Unit Controls Product Technical Lead - Airside

CFO Trane U.S. -CFO•La Crosse, WI

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Trane Technologies is currently seeking a Unit Controls Airside Product Technical Lead who will serve as the subject matter expert on Trane Airside control products. This role is responsible for guiding the efforts of a cross-functional product development team to deliver high quality new or enhanced HVAC control products. The role ensures technical and business objectives are met through our product development process. This involves performing complex activities relating to the design, test, configuration, and evaluation of new and/or existing Airside Control products. The Technical Lead will confer with management, production, and marketing staff to determine feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.

Requirements

BS or MS degree in Engineering discipline, or in lieu of a degree 10+ years of relevant experience with HVAC equipment and controls, including application, integration, and support.
Experience leading or contributing to engineering product development projects.
Knowledge of HVAC Systems and Components, with focus on Airside products.
Working knowledge of control systems, instrumentation, HMI, communication networks, and distributed networked systems.
Knowledge of BAS communication protocols and architectures and topologies associated with them.
Reliable planner with good attention to detail.
Strong leadership along with good verbal English, written English and interpersonal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with requirements management and defect tracking tools a plus.
Experience with Trane Graphical Programming (TGP2) a plus.
Knowledge of DFSS techniques a plus.

Responsibilities

Serve as the Controls technical engineering core team member on cross functional projects.
Work with product management and business leaders to create project scope and objectives as well as risk assessment, which have a major impact on project cost, schedule, investment and technology.
Direct involvement in project and product definition activities relating to marketing and/or technical requirements.
Coordination of deliverables: specifications, application development, verification/validation, production configuration and documentation.
Follows established new product development procedures and guidelines to leverage shared organizational knowledge and experience.
Responsible for scheduling and coordinating assignments of project team members.
Utilize effective communication and facilitation skills both, inside and outside of the development team.
Document project activities, issues, concerns and status to keep management informed and enable timely resolution of project problems.
Coordination with Quality, Technical Support and Product Engineering teams
Develop innovative approaches to solving team, technical or schedule problems.
Support on-site Dynamic Controls testing in La Crosse WI lab as needed.
Ability to meet short- and long-term deadlines.
Effectively meet needs of internal and external customers.
Ability to work regularly and dependably.
Ability to function in a global team environment.