Senior Refrigeration Systems Engineer

Trane Italia • La Crosse, WI

21d • $97,407 - $135,835 • Hybrid

About The Position

Trane Technologies is seeking an experienced Senior Refrigeration Systems Engineer to join their Trane Commercial Systems organization. This role is responsible for all aspects of equipment design and component integration for Trane Commercial Water-to-Water HVAC product lines, covering both heating and cooling. Key activities include modeling system performance, developing new technology for future products, and validating ideas and system performance in the laboratory. The position requires interaction with other functional groups such as Compressor Engineering, Thermal Systems, Controls, Electrical, and Manufacturing to support product design and integration.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and at least 6-years of engineering work experience is required. Mechanical Engineering is preferred.
• Understand HVAC system functions: refrigeration, heat transfer, airflow and ventilation.
• Proficient in problem solving with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to apply heat transfer and fluid flow concepts for real world problem solving.
• Ability to apply data analytics tools to lab and factory performance data.
• Ability to efficiently understand, condense, and organize information necessary to make engineering decisions.
• Ability to be coached and mentored by Senior employees.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree in Engineering is a plus.
• Design or application experience with HVAC products, thermodynamic computations, pressure vessel design, compressor, motor, controls, or heat transfer technologies.
• Understanding of Data & Analytics, making data driven decisions and programming knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop refrigeration subsystems to achieve chiller and heat pump performance goals, regulatory requirements, and cost targets.
• Apply engineering expertise to perform chiller and heat pump performance modeling to solve system design and product application problems.
• Lead and support chiller and heat pump system performance, reliability, and quality improvement efforts, including component selection and evaluation of component interactions within the overall system.
• Support sales order attainment by providing performance selections and custom design modifications that meet customer and application requirements.
• Develop, coordinate, and execute product validation test plans to verify system performance, reliability, and compliance.
• Create and calibrate product performance models using test data to improve prediction accuracy and support engineering decisions.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Holistic wellness programs with generous incentives
• Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution
• Paid time off includes 15 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, sick leave
• Additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs
• Tuition assistance
• Student debt support

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior