Principal Engineer - Innovation and HVAC System Performance Expert - Daikin Applied

Principal Engineer - Innovation and HVAC System Performance Expert - Plymouth, MN - Hybrid

Make your mark at the world’s largest HVAC company

Daikin Applied is seeking a Principal Engineer - Innovation and HVAC System Performance Expert who will own the New Technology Introduction Portfolio. This person is a technical leader that manages an Innovation Portfolio and also leads a small number of technical projects (product features development and capability development) as a working technical leader. Ideally, most of the development will lead to a product/feature and add to knowledge in terms of Models, Components Characterization and Architecture Boundaries (pareto frontier).

Location: Hybrid, Plymouth, MN

What you will do:


* Deliver


* Own and manage Innovation Portfolio of New Development product features and capabilities. Product features are centered in optimal design solutions, system performance and HVAC/Cooling applications, Air Flow, and IAQ – Internal Air Quality
* Direct team activities to design new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and develop Models and test procedures
* Resolve problems using solutions that involve new techniques, technologies, or concepts – ideally Virtual Product Development using simulation to virtually verify & validate requirements
* Recognizes and predicts how variance affects our models and our design. When compared to actual sampling and testing, drive reduction of the uncertainty of our models by using a large inference space (noise and design factors). (Physical testing and mathematical-physical models correlation)


* Strategy


* Develop strategies to simplify or speed up our Technology Development: simulation, planned experimentation and agile tech project leadership
* Drive technology discussion through the planning process
* Actively create and maintain relationships to selected world-class universities by developing the R&D collaboration
* Coach & Mentoring (Talent Pipeline): develop the organization

What’s in it for you:


* Medical/Dental/Vision coverage, PTO, 401K match, support for community involvement and much more
* The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
* The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best

Minimum Qualifications:


* Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with 14 years of experience or a Master’s Degree with 7 years of experience or a PhD with 5 years of experience
* DFSS: Design for Six Sigma - Master Black Belt or Black Belt (minimum)
* Model-based Systems engineering knowledge and experience: system-level decomposition & integration (14 tech processes)

Preferred Qualifications:


* HVAC or Cooling Systems
* Math and analytical capability to emulate the physics
* Optimization techniques (multi-objective attribute analysis, numerical methods, finite element algorithms)
* Software: VapCyc, CoilDesigner, Python, Ansys, LS Dyna, Dymola, mathcad, Simulink
* Experience with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence application
* Subsystems level development experience

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