Thermal Systems Engineer
About The Position
Be a part of our mission! 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. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world. Learn about our benefits designed for you to Thrive at work and at home. We boldly go. Where is the work: Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires. As a Thermal Systems Engineer, you will work as part of our Thermal Systems team and will be responsible for concept development, design and design verification of heat exchanger and fluid flow components for application to global refrigeration products. Typical components are round tube plate fin (RTPF) and micro-channel (MCHE) coils, brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHE) and shell & tube refrigerant evaporators as well as condensers for commercial HVAC products. Your ability to be creative or innovative and use design tools and apply them to the development and implementation of new heat transfer components will be crucial to enable efficiency increases and greenhouse gas emission reductions for our products. Where is the work: From Monday to Thursday, you will collaborate on-site with your colleagues. On Fridays, you can choose your work location, balancing flexibility with the needs of your work and team!
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and at least 2 years of engineering work experience is required.
- Fundamental knowledge of vapor compression HVAC technologies and components using various high, medium, and low-pressure HCFC, HFC and HFO refrigerants.
- Knowledge of single and two-phase fluid flow as it relates to design of air to refrigerant or water to refrigerant evaporators and condensers and ability to develop physical based models of their performance.
- Knowledge of the design, performance prediction and cost analysis process for air to refrigerant or water to refrigerant heat exchangers applied to the process of refrigerant evaporation and condensation.
- Good understanding of the application of computer simulation tools and theory to HVAC system design.
- Have a quality and customer service orientation towards engineering design.
- Ability to understand, condense and organize information necessary to make engineering decisions quickly and efficiently.
- Resilient team player with the dual ability to work as a team player or a team leader.
- Ability to effectively communicate with others both written and orally.
- Be a self-starter with a high energy level and a high commitment to career.
- Ability to make progress by producing deliverables and completing projects in a multi-tasking environment.
Nice To Haves
- Professional Engineer or Master’s Degree in Engineering is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Help conduct new technology, productivity and new product development projects to design new products or components and improve the function, reliability or cost of existing products and components.
- Help develop and improve tools and processes used for the design and integration of new heat exchange components within our Commercial HVAC product lines.
- Perform and document engineering analysis required to design, verify performance, and reliability of HVAC components and products.
- Plan and help direct laboratory tests to support product design and verification and work with suppliers to obtain component designs that meet product requirements.
- Support and potentially lead ad hoc teams of engineers and others through short duration projects.
- Work effectively across functional lines (development, production, design, marketing, suppliers).
Benefits
- health insurance
- holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives
- Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
- 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
- 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 along with tuition assistance and student debt support.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
