Director, Engineering Excellence

About the role

The Engineering Excellence Director will lead the technical excellence, engineering best practices, product reliability, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization. This role will set the engineering quality agenda, coach and develop engineering teams, and ensure that simulation, testing, and field performance tell one consistent story about every product XNRGY ships.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain engineering standards, procedures, and best practices across all product platforms.
• Establish engineering design governance, including design review methodologies and technical gate reviews embedded in the stage-gate process.
• Promote engineering consistency between product lines and sites.
• Drive engineering maturity assessments and the improvement initiatives that follow from them.
• Develop and implement product reliability strategies, requirements, and reliability growth programs.
• Lead Design and Process FMEA activities and define reliability testing and accelerated life testing methodologies.
• Establish reliability prediction methodologies for critical components and systems.
• Analyze field performance data, drive corrective actions, and support warranty reduction and product robustness initiatives.
• Develop verification and validation standards and define engineering test requirements and methodologies.
• Ensure proper correlation between simulation, laboratory testing, and field performance.
• Support product certification and qualification activities, including AHRI, UL/ETL, and client-specific qualification programs.
• Partner with the test organization on chiller and air handler validation and witness testing.
• Define and monitor engineering KPIs covering design quality, reliability, and engineering efficiency, with dashboards visible to engineering leadership.
• Develop engineering competency frameworks, identify capability gaps, and establish training programs for FEA, Six Sigma, and reliability engineering.
• Mentor engineering teams on advanced engineering practices.
• Establish lessons learned processes, promote design reuse and modular engineering approaches, and capture and share best practices across engineering teams.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering leadership or process excellence roles in discrete or industrial manufacturing. Demonstrated success establishing engineering standards, design governance, and reliability programs. Experience in HVAC/R, thermal management, data center infrastructure, or comparable mission-critical capital equipment is ideal. Experience supporting rapid-growth, multi-site engineering organizations and new product introduction programs. Six Sigma certification (Black Belt or Master Black Belt preferred); strong command of DFSS, DMAIC, FMEA, and statistical engineering methods. Deep knowledge of FEA disciplines (structural, thermal, vibration, fatigue) and simulation validation/correlation practices. Solid grounding in reliability engineering, accelerated life testing, and verification and validation methodologies. Strong project management and change management skills, with the ability to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

Must have a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. Must have a minimum of 10 years of progressive engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering leadership or process excellence roles in discrete or industrial manufacturing. Must have experience in HVAC/R, thermal management, data center infrastructure, or comparable mission-critical capital equipment. Must have experience supporting rapid-growth, multi-site engineering organizations and new product introduction programs. Must have Six Sigma certification (Black Belt or Master Black Belt preferred). Must have deep knowledge of FEA disciplines (structural, thermal, vibration, fatigue) and simulation validation/correlation practices. Must have solid grounding in reliability engineering, accelerated life testing, and verification and validation methodologies. Must have strong project management and change management skills, with the ability to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

• Six Sigma certification (Black Belt or Master Black Belt preferred)
• Strong command of DFSS, DMAIC, FMEA, and statistical engineering methods
• Deep knowledge of FEA disciplines (structural, thermal, vibration, fatigue) and simulation validation/correlation practices
• Solid grounding in reliability engineering, accelerated life testing, and verification and validation methodologies
• Strong project management and change management skills, with the ability to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

Competitive salary Medical, dental, and vision insurance 401K Employee Assistance Program Paid time off A dynamic team, open to change to bring its color Modern state of the art facility with Industry 4.0 technology in Mesa, Arizona Fast-growing dynamic environment where entrepreneurial spirit is recognized Inclusive and diversity-friendly environment Career advancement: XNRGY promotes internal promotion Electric charging stations

Pay

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Schedule

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