Associate Tech Lead - Product Engineering

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.

Job Summary: The Engineer will lead simple to complex projects or phases of a project to ensure the completion of milestones against a committed timeline. Projects could be NPD, NTP, Q&R, Productivity, RTS type. This role calls for collaboration with cross-functional & multi-location teams to ensure that the projects are accomplished to high quality, adhering to our standard processes, systems and project management principles, while remaining aligned with the strategy and goals of the organization.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Understand project requirements, collaborate with project owners, leaders & cross-functional teams across the globe for the delivery of projects, by adhering to standard processes, systems, and project management principles
• Ensure the completion of project milestones/deliverables within committed Quality (Q), Delivery (D), Project cost (C) &Product cost (C) targets
• Proficient in Project management
• Ability to solve technical problems, identify solutions, participate in concept reviews, critical design reviews, other technical discussions with the global team. Able to handle multiple projects at the same time
• Develop concepts, design/select & develop components along with suppliers, develop component specifications for structural component (metal, non-metal) and assemblies, DFMEA and test plan
• Create and release of engineering documentation using PLM & PDM softwares like ProE & Windchill. (Design, Drawings, Bill of material, and Specifications)
• Co-ordinate with cross functional team to implement design changes.

Minimum Requirements:

• BE degree - Mechanical/ Masters in Thermal Engineering / related specialization
• 5+ yearshands on experience in component selection, system integration, concept development, design calculations, design engineering in the domain currently working.
• Good understanding of the basics of engineering especially Thermal engineering, thermodynamic cycles, refrigerants etc., Hands on working experience in design and development of HVAC - Chiller products including slection of various refrigeration components, heat exchanger design etc.,
• Perform Thermal analysis using simulation tools to predict performance of HVAC components. Exposure to relevant HVAC Chiller standards ASHRAE 90.1, AHRI 550/590, UL 60335-2-40, IS 16590 etc.,
• Experience in product design, development process/phases; Hands on experience in DFMEA and test plan development. Exposure to prototype/engineering builds & testing.
• Good Knowledge of metal & Non-metal component design, assy, Mfg process. Exposure to pressure vessel design as per ASME Section VIII Division 1.
• Basics of Electrical system / components would be added advanatage.
• Basic knowledge in understanding material properties for materials selection considering application requirements.
• Demonstrates ability to get to root cause and to take effective action to solve problems. Hands on experience with problem solving tools.
• Demonstrates innovation & initiative approach at work, ability to develop new methods and approaches.
• Fosters effective teamwork where people work together to achieve common goals. A strong team player that is capable of working with others.
• Excellent communication skills. Demonstrates the ability to communicate ideas and results in a clear and concise manner.

Key
Competency

Description

Weight

Technical/ Functional Knowledge

• Hand on Experience in design & development or R&D projects.
• Good level of depth on science behind the products and basic engineering.
• Hands on Experience in managing the projects through PLM / project management tools.

5

Problem Solving

• Demonstrates ability to quickly understand complex issues
• Demonstrates ability to analyze facts & data to arrive at conclusions.
• Provides feasible solutions to resolve problems.

4

Creative Thinking

• Gathers and analyzes a broad range of relevant information and ideas to identify alternatives and reach optimal conclusions.
• Stay updated with the technological changes and provide state of the art solutions to the products / process/

4

Leadership skills