Manager Engineering

About Us

We are a global climate technologies company engineered for sustainability. We create sustainable and efficient residential, commercial, and industrial spaces through HVACR technologies. We protect temperature-sensitive goods throughout the cold chain. And we bring comfort to people globally. Best-in-class engineering, design, and manufacturing combined with category-leading brands in compression, controls, software, and monitoring solutions result in next-generation climate technology that is built for the needs of the world ahead. Whether you are a professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring your first opportunity, or recent graduate with an advanced degree, we have opportunities that will allow you to innovate, be challenged, and make an impact. Join our team and start your journey today!

Who You Are

Copeland needs your intuition and leadership skills to quickly dissect complex technical problems, provide clear direction, and map out learning paths for ambiguous challenges. In this exciting position, you will empower and guide a strong, global engineering team, utilizing agile product development principles. If you thrive on these principles like cross-functional collaboration and leading iterative learning cycles delivering innovative solutions, this is your opportunity to lead and shape the technology that defines tomorrow.

As An Engineering Manager, You Will

• Coach, grow, and develop engineering talent and technical subject matter expertise
• Demonstrate strong curiosity and critical thinking skills to enable problem solving and creation of new technology learning cycles
• Provide thought leadership and guidance for global team members on technology projects
• Work collaboratively with Product Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing, and Technical Services teams to ensure new technologies are designed for industry leading performance
• Analyze and present progress toward development goals to team members and upper level management
• Evaluate new technologies, identify the key challenges to address, and develop plans to evaluate those key challenges
• Manage the HVACR Technology Readiness funnel process from TRL 1 to TRL 5
• Work collaboratively in a culturally diverse team environment, and passionate about collaborating with a global team
• Stay aligned with business unit needs related to sales and marketing to anticipate future technology needs
• Build competency in and drive the integration model-based engineering techniques into the engineering development process

Required Education, Experience, And Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and at least 7 years work experience in rotating machinery design
• Self-motivated and able to lead and motivate team members
• Proven success demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the predisposition to utilize model-based tools to make engineering decisions
• Strong relationship skills, ability to develop engineering talent, willingness to work closely with global engineering teams
• Able to communicate effectively with cross-functional team members at all organizational levels
• Willing and able to travel globally (

Preferred Education, Experience, And Skills

• Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Deep domain knowledge in the development of high-speed rotating machinery
• Experience in thermodynamic, vapor compression cycle, and heat transfer engineering analysis applied to Air Conditioning and heat pump systems
• Demonstrated ability to apply key engineering principles to daily work, including physics, mechanics, materials science, and tribology
• Experience in design of experiments methodology and root cause analysis problem-solving methods
• Background in Agile methodology and leading sprints is very helpful

About Our Location

The newly renovated Sidney campus has 1M square feet of manufacturing floor with an additional 120k square feet of leading-edge lab facilities. This location is the headquarters for the HVACR Americas business unit. Through our 30 years of scroll compressor expertise, our products help bring comfort and convenience to commercial, industrial, and residential spaces. Approximately 1600 employees work in Sidney, who all support a multitude of business functions. With the blend of businesses and functions represented under this one roof, there are many opportunities for advancement within the Sidney location.

Our Commitment to Our People

We believe that our culture of passion, openness, and collaboration empowers us to work toward the same goal - to make the world a better place. We invest in the end-to-end development of our people, beginning at onboarding and through senior leadership, so they can thrive personally and professionally. Flexible and competitive benefits plans offer the right options to meet your individual/family needs: medical insurance plans, dental and vision coverage, 401(k) and more. We provide employees with flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave, vacation and holiday leave.

Work Authorization

We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, please contact: copeland.careers@copeland.com

Equal Opportunity Employer

Copeland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.