Primary Function

As the Staff Engineer - New Product Development (Gas Combustion Product), you will work with industry & universities to develop new technologies and standards.  In addition, you will act as technical leader to others within the Company and provide technical direction to co-workers in area of expertise and ensures co-workers have technical information to make projects successful.

Responsibilities

• Identifies projects of value to the company.
• Directs use of specific CAE software such as Solidworks, MATLAB, LabView, Minitab, EES, CFD, FEA, etc. and interprets results
• Effectively communicates technical material to internal business units.
• Regular collaboration with product design and manufacturing, may lead functional best practice meetings, and has a recognized reputation of contribution to operations.
• Solid understanding of client processes and customers, participates in functional best practices, and has recognized expertise by operations.
• Have significant technical accomplishments for the Company.
• Able to balance & prioritize multiple projects within schedule and budget. 
• Helps coordinate projects with outside funding.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field plus 5 years of experience (OR) Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field plus 3 years of experience (OR) Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 2 years of gas combustion products  experience dealing with water heaters , gas furnace or related heating equipment
• Understanding of water heating functions including gas combustion , heat transfer, airflow, and exhaust venting
• Experience with application of various components used with  gas water heaters such as Blowers, gas valves, venturi , and burner
• Understanding of  Design/simulation/analysis tools such as Solidworks, LabVIEW, EES, CFD, FEA and ERP software (SAP or similar), will be helpful
• Background in heat transfer, fluids, electrical-mechanical products and regulatory & code compliance.
• Ability to model system layouts or direct design team to develop system layouts and specifications. SolidWorks /CAD knowledge is helpful.
• Excellent analytical skills for reviewing costs and preparing budget reports
• Ability to travel for product testing at other sites, review of field installations, and to attend meetings with other client Engineering teams.