Unit Controls Technical Lead

Trane Italia•La Crosse, WI

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, Trane Technologies is committed to putting the planet first. Sustainability is central to their business, and they invite individuals to join them in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world. The digital solutions team leads the way in developing next-generation climate technology focused on reducing demand-side energy consumption and emissions, combining technical expertise with advanced analytics to create data-driven solutions that add real value for customers, communities, and the planet. Trane Technologies is currently seeking a Unit Controls Technical Lead to join their Trane team in La Crosse, WI, on the beautiful Mississippi River. This team is creating the next generation, industry-leading HVAC equipment controls. The role contributes to Trane’s reputation for delivering industry-leading, energy-efficient, and reliable solutions that minimize operating costs while reducing environmental impact. The team values diverse views, opinions, and perspectives, offers strong technical leadership, and encourages learning. The position is integral to changing the world through customer relationships.

Requirements

BS or MS degree in Engineering discipline.
5+ years of experience in engineering product development.
Experience leading or involvement in an embedded software project or enterprise software development project.
Reliable planner with good attention to detail.
Strong leadership along with good verbal English, technical written English and interpersonal communication skills.
Knowledge of HVAC Systems and Components.
Working knowledge of control systems, instrumentation, HMI, communication networks, and distributed networked systems.
Knowledge of various communication protocols and the various architectures and topologies associated with them.
Experience with requirements management tools.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of DFSS techniques.
INCOSE Certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

Leading the functional product development to create new or enhanced HVAC controls products/features.
Ensuring that technical and regulatory objectives are met through our new product/technology development process.
Designing and evaluating new and/or existing engineering products by cohesively working with Equipment Mechanical Engineers.
Generating functional specifications for software engineers to ensure the design intent is implemented.
Conferring with management, production, and marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
Organizing, executing and coordinating assignments of project team members.
Developing innovative concepts and approaches to solving team or schedule problems.
Participating in the development and use of project management procedures, guidelines and methods.
Serving as the controls technical engineering core team member on cross functional projects.
Creating product definition relating to technical requirements by leading technical design.
Utilizing effective communication and facilitation skills both, inside and outside of the development team.
Following established new product development procedures and guidelines to leverage shared organizational knowledge and experience.
Ability to meet short- and long-term deadlines.
Effectively meet the needs of internal and external customers.
Demonstrated leadership and teaming skills especially with geographically dispersed teams.
Works effectively in an open, consensus-oriented, team environment.
Results-oriented with an emphasis on achieving team performance.
Demonstrate ability to cope with stress and maintain a pleasant and cooperative temperament with internal and external customers and colleagues.
Demonstrate ability to perform mental tasks such as making decisions, learning, thinking rationally and exercising good judgment.