Controls Product Technical Lead

Trane Technologies•La Crosse, WI

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Trane Technologies is seeking a Unit Controls Product Technical Lead to join their Trane team in La Crosse, WI. This team is responsible for creating the next generation of industry-leading HVAC equipment controls. The role involves leading the functional product development for new or enhanced HVAC controls products and features, ensuring they meet customer expectations for reliability and energy efficiency while minimizing environmental impact. The digital solutions team at Trane Technologies focuses on developing next-generation climate technology, leveraging advanced analytics and technical expertise to create data-driven solutions that benefit customers, communities, and the planet.

Requirements

BS or MS degree in Engineering discipline.
3+ years of experience in engineering product development.
Experience leading or involvement in an embedded software project or enterprise software development project.
Reliable planner with good attention to detail.
Strong leadership along with good verbal English, technical written English and interpersonal communication skills.
Working knowledge of control systems, instrumentation, HMI, communication networks, and distributed networked systems.
Knowledge of various communication protocols and the various architectures and topologies associated with them.
Experience with requirements management tools.
Knowledge of HVAC Systems and Components.
Knowledge of DFSS techniques.

Nice To Haves

INCOSE Certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

Ensures that technical and regulatory objectives are met through our new product/technology development process.
Designs and evaluates new and/or existing engineering products by cohesively working with Equipment Mechanical Engineers.
Generates functional specifications for software engineers to ensure the design intent is implemented.
Confers with management, production, and marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
Responsible for organizing, executing and coordinating assignments of project team members.
Develop innovative concepts and approaches to solving team or schedule problems.
Participate in the development and use of project management procedures, guidelines and methods.
Document project activities, issues, concerns and status to keep management informed and enable timely resolution of project problems.
Serve as the controls technical engineering core team member on cross functional projects.
Creates product definition relating to technical requirements by leading technical design.
Utilize effective communication and facilitation skills both, inside and outside of the development team.
Follows established new product development procedures and guidelines to leverage shared organizational knowledge and experience.
Ability to meet short- and long-term deadlines.
Effectively meet the needs of internal and external customers.
Demonstrated leadership and teaming skills especially with geographically dispersed teams.
Works effectively in an open, consensus-oriented, team environment.
Results-oriented with an emphasis on achieving team performance.
Demonstrate ability to cope with stress and maintain a pleasant and cooperative temperament with internal and external customers and colleagues.