Sr. Engineer - Verification & Validation

Trane Italia•Minneapolis, MN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions, Trane Technologies, through its businesses like Trane® and Thermo King, prioritizes the planet. This role is an opportunity to contribute to a sustainable future by joining Thermo King's transformation of engineering verification and validation processes. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and dynamic Verification and Validation (V&V) Senior Engineer, driving meaningful change and enhancing V&V capabilities. This position is integral to multiple product development teams, playing a key role in improving the exceptional quality delivered to customers.

Requirements

5-7 years of experience in a product development role.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related field
Demonstrated history leading and completing projects on time and meeting critical deliverables.
Experience with assessing risk and executing test plans.
Ability to work on multiple simultaneous projects with limited supervision
Excellent problem-solving abilities and an initiative-taking approach
Demonstrated agility in a changing environment—a willingness to learn and adapt to innovative technologies and methodologies

Nice To Haves

Experience with product development processes and tools a plus.
Experience working in a test laboratory environment, including high proficiency with data acquisition and analysis tools preferred

Responsibilities

Embed within multiple product development programs of diverse sizes and complexity, ensuring the Design Verification Plan fully covers the system requirements and proactively filling gaps in the process
Work with multiple sustaining engineering projects, applying V&V methods with a continuous improvement mindset to drive increased quality
Enhance existing and develop new V&V processes, including tests, analyses, inspections, and demonstrations.
Collect, analyze, and report V&V test data, providing critical insights and recommendations to the entire product team
Leverage all data sources (test, analysis, warranty, quality, and telematics) to evaluate the robustness of existing V&V methods, driving improvement and capability growth
Design, develop, and execute testing protocols for innovative transport refrigeration systems and components
Lead portions of engineering digital thread initiatives as requested, including Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Requirements Management, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Simulation Process and Data Management (SPDM). Support the integration of these tools with the V&V strategy.
Work closely with cross-functional teams within engineering, including test laboratories and analysis, product development, and program management
Lead the documentation of assigned V&V processes, ensuring they are comprehensive, consistent, and accurate
Utilize the breadth of the Thermo King team to make connections, grow your skillsets, and gain a broad perspective of the business, from concept development to sustaining engineering.