ENGINEER TEAM LEAD

AirReps•WALLER, TX

26d

About The Position

The Engineer Team Lead plans, organizes, and leads HVAC product development from a technical standpoint, with the goal of improving long-term system quality and efficiency while reducing costs. The role works with internal customers, suppliers, and cross-functional team members to meet customer needs and internal design, quality, and program targets. It manages design, testing, and development activities for residential and/or commercial HVAC products, and provides technical expertise to engineering teams, business units, and external customers. The position leads multiple existing-product and new-product design projects from inception through production, managing schedules, teams, and technical resources while focusing on cost, quality, safety, and on-time delivery. It drives continuous improvement, lean initiatives, and design-for-manufacturing practices; supports product launches, issue resolution, product improvements, supplier quality, and agency certifications; and keeps leadership informed through project reports and design, quality, cost, and regulatory reviews. The role also prepares and reviews engineering documentation and develops product support materials in collaboration with Product Management and Technical Services. The Engineer Team Lead mentors entry-level engineers and other team members to support their development and readiness for greater responsibility. Additional projects and duties may be assigned to support ongoing business needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a closely related field.
Five years of HVAC engineering experience designing and sustaining HVAC system specifications, including engineering calculations, tolerance stack-up analysis, validation testing, product design, development, and launch.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, and lead HVAC product development to improve system quality and efficiency and reduce costs.
Coordinate design, testing, and development activities for residential and/or commercial HVAC products.
Work with internal customers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams to meet customer, design, quality, and program targets.
Provide technical subject matter expertise and support to engineering teams, internal business units, and external customers.
Lead multiple existing-product and new-product design projects from inception through production, targeting cost, quality, safety, and on-time delivery.
Develop and manage project schedules, teams, and technical resources for new and modified product designs.
Provide leadership with project status reports as requested.
Participate in and lead cross-functional teams to launch products, resolve issues, and support product improvements.
Present data at design, quality, cost, and regulatory reviews.
Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities, lean initiatives, and design-for-manufacturing tools.
Provide technical guidance for product design and use analytical tools such as tolerance stack-up, finite element, and computational fluid dynamics analyses.
Prepare bills of materials, cost analyses, drawings, and engineering change requests accurately and effectively.
Collaborate with Product Management and Technical Services to develop new-product support materials, including installation and product data manuals.
Work with suppliers to improve quality and resolve product issues.
Support safety and performance agency certifications, including UL, ETL, DOE, and AHRI, and interface with regulatory and testing agencies such as ASHRAE, AHRI, UL, and ETL.
Mentor entry-level engineers and other team members to prepare them for greater organizational responsibility.
Perform additional projects and duties that support ongoing business needs.