Senior Engineer, Advanced Thermal Applications

The Senior Engineer, Advanced Thermal Applications serves as a key technical resource within the Global Advanced Thermal Applications team responsible for supporting complex internal/external customer requests related to thermal, fluid dynamics, and airflow analyses and for defining, maintaining, and continuously improving the processes and analytical standards to perform those studies. This role focuses on thermal analysis of heat rejection equipment to address customer-specific technical questions, validate product application limits, and support technical decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex thermal and fluid mechanics analyses to support customer heat rejection needs, site layout evaluations, and advising the best heat rejection solutions for the given application.
• Support special technical inquiries from customers where standard selection tools or guidelines are insufficient or analysis is complicated.
• Evaluate heat rejection equipment airflow distribution, unit-to-unit interaction, airflow recirculation effects, and thermal performance impacts due to layout, wind, and surrounding structures.
• Advise customers about project testing needs, objectives, and timelines.
• Effectively communicate analysis results to all stakeholders (customers, applications engineering, etc.) and ensure practical technical solutions to meet customer heat rejection needs.
• Assist with CFD analysis of heat rejection equipment site layouts, interpret CFD results, and communicate findings to internal and external customers.
• Interact with BAC’s global customer base located in different regions of the world.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering, Research and Development, Applications, and Sales teams to ensure analytical approaches align with product capabilities and published guidance.
• Establish documentation and reporting standards to ensure consistency, traceability, and appropriate use of analysis results.
• Propose improvements to analytical tools to meet customer needs in a timely manner.
• Stay up to date with developments in the heat rejection industry.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Strong fundamentals in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics.
• 5+ years of experience working in the HVAC industry, with analyses for airflow, thermal, or HVAC-related applications.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, prioritize work, and exercise sound engineering judgment on open-ended problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex results to internal and external customers.
• Collaborate with local, regional, and international teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with HVAC, evaporative cooling, or heat rejection equipment.
• Experience with phase-change heat transfer simulation.
• Experience defining or enforcing engineering standards or analytical best practices.
• Familiarity with experimental validation concepts or interaction with laboratory/testing teams.
• Experience supporting customer-specific engineering analyses.

Working Conditions

Work is primarily analytical and office-based, with limited travel expected. The role is primarily sedentary with extensive computer use. Occasional travel to manufacturing facilities or job sites may occur and may involve exposure to weather, noise, heat, and industrial environments. Occasional evening or weekend work may be required. Standard working hours are 40 hours per week with flexible start and finish times allowed.

Pay

$90,000–$154,100

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision.
• Paid time off.
• 401k retirement plan.
• Employee stock ownership plan.
• Annual bonus incentive program.