Lead Systems Engineer

At Trane Technologies^TM  and through our businesses including Trane^® and Thermo King^®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.

At Trane Technologies™ and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.

What’s in it for you:

Join Thermo King as a Lead Systems Engineer and play a pivotal role in advancing our systems engineering capabilities and best practices across the organization. The ideal candidate will leverage strong systems engineering process, leadership and technical competencies – mentoring systems practitioners through the implementation of new and improved capabilities.  They will drive optimal business solutions for critical product developments by assessing requirements, technical readiness, and trade-offs. This role demands proficiency in navigating physical, abstract, and conceptual domains, maintaining a holistic perspective while objectively evaluating various scenarios and solutions. The candidate must skillfully balance the integration of future technologies and capabilities with practical constraints.

Thrive at work and at home:

·       Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including health insurance, parental leave, fertility benefits and adoption assistance.

·       Significant opportunities for you in our wellness program such as fitness reimbursement, HSA contributions and back-up care for aging parents and children. 

·       6% 401K match, additional 2% core contribution = 8% overall match

·       Vacation, plus site paid holidays and volunteer days. 

·       Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition advancement, tuition reimbursement and tuition assistance programs. 

·       Learn more about our benefits here!

Where is the work:  Hybrid: This position has been designated as a Hybrid work schedule with work performed onsite 3 days minimum each week, based out of our Minneapolis, MN location.

What you will do:

This role will provide multi-disciplinary engineering technical leadership, utilizing systems engineering principles, processes, tools, and technical rigor.

• Develop new and/or enhanced systems engineering capabilities, with an emphasis on digital/model-based solutions
• Mentoring systems engineering practitioners on deployed capabilities and best practices
• Application of MBSE (Model-Based Systems Engineering) methodologies and tools, supporting advancement of MBSE and Electrification strategic initiatives (both SBU and enterprise levels)
• Stakeholder needs & requirements elicitation & analysis
• System requirements definition & decomposition to subsystems/modules
• System architecture & modular design definition & analysis
• Identification of system interdependencies, with a consideration for emergent properties
• Concept trade-off analysis and facilitation
• System optimization – considering the holistic set of system perspectives in its operating environment
• Technical complexity management
• Utilizing modeling and simulation in development lifecycle activities
• Requirements & risk-based testing; system verification & validation
• Risk management
• Change & configuration management
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders and engineering functions

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in systems, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering (or similar discipline)

• At least 10 years' work experience leading and developing complex interdisciplinary systems (integration of mechanics, electronics, controls, powertrain, fluids, etc.)
• Demonstrated system-level technical leadership
• Extensive competencies in technical management, requirements definition, architecture definition, system analysis, DFMEAs, verification, and validation
• Product architecture definition methods, functional analysis, and product line design
• Strong teamwork, interpersonal, communication, and project management skills required
• Must be able to work on multiple high-priority projects simultaneously

Desired

• Experience in refrigeration systems and components, such as engines, fans, compressors, controls hardware/software, high voltage power electronics, etc.
• Understanding of transportation, off-road agricultural, or construction industries and equipment
• A demonstrated history of innovation, e.g. patent authorship
• Deep knowledge in Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) practices/tools, and experience in applying MBSE to the full development lifecycle
• INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)

Compensation: 

Base Pay Range: $ 100,000- $180,000

Additional Compensation: Total compensation for this role also will include an incentive plan.

Disclaimer: This "range" could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where the work is performed, education, experience, travel requirements for the job, or because of a system the employer uses to measure earnings by quantity or quality of production (so, for example, positions that may not have traditional salary ranges).

Equal Employment Opportunity:     

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are 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, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.