Heat Transfer Manufacturing Engineer

About Carrier 

• Strong understanding of heat transfer principles, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and HVAC refrigeration systems.
• Technical knowledge of heat exchanger design, fabrication, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with Round Tube Plate Fin heat exchangers, including tubing, fins, tube expansion, brazing, joining, leak testing, and corrosion protection.
• Experience with Microchannel Heat Exchangers, including aluminum materials, extrusion, fin and tube assembly, brazing, header design, joining technologies, leak testing, and corrosion considerations.
• Understanding of heat exchanger performance parameters such as capacity, pressure drop, airflow, refrigerant distribution, heat transfer effectiveness, and structural integrity.
• Familiarity with Design for Manufacturing and Assembly principles.
• Knowledge of engineering drawings, specifications, tolerance analysis, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
• Experience applying engineering and quality tools such as Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Design of Experiments, root cause analysis, statistical process control, and corrective action methodologies.
• Experience supporting manufacturing process qualification, pilot builds, production launches, and continuous improvement activities.
• Knowledge of materials and joining technologies used in copper and aluminum heat exchanger manufacturing.
• Familiarity with product qualification, reliability testing, corrosion testing, and applicable HVAC industry standards.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Engineering, Thermal Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience in heat exchanger design, manufacturing, product development, advanced manufacturing, or HVAC systems.
• Experience working with global and cross-functional engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Ability to lead technical programs and coordinate multiple stakeholders across different locations.
• Advanced English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to travel to Carrier engineering and manufacturing locations.