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:

$111,348.00 - $167,023.00