At Trane TechnologiesTM and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.

We are hiring a Compressor Engineer that will be responsible for developing and implementing modifications to current model compressor products for our Thermo King Transport Refrigeration and Air Conditioning products. This position is eligible for a Hybrid work schedule and will be based out of our Minneapolis, MN location. Flexible work from home options available.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for design, requirements management, and/or selection and validation of current model compressor products for transport refrigeration systems.
• Interact with manufacturing operations and suppliers to improve quality, delivery, cost, and design for manufacturing.
• Interact with quality function on supporting PPAP and part qualification plans.
• Interact with platform engineering and marketing teams in the integration of compressors into refrigeration systems.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation including technical reports, lab test results, drawings, solid models and specifications.
• Use modeling, analysis and simulation tools in the design process for lab testing prediction.
• Effectively meet the needs of internal and external customers, through documenting, reviewing and prioritizing customer requirements.
• Develop and maintain compressor/subsystem/subcomponent Design Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (DFMEAs).
• Develop test and validation plans and analyze test data, including use of Six Sigma tools, statistical analysis techniques and application of Design for Reliability principles.
• Lead and participate in compressor product design reviews.
• Prepare complete schedules and reports for assigned projects and achieve scheduled milestones for assigned projects.
• Leverage Business Operating Systems (BOS), Networks of Excellence (NoE’s) and quality processes to deliver modified designs to meet product and project goals.
• Grow relevant subject matter expertise through mentorship, teamwork, and data collection during engineering activities.
• Ability to travel both domestically and abroad up to two weeks at a time. Able to attain necessary visa for travel when applicable. Potential travel up to 10%.
• Use Windchill PLM process to manage /own drawing changes and approvals.
• Provide direction to designers for drawing changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (preferably Mechanical or Materials Engineering) required and 2+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DMFEA) preferred

• Refrigeration or air conditioning compressor design experience preferred
• Refrigeration and/or air conditioning experience preferred
• CNC Machined Component experience preferred
• Sand Casting, Permanent Mold Casting, Squeeze Casting, or Die Casting experience preferred
• Helium Mass Spectrometer Leak testing preferred
• Modeling and Simulation tool experience preferred (ex. Mathcad, Dymola, Ansys)
• Monte Carlo Stack Up simulation experience preferred
• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) preferred
• Reliability engineering and Design for Reliability (DFR) preferred
• Phase-Gate product development processes preferred
• Project management experience preferred
• Design of rotating machinery: Engines, transmissions, compressors, pumps, motors, turbomachinery, or similar preferred
• Pro-Engineer, Creo design, or Windchill Experience preferred

Base Compensation Range is $58,500 to $123,000.

Disclaimer: This base salary range is based on US national averages. Actual base pay could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where the work is performed.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.

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