Product Engineering Manager - Air Cooled Centrifugal Chillers at Johnson Controls

Nature and Scope:

This position is a part of global air-cooled chiller engineering team. The engineering manager will lead a small team of product engineers in various product sustaining projects related to the YVAM chiller platform. These projects include the design and development of new product features or new options for current product platform. Additionally, direct the team in providing technical support to global manufacturing teams, lead engineering activities to resolve field technical issues, improve product reliability and support value analysis and value engineering efforts. There is a strong emphasis on effective communication with both internal and external stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities:

Maintains in-depth understanding of theories, concepts, technical principles, and processes related to all aspects of air-cooled chillers. Conceptualizes and efficiently communicates design ideas to the extended product team. Guides team in major design activities including refrigeration components selection and system design to meet product specification. Provides direction to product engineering team in response to inputs from cross functional teams, product management, and field reliability teams to help prioritize design projects based on impact and value to the customer. Monitors test programs and test plans to drive efficient usage of the onsite test lab capabilities.    Track engineering change metrics to improve accuracy of engineering deliverables and to minimize overall implementation time for engineering changes. Leads team on several development and sustainment projects collaborating regularly with cross functional teams to ensure on-time completion of projects. Supports major product code/standard compliance efforts. Possesses extensive knowledge of manufacturing processes related to air cooled chiller products and applies the philosophy of designing to standard manufacturing process. Manages team in providing accurate and timely technical support to manufacturing teams, field trouble shooting and application engineering inquiries. Mentors and supervises junior engineers to effectively develop technical competency. Strives for continuous improvement and teamwork in a global product development environment.

Qualifications:

1. BS in Mechanical (or Electrical) Engineering or related science, Master’s Degree is preferred.

2. Minimum 10 years’ experience in product design and manufacturing.

3. Extensive knowledge/experience in refrigeration system and components (compressors, heat exchangers) is preferable.

4. Experience in leading product development on local and global platform.

5. Experience with manufacturing processes including fabrication, assembly, and testing processes.

6. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to effectively communicate to both internal and external customers at varying technical expertise levels.

7. Experience with leading small teams is preferred.

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