Key skills
AirflowCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Role Overview
- Monitor and manage the health of the product portfolio across its lifecycle
- Identify risks related to performance, cost, component availability, and regulatory compliance
- Drive lifecycle decisions including product updates, redesign initiatives, and phase-out recommendations
- Lead initiatives related to low-GWP refrigerant transitions, including R454B and future requirements
- Ensure alignment with evolving industry standards and regulatory frameworks
- Identify opportunities to improve product efficiency and environmental performance
- Own the strategic component roadmap for the portfolio on a 3-year horizon
- Define and maintain the Critical Component classification and risk register
- Lead second-source qualification strategy and prioritization in partnership with Supply Chain
- Drive standardization across product lines
- Evaluate trade-offs between performance, cost, availability, and long-term viability
- Hold final approval on strategic direction for Critical components
- Identify and prioritize opportunities to improve product performance, reliability, and manufacturability
- Develop business cases for sustaining improvements and portfolio enhancements
- Partner with Technical Business Development to translate Voice of Customer feedback into lifecycle and sustaining priorities
- Monitor market and regulatory shifts and assess portfolio implications
- Use VOC and field data as primary inputs in business cases for sustaining and component decisions
- Collaborate with Supply Chain to convert strategic component direction into supplier action and second-source qualification
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline
- 5+ years of experience in HVAC or thermal systems
- Strong understanding of refrigeration cycles, heat transfer, and airflow management
- Experience evaluating HVAC components such as compressors, coils, fans, pumps, and control systems
- Ability to assess system-level performance and technical trade-offs
- Demonstrated ability to translate customer feedback and field data into product decisions
- Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills
Tech Stack
- Airflow
Benefits
- Company Culture