Product Engineer

Job Title: Product Engineer

Job Description

The Product Engineer supports testing and validation of HVAC and heat exchanger products, ensuring performance meets engineering and customer requirements. This role interprets complex test data, troubleshoots performance issues, and contributes to root-cause analysis to improve product reliability and efficiency. The Product Engineer prepares clear technical reports and presentations for internal stakeholders and customers and acts as a key liaison between product development, manufacturing, customers, and suppliers to keep testing activities and program deliverables on schedule. This position offers the opportunity to grow with the organization while working on advanced thermal and fluid systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and execute product test plans for HVAC and heat exchanger systems, ensuring all testing aligns with engineering and customer specifications.
• Interpret and analyze test data to verify product performance against defined requirements and standards.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve product performance issues using strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Support root-cause analysis for test failures or performance deviations and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare detailed technical reports that document test procedures, results, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Develop and deliver technical presentations for internal teams and customers, clearly explaining test results and product performance.
• Serve as a liaison between product development, manufacturing, customers, and suppliers to maintain alignment on testing activities and program milestones.
• Ensure test plans, validation activities, and related documentation remain accurate, complete, and up to date.
• Apply knowledge of thermal systems, fluid dynamics, and specifications to assess how data reflects product requirements.
• Coordinate engineering activities within HVAC and related product environments to keep projects on track and within scope.

Essential Skills

• Demonstrated ability to interpret and analyze complex data sets related to product performance.
• Comfort and familiarity with thermal dynamics and fluid dynamics in engineering applications.
• Expertise in understanding specifications and evaluating how test data reflects compliance with requirements.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with product development, manufacturing, customers, and suppliers.
• Experience coordinating engineering activities in HVAC or similar product environments.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for diagnosing product and test issues.
• Ability to prepare clear, accurate technical reports and presentations for technical and non-technical audiences.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Prior experience in product engineering, testing and validation, and manufacturing environments.
• Experience with heat exchangers, HVAC systems, and thermal/fluid systems.
• Familiarity with engineering drawings and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• Interest in professional growth and development within a growing organization.

Work Environment

This position operates in a mixed environment, with time split between office work and test floor activities. The office setting involves data analysis, report writing, and collaboration with engineering and cross-functional teams, while the test floor involves hands-on interaction with HVAC and heat exchanger products, test equipment, and validation setups. Some travel is required approximately every 46 months, typically to customer sites, supplier locations, or other facilities to support testing, validation, or technical discussions. The work environment supports growth within the company and offers exposure to advanced thermal and fluid technologies in both analytical and practical settings.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Lockport, NY.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $90000.00 - $115000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Full company provided benefits.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Lockport, NY.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 16, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Lockport,NY.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both client and talent service.

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