Controls Systems Architect III

Lennox International • GA

91d • $102,000 - $134,000

About The Position

The Controls Systems Architect is responsible for developing, standardizing, and advancing Heatcraft’s control system technologies to ensure performance, reliability, and consistency across products. This role involves developing and documenting control algorithms to improve system performance, reliability, and diagnostics, defining engineering specifications, and contributing to the standardization of control system platforms. The architect will coordinate electronics and software design projects with internal teams and external partners, ensuring requirements, documentation, milestones, and schedules are met. Additionally, the role includes overseeing supplier hardware and firmware designs, leading feasibility studies, modeling, analysis, verification & validation, and system integration. The architect will also develop sequence of operation and P&ID, create wiring diagrams and control schematics, provide technical support to regional engineers, conduct field testing, analyze results, and validate system performance, and support product release through Stage-Gate processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering is preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Requires at least 5 years related experience.
• Strong knowledge in controls hardware, software, and algorithms.
• Expertise in integration of the electronic controls subsystems.
• Proficient in system modeling and simulation.
• Able to perform circuit analysis to determine power, currents and voltages for all circuit components.
• Knowledge of troubleshooting and root cause analysis methods.
• Good understanding and hands on experience on Reliability tools.
• Excellent coordinating with cross functional team across global.
• Broad knowledge about developing and documenting electronic qualification testing.
• Able to manage vendors and suppliers for project delivery and integration.
• Knowledge of reliability procedures and how to design to meet reliability goals.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Familiar with concepts and processes of root cause analysis and correction and failure modes effect analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and document control algorithms to improve system performance, reliability, and diagnostics.
• Define engineering specifications and contribute to the standardization of control system platforms.
• Coordinate electronics and software design projects with internal teams and external partners.
• Oversee supplier hardware and firmware designs to confirm compliance with requirements.
• Lead feasibility studies, modeling, analysis, verification & validation, and system integration.
• Develop sequence of operation and P&ID.
• Create wiring diagrams and control schematics.
• Provide technical support to regional engineers and assist with field issue resolution.
• Conduct field testing, analyze results, and validate system performance.
• Support product release through Stage-Gate processes, design handoffs, product literature, and service training.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Prescription drug coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short-term disability insurance
• 8 weeks paid birthing leave
• 2 weeks paid bonding leave
• Life and long-term disability insurance
• 12 days paid time off
• 2 paid well-being days
• 1 paid volunteer day
• 9-11 paid holidays
• 3 floating holidays per year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees