HVAC Specialized Equipment Engineer – Chillers & Heat Pumps
You will own the deep design, simulation, and refinement of high-capacity refrigeration equipment—often from a blank sheet. Our cross-functional team embraces flexible remote collaboration, yet still values occasional hands-on lab time for validation and field troubleshooting. Expect to swap ideas with materials scientists one day and present performance models to executives the next—variety keeps us sharp.
About the Company
Our privately held organization has spent decades pushing refrigeration science forward. We partner with utilities, universities, and aerospace suppliers to pioneer ultra-efficient thermal systems. Continuous learning, rigorous ethics, and measurable carbon reduction define our culture.
Responsibilities
- Execute end-to-end design of centrifugal chillers, water-source heat pumps, and hybrid thermal machines.
- Select compressors, heat exchangers, valves, and drives using manufacturer software and first-principles analysis.
- Develop MATLAB and Python scripts that automate cycle calculations and optimize part-load maps.
- Build SolidWorks and Creo assemblies; apply FEA and CFD to predict stress, fatigue, flow distribution, and vibration.
- Plan and oversee ASHRAE-compliant performance testing; analyze data in LabVIEW and Tableau.
- Lead root-cause investigations of field failures—bearing wear, refrigerant flash-gas, acoustic resonance—then propose robust fixes.
- Generate clear product documentation: BOMs, wiring diagrams, controls sequences, and compliance reports.
- Mentor junior engineers in refrigeration cycles, brazing best practices, and design for manufacturability.
- Interface with procurement, firmware, and service teams to shepherd prototypes into volume production.
Required Skills
- 5+ years designing or testing heavy HVAC equipment (≥100 tons cooling or ≥50 tons heating).
- Command of vapor-compression refrigeration, trans-critical CO₂, and low-GWP refrigerants.
- Proficient with SolidWorks, ANSYS Mechanical, ANSYS Fluent or similar CFD/FEA suites.
- Experienced in MATLAB or Python for numerical modeling and data reduction.
- Able to read schematics and troubleshoot compressors, variable-speed drives, and expansion devices.
- Demonstrated success presenting technical findings to non-engineers.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Sciences, or equivalent.
Preferred Extras
- Exposure to magnetic-bearing compressors, ejector cycles, or absorption chillers.
- Familiarity with acoustic modal analysis and vibration isolation.
- PE license or active pursuit.
- Published research or patents in refrigeration or heat-transfer hardware.
Career Growth
We cultivate T-shaped engineers—deep technical mastery plus broad business savvy. You’ll rotate through R&D, field diagnostics, and product management tracks, gaining a 360° view of the HVAC industry.