Manager, Product Engineering

Job Description:

The Manager, Product Engineering is responsible for leading, developing, and managing a multidisciplinary engineering team to successfully design, improve, launch, and support HVAC-based product lines. This role blends product leadership, engineering execution, operational strategy, and cross-functional collaboration to drive innovation, product performance, manufacturability, customer satisfaction, and profitability.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Lead and mentor a team of product engineers and technical staff.

* Direct product development from concept through launch, validation, and lifecycle support.

* Establish engineering processes, documentation standards, and technical quality benchmarks.

* Align engineering output with business goals, cost targets, compliance requirements, and product roadmap decisions.

* Guide product research, modeling, heat-transfer analysis, mechanical design, testing, and certification.

* Collaborate with manufacturing teams to enhance design-for-build efficiency and resolve factory issues.

* Drive BOM accuracy, drawings, engineering data, and documentation for release to production.

* Work cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and leadership to support product strategy and pricing inputs.

* Investigate customer issues and warranty trends, lead RCA efforts, and implement engineering improvements.

* Support regulatory adherence with DOE, AHRI, ASHRAE and industry certification requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline (MS preferred).

* 10+ years of HVAC engineering or related mechanical product experience.

* 3-5 years of refrigeration & hydronic piping design experience

* Prior leadership, technical mentoring, or engineering management experience.

* Proficiency in 3D modeling (Inventor preferred), BOM development, thermodynamics, refrigeration cycles.

* Demonstrated ability to drive execution, solve complex engineering challenges, and deliver results.

* Strong communication, analytical decision-making, and project management ability.

PREFERRED

SKILLS:

* CFD/FEA simulation proficiency.

* Knowledge of electromechanical controls, motors, VFDs, PLCs, sensors.

* Field testing, product validation, lab data interpretation experience.

* Business, P&L awareness, cost-reduction and product competitiveness mindset.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Office-based role with routine production-floor presence and occasional test-lab or field-site travel.

Benefits and Compensation

Summary:

We take care of our people. We offer competitive compensation and robust benefits to all full-time team members, including:

* Tuition reimbursement

* Paid time-off

* Paid holidays

* Healthcare insurance & Health Savings Accounts

* Profit sharing or Annual Incentive Plan Bonus

* Premium 401(k) plan

Pay Range:

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