Design Engineer I

The Design Engineer I uses engineering techniques to design, maintain, or improve new or existing products and/or components for engineering projects within the area of assigned responsibility.

This position will serve our Water Heating Division, located in Montgomery, AL.  Relocation assistance is available. 

• Analyzes engineering sketches, specifications and related data and drawings to determine design factors such as size, shape and arrangement of parts.

• Sketches rough layouts and computes angles, weights, surface areas, dimensions, radii, clearances, tolerances, leverages and location of holes.

• Plan, coordinate, and check engineering changes prior to supervisory signature release to production. 

• Investigate and troubleshoot product design related problems and opportunities, documenting findings and performing corrective/improvement changes.

• Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, agency standards, company standards and customer contract requirements, and related specifications.

• Develop agency certification submittals and coordinate available testing with internal and external laboratories.

• Develop evaluation test plans and coordinate with engineering designers and lab test engineers on test set-up, data acquisition, interpretation of data and means for achieving desired test results.

• Write detailed engineering reports with analysis and summary of findings that will be shared with other departments and archived for historical reference. 

• Investigate pertinent factors such as inter-changeability, service requirements, and efficiency and agency requirements.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating, and maintenance instructions and procedures.

• Ability to work with mathematic concepts such as probability and statistical inference.

• Strong reasoning and analytical skills (ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variable in situations)

• Experience in appliance design preferred.

• Experience in engineering/manufacturing change processes.

• Experience in working with governing certification standards and agencies preferred.

• Experience in manufacturing processes engineering and engineering computer systems including SolidWorks modeling software.

• Occasional travel required.

• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with attention to detail and accuracy.

• Proficient computer skills and in-depth knowledge of relevant software such as MS Office Suite.

• Demonstrated ability to work well with others in a matrix team environment.

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.

• 0-2 years of experience in design and manufacture of products

• Knowledge of gas combustion principles.

• Knowledge of heat pump design and heat exchanger optimization.

• Knowledge of analysis & system development tools (e.g. ANSYS/Fluent, ANSYS/Mechanical, MATLAB, LabView, Pro/e, EnergyPlus, GT-SUITE, etc

As a leader at Rheem, how you achieve results is as important as the results you achieve. While LEADING SELF, you will be expected to demonstrate the following competencies and behaviors:

• Adapting 

• Business Understanding 

• Collaborating 

• Communicating Effectively 

• Continuously Improving 

• Customer-Orientation 

• Developing Self 

• Focusing on Results 

• Influencing 

• Managing Relationships 

• Managing Work 

• Problem Solving & Decision Making

Equivalent combination of education, experience, and skills may supplement above minimum job requirements. 

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