Senior Compressor Development Engineer

About the role

The Senior Compressor Development Engineer will work closely with lab personnel to develop and review compressor development plans. Responsibilities include detailed centrifugal compressor design, material selection, and comprehensive mechanical analysis. The role involves enhancing commercial HVAC products and aligning with Daikin's brand goals.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement planning for compressor development including Design and Review milestones
• Detail and advance centrifugal compressor design from mechanical components to electrical components
• Evaluate mechanical aspects to ensure products meet life cycle requirements through stress, vibration, modal, and fatigue analyses
• Derive component-level requirements from assembly requirements to create part specifications and drawings
• Communicate with suppliers and vendors to ensure manufacturability
• Participate in inspection results to ensure all designed parts are manufactured as specified
• Apply common manufacturing and inspection capabilities to choose materials and tolerances
• Create robust design using DFMEA method during design, analysis, and testing
• Develop pass/fail criteria of analysis and test results by applying reason and logic to fundamental mechanics
• Use simulation tools to simulate design performance and reliability to support DFMEA
• Plan and develop test programs for prototypes using Design of Experiments as needed
• Analyze test data and reports to make clear conclusions about design functionality, performance, and safety
• Develop parts qualification process/procedure and make decisions pass/fail from developed criteria
• In-depth involvement in all aspects of the test phase to validate design
• Provide accurate and precise product performance results for marketing and sales
• Collaborate and communicate with other teams in the product development process/projects to ensure the final product meets all objectives and customer requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (Mechanical or Equivalent)
• 7+ years of related experience (or higher level degree can substitute for years of experience)
• Experience with turbomachinery preferably centrifugal compressors
• Solid fundamental understanding of mechanical engineering principles with a focus on stress analysis, mechanics of materials, vibration, fatigue, and failure modes
• Knowledge of centrifugal compressor component design such as gears, bearings, rotating equipment, motors, casting and machining parts
• Experience in product testing and data acquisition, with emphasis on compressor performance validation
• Basic skills with CAD applications

Qualifications

• Relevant experience with specifying tight tolerances and GD&T
• Experience with common manufacturing capabilities and materials
• Basic knowledge of test data analysis software and tools
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public
• Ability to support the development of highly variable products that can be dynamically configured at the time of order using rules-based engineering tools

Skills

• Common manufacturing capabilities and materials
• Design of centrifugal compressors
• Stress analysis, mechanics of materials, vibration, fatigue, and failure modes
• Product testing and data acquisition
• Simulation tools for design performance and reliability
• DFMEA method for design, analysis, and testing
• Test data analysis software and tools

Benefits

• Multiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance
• 401K retirement plan with employer contributions matching 15% of employee contributions
• Company provided life insurance + optional employee paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage and voluntary accident coverage
• Short term and long term disability
• 3 weeks of paid time off for new employees + 11 company paid holidays
• Vacation accrues on a monthly basis, unless applicable federal, state and local law requires a faster accrual
• Paid sick time in accordance of the federal, state and local law
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service

Pay

The typical annual base salary for this position ranges from $109,100 - $188,700 + 15% bonus in Minnesota.

Schedule

Onsite at Plymouth, MN.