Product Engineer

Air Distribution Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Product Engineer II. The Product Engineer II will design and improve commercial air distribution products, ensuring top-tier performance and reliability. This role will use SolidWorks and engineering principles to create innovative solutions that meet client and production needs while driving efficiency and excellence. 

What you’ll do:

Design & Development

• Create parts, assemblies, and drawings in SolidWorks, leveraging VBA to automate file creation and streamline documentation.
• Manage engineering data using SolidWorks PDM, ensuring accuracy and version control.
• Develop and finalize models and drawings for special product requests, collaborating with Product Managers, clients, and manufacturing engineers for approvals.

Documentation & Product Support

• Create and update drawings and BOMs for missing or outdated product documentation, managing files efficiently in SolidWorks PDM.
• Respond to Engineering Change Requests by releasing drawing and modeling packages on schedule. 
• Review Corrective Action and Deviation Requests from production facilities, recommending corrective actions. 
• Generate technical reports, graphs, and marketing illustrations to define/illustrate system performance and operating characteristics. 

Collaboration & Project Management

• Develop and Manage product design schedules using the phase-gate process, ensuring timely delivery and continuous improvement of engineering procedures.
• Create and monitor project status reports
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers and plants to ensure design specifications are maintained, streamline and lean out production standards and processes, reduce waste, and recommend design improvements.
• Answer technical questions from clients, OEM representatives, and manufacturing engineers at production facilities about products to ensure seamless HVAC system integration

Analysis & Testing

• Test and/or evaluate software or firmware used by engineering.
• Initiate and oversee prototype/ test model development and analyze laboratory data to drive product improvements and innovation.
• Test, evaluate, and compare competitor’s products, materials, designs, performance and application.

Leadership:

• Mentor designers and junior engineers, fostering a collaborative environment
• Participate in meetings, seminars, and training sessions to stay apprised of new developments in technology, tools, and resources. This may include participation in AMCA, UL, DOE, ASHRAE, and AHRI committees. 
• Follow and comply with company work and safety rules. 

What We Look For:

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace engineering from an accredited four-year College or University
• 3+ years of related engineering and SolidWorks experience is required. Knowledge and experience with HVAC systems and manufacturing processes is preferred.
• Proficiency in SolidWorks, VBA, MS Office, and familiarity with tools like ANSYS CFD, AutoCAD, and Autodesk Revit.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills, with the ability to handle practical issues and interpret varied instructions in written, oral, or diagram form, even in situations with limited standardization.
• Proficient in applying algebra, geometry, and physics to solve engineering and financial calculations.
• Ability to interpret technical documents, present information clearly, and effectively communicate and influence stakeholders.
• Must be willing to travel up to 20% of the time to respective manufacturing locations for product start-up, quality audits, and follow up on the production of products

Preferred:

• Three years of hands-on and practical engineering experience in HVAC is preferred. 
• Experience with ANSYS CFD/FEA, Autodesk Revit, VBA programming, Phase-Gate development processes, project management, DFMA, FMEA, LabView, AS400, sheet metal forming and fabrication, air movement principles, and fan/blower laws are a plus. 

Work Environment :

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear, and taste or smell. 
• The employee is frequently required to climb or balance. 
• The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. 
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. 
• The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and vibration. 
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 

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