Lead Engineer - Systems, Controls Hardware Architect

Trane Italia•Minneapolis, MN

8d•$133,633 - $186,830•Hybrid

About The Position

As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King, sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. We are looking for individuals who dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities and want to contribute to making a better future. As our next Controls Hardware Architect at Thermo King, you will pioneer modern embedded controls hardware architectures and development practices across our product lines and steer the creation of our next-generation solutions. In this pivotal technical leadership role, you will take full ownership of functional, technical, and integration architectures for embedded controls hardware, ensuring robust connectivity with Thermo King’s internal ecosystems as well as the external systems and devices relied on by our customers, dealers, and partners. You will partner with the architecture team and cross-functional colleagues, set the benchmark for world-class controls solutions and champion end-to-end development from concept through execution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science or related technical field with 10 years of experience
Proficient in embedded controls hardware selection, PCB design, layout, schematic capture, and use of design/development tools (e.g. Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, Siemens Xpedition/PADS Professional, etc…), including design for signal integrity and controlled impedance layer stack-up techniques.
Experience with microprocessor and microcontroller architectures along with various communication links (CAN, SPI) and their impact on embedded hardware design.
Experience with IoT wireless electronics hardware selection and product design (RF, analog, digital electronics design) and components. Knowledge of radio technologies such as cellular / GPS / WiFi / BT standards and certifications.
Experience with industrial connectivity protocols such as CAN, J1939, Modbus, MQTT, OPC-UA, secure IP-based protocols, and Automotive Ethernet (100Base-T1, 10Base-T1S)
Knowledge of UML, SysML, or MBSE for system modeling and design
Working knowledge of DevOps tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc..)
Strong organizational, leadership, and communication skills for working in cross-disciplinary teams (software, hardware, systems engineering)

Nice To Haves

Previous experience leading embedded controls hardware development or leading electronics architecture definition preferred

Responsibilities

Serve as technical expert for embedded controls hardware architecture technology stack definition, leading analysis and improvements to design simplicity, modularity & re-use to provide embedded controls hardware capabilities across Thermo King products
Create and govern architecture standards, cybersecurity, wireless electronics, and modularity component roadmaps across product models, platforms, and regions with key engagement activity with Product management, Product Platform engineering, Telematics, and Controls teams
Evaluate and select appropriate embedded controls hardware technologies and platforms for solution development. Lead tradeoff analysis and recommendations, preparing and presenting architectural reports to senior management
Create embedded controls hardware design process standard work guidelines, templates/tools (ie, system diagrams, calculation spreadsheets, error checking, etc…) to improve product development cycle time, promote consistency across teams, and to enable rapid innovation with a high degree of reuse
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to controls hardware engineering teams; supporting the design, review, and implementation of controls hardware electronics components
Ensure embedded controls hardware meets all functional, security, regulatory (e.g., wireless, cybersecurity compliance), and quality requirements for industrial and transportation environments