New Product Development – Co-op – Jumpstart Program

Carrier Global Corporation, a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety, and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality, and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries, and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines, and more.

About the role

Carrier’s Light Commercial HVAC New Product Development team is seeking a motivated, results-oriented college student to support engineering activities during the school year. This internship is expected to be approximately 10 hours per week, with flexibility to accommodate the student’s academic schedule. The role provides practical, meaningful experience supporting engineering analyses, laboratory testing, and development work across areas such as compression, heat transfer, materials science, light commercial HVAC, and digital operations.

Responsibilities

• Support engineering analyses, data reduction, and technical evaluations related to HVAC components, systems, and development projects.
• Assist with laboratory testing, test setup, instrumentation, data collection, and documentation of results for compression, heat transfer, materials, and light commercial HVAC applications.
• Help develop and improve analytical tools, models, calculations, and workflows using engineering software, spreadsheets, or other digital tools.
• Contribute to development activities involving components, materials, refrigerant systems, controls, and operational data used to improve product performance, reliability, and efficiency.
• Support digital operations initiatives, including data organization, dashboard development, process documentation, and analysis of lab or operational performance data.
• Collaborate with engineers, lab personnel, and cross-functional teams to complete assigned tasks, communicate findings, and support ongoing project needs.

Requirements

• Must be currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree or higher degree in any Engineering field.
• Must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Preferred coursework, project experience, or prior internship experience in one or more relevant areas such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mechanical systems, materials science, HVAC systems, data analysis, or digital tools.
• Interest in supporting engineering analysis, laboratory testing, product development, and continuous improvement activities across HVAC technologies and operations.
• Familiarity with engineering software, spreadsheets, data visualization, coding, modeling, or other digital tools used to organize, analyze, and communicate technical information.
• Self-driven and proactive approach to learning, problem solving, and completing assigned work.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, lab personnel, and cross-functional team members.
• Team-oriented mindset with willingness to collaborate with others on technical projects.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities while balancing academic commitments.

Pay

The annual salary for this position is between $43,500.00 - $87,500.00. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position may be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Schedule

This internship is expected to be approximately 10 hours per week, with flexibility to accommodate the student’s academic schedule.