Robust Design Leader - Climate Solutions Americas and Commercial HVAC Global Platforms

Job Number: 11954

External Description:

The position serves as the subject matter expert for deployment, execution, and auditing of engineering quality methods and technical engineering reviews for Climate Solutions Americas and Commercial HVAC Global Platforms. This role has a heavy emphasis on coaching and influencing a culture of reasonable and consistent technical scrutiny, sound engineering judgment, and disciplined risk management practices.

Job Description

• Robust Design & Technical Risk Leadership
• Lead the deployment and continuous improvement of robust design methodologies across Residential, Light Commercial, and Commercial HVAC product development programs.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Robust Design, DFMEA, Risk Management, Requirements Management, Critical Parameter Management, Reliability Engineering, and Design of Experiments (DOE).
• Partner with engineering teams to identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Own accountability for the robustness of product development outcomes within assigned programs.
• Identify programs at risk and recommend corrective actions, escalation, or re-direction.
• Engineering Governance & Product Development Excellence
• Participate in and lead technical reviews, design reviews, verification and validation reviews, and other engineering governance activities to ensure compliance with product development standards.
• Guide the development of effective verification, validation, and testing strategies that reduce uncertainty and improve product robustness.
• Collaborate with Program Management, Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering leaders to strengthen product development execution and technical excellence.
• FMEA & Quality Method Deployment
• Facilitate and coach cross-functional FMEA activities, ensuring technical rigor, completeness, and effective risk reduction plans.
• Drive standardization and continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools, metrics, and best practices to enhance product quality, safety, reliability, and development efficiency.
• Capability Building & Continuous Improvement
• Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to engineers and technical leaders on engineering quality methods, robust design practices, and statistical engineering techniques.
• Champion the adoption of lessons learned, best practices, and engineering excellence initiatives across the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Reliability Engineering.
• 10+ years of engineering experience in product development, reliability engineering, quality engineering, or robust design.
• 5+ years leading cross-functional technical teams and engineering improvement initiatives.

OR

• A Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Reliability Engineering and a minimum of 7 years experience in product development, reliability engineering, quality engineering or robust design.

Preferred Qualifications

• Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt
• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) certification
• Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)
• Strong understanding of understanding of product development processes
• Experience developing and executing product verification and validation strategies.
• Excellent communication
  

Job Number: 30220123

Community / Marketing Title: Robust Design Leader - Climate Solutions Americas and Commercial HVAC Global Platforms

Location_formattedLocationLong: North Carolina, US