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Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About This Role

Carrier Control Box Group designs, develops, and manufactures control and control panel solutions for the HVAC, refrigeration, and other OEM related markets globally.  Carrier is seeking an Engineer to be based in Fort Wayne, IN.  The available opportunity is a critical and comprehensive role within the Control Box Engineering group.  Carrier is a fast-paced and growing business, and we are looking for a team player who will help us achieve and exceed product and business growth targets while simultaneously driving improved quality and customer satisfaction.  The successful candidate will work as a member of an engineering design team that develops electrical control panels and enclosures from concept through production including analysis of component selections and layouts to ensure a robust and cost competitive panel design.

Key Responsibilities

Mechanical Design

• Interaction with team members both internal and external to create new control box designs and features according to their specifications

  • Management of your own workflow for assigned projects

  • Provide mechanical design, drafting, and analysis expertise in the areas of sheet metal, fasteners, and enclosures for electrical panels for use in the HVAC and adjacent industries

  • Creation and design of enclosures that meet varying levels of ingress protection

  • Layout of electrical and  electro-mechanical devices within enclosures followed by layout and design of wiring harnesses to interconnect inside and outside the enclosure

  • Creation of  manufacturing drawing/documentation packages in accordance with industrial drawing practices and standards

  • Utilization of PTC Creo to create models, assemblies, and perform mechanical analysis

  • Assembly and evaluation of physical mock-ups of control boxes and panels

  • Manage electronic Engineering Change Notice (ECN) generation and implementation through the Windchill product data management system

Production & Prototype Support

• Evaluation and approval of components with suppliers to meet requirements for function and performance

• Administer or participate in project design reviews

• Evaluation of mechanical failures in our products to determine root cause and corrective actions

• Support of sustaining products including quality improvements, cost reductions, component obsolescence, and failure analysis

• Travel to customer, supplier, and manufacturing sites to support concept generation and pre-production builds

  • Travel approximately 5%

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology

• 3+ years of mechanical engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using PTC Creo or similar CAD modeling packages

• Familiarity with standard office productivity tolls (Microsoft Office, etc.)

• Familiarity with electromechanical devices (motors, breakers, relays, etc) and electromechanical enclosures and control panel development is highly desirable

• Familiarity with Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning systems is highly desirable

• Familiarity with national and international standards is also highly desirable

  • Examples include NEMA, IP, ANSI, UL1995, UL60335, UL508a, and NFPA 70

• Project management skills are considered very beneficial

Pay Range

Other Compensation

Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives

• Retirement Benefits

• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation

• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

• Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

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