Senior Systems Design Engineer

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.

This Senior Systems Design Engineer is a member of our Trane Commercial Systems organization and responsible for all aspects of equipment design and component integration for the CenTraVac Chiller product line.  This includes modeling system performance, innovating new technology for future products, validating ideas and system performance in the laboratory.  This role interacts with other functional resource groups to support product design and integration, such as Compressor Engineering, Thermal Systems, Controls, Electrical, Manufacturing, etc.  This position is eligible for a Hybrid work schedule (1-2 days remote; 3-4 days onsite).

Core Job Responsibilities (others may be added):

• Apply engineering expertise to perform Chiller Performance Modeling to solve system design and product application problems.
• Chiller System Performance, Reliability, and Quality, including component selection and interaction.
• Support sales order attainment by providing custom design modifications.
• Support field and factory system problem resolution.
• Lab validation
• Overnight travel (less than 10%).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and at least 7 years of engineering work experience is required. Mechanical Engineering Degree is preferred.
• Master's Degree in Engineering is a plus.

Essential Skills or Competencies:

• Understand HVAC system functions:  refrigeration, heat transfer, airflow and ventilation.
• Proficient in problem solving with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to apply heat transfer and fluid flow concepts for real world problem solving.
• Ability to efficiently understand, condense, and organize information necessary to make engineering decisions along with having the ability to be coached and mentored by Senior employees.
• Design or application experience with HVAC products, thermodynamic computations, pressure vessel design, compressor, motor, controls, or heat transfer technologies and understanding of Data & Analytics, making data driven decisions and programming knowledge is a plus.

What’s in it for you:

• Benefits kick in day one!
• 6% 401K match, additional 2% core contribution = 8% overall contribution
• 3 weeks of vacation, plus 13 site paid holidays annually

Salary Range: $82,000 to $148,500 annually

Disclaimer: This "range" could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where the work is performed, education, experience, travel requirements for the job, or because of a system the employer uses to measure earnings by quantity or quality of production (so, for example, positions that may not have traditional salary ranges).

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.