshoot product design related problems and opportunities documenting findings and performing corrective/improvement changes.
• Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles agency standards company standards and customer contract requirements and related specifications.
• Develop agency certification submittals and coordinate available testing with internal and external laboratories.
• Develop evaluation test plans and coordinate with engineering designers and lab test engineers on test set-up data acquisition interpretation of data and means for achieving desired test results.
• Write detailed engineering reports with analysis and summary of findings that will be shared with other departments and archived for historical reference.
• Investigate pertinent factors such as inter-changeability service requirements and efficiency and agency requirements.

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 3 years of experience in design and manufacture of products.
• 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 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.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules operating and maintenance instructions and procedures.
• Ability to work with mathematical 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)
• Knowledge of cost improvement projects

HOW TO STAND OUT

• Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Experience in appliance design preferred.
• Knowledge of gas combustion principles.
• Knowledge of heat pump design and heat exchanger optimization.
• Experience in working with governing certification standards and agencies preferred.
• Knowledge of analysis & system development tools (e.g. ANSYS/Fluent ANSYS/Mechanical MATLAB LabView Pro/e EnergyPlus GT-SUITE etc.)

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

• Adapting
• Business Understanding
• Collaborating
• Communicating Effectively
• Continuously Improving
• Customer-Orientation
• Developing Self
• Focusing on Results
• Influencing
• Managing Relationships
• Managing Work
• Problem Solving & Decision Making

Equivalent combination of education experience and skills may supplement above minimum job requirements.

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