Application Engineer

Application Engineer

For more than 100 years, Modine has solved the toughest thermal management challenges for mission-critical applications. Our purpose of Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World means we are always evolving our portfolio of technologies to provide the latest heating, cooling, and ventilation solutions. Through the hard work of more than 11,000 employees worldwide, our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments advance our purpose with systems that improve air quality, reduce energy and water consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use environmentally friendly refrigerants. Modine is a global company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin (U.S.), with operations in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

Position Description

Our mission at Climate by Design International is to create significant, life-changing jobs. As a family-owned company, we care for our team members individually, providing generous wages and benefits, paid time off and paid holidays from day one, and create a culture where people enjoy coming to work. We want each of our team members to achieve their full potential, both personally and professionally.

The HVAC Application Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) solutions tailored to client requirements. This role involves technical analysis, system design, and providing application support throughout the project lifecycle to ensure efficient, safe, and compliant HVAC systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide pre-sale technical support to sales team for customers to review, understand, and develop technical requirements and design parameters of customer applications.
• Analyze and determine engineering configurations and changes needed to fulfill customer's requirements for equipment. Provide design criteria so that the sales staff, or company representatives, can prepare proposals, quotations and appropriate pricing for CDI technology and products.
• Develop efficient, cost effective technical design of both equipment and controls that meet customer's business and technical objectives.
• Review final equipment proposals for technical validity, overall solution design, and validation of equipment configurations with the customer and company representative.
• Acquire product expertise and monitor changes in assigned areas of specialization for markets, products, or applications. Provide information and/or training in those areas when called upon by the manager or others.
• Build knowledge base on the key applications for CDI products. Generate and maintain product application notes, product application data sheets, and other documentation.
• Develop expertise of CDI competitive products in various application environments and benchmark CDI products against competing products.
• Contribute to the definition of new products.
• Contribute to the understanding of market requirements, develop appropriate business plans, define the technical capabilities of products, and communicate the appropriate performance, characterization, test and manufacturing needs to other departments in order to achieve scheduled product release.
• Answer technical questions about products from both internal and external sources.
• Assist with technical planning and project management for complex installations.
• Represent customer's interests to sales, marketing, design, and manufacturing groups.
• Prepare and deliver presentations and technical training on the Company and its services/products to internal staff, account managers, and customers. Travel to customer's location to provide on-site presentations.
• Participate in seminars, symposia, and technical exchange events.

Required Education & Qualifications

• BS degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent experience and demonstrated performance.
• HVAC industry training.
• College level training in Materials Properties or Metallurgy, Thermodynamics, Strength of Materials, Calculus and Differential Equations, and Statistical Analysis.
• Experience with HVAC equipment, components and systems design and function.
• Comprehensive understanding and prior utilization with Psychrometrics.
• Prior design and/or sales support experience.
• Previous selection, sizing, and design of various heat exchangers, air movers, filtration systems, and dehumidification systems.
• Experience in facility surveys, measurements, understanding of materials of construction and resultant heat and moisture load analysis.

Benefits That Show We Care About Our Employees

• Medical HSA and FSA options available
• Virtual Mental and Healthcare
• Dental
• Vision
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Free Life Insurance
• Critical Illness
• Accident
• Legal/ID Protection Plans
• 401K with employer match
• PTO/ESST carry over up to 40 hours per year
• New state-of-the-art facility
• EOS management system
• On-site fitness facilities including a weight room, basketball, pickleball courts, and outdoor walking path
• Quarterly company-wide employee meetings
• Safety Shoe and safety glasses reimbursement annually
• Annual Performance Review
• Prayer Room
• Well-Being Program
• Outdoor patio with grilling amenities
• Ping-pong and shuffleboard
• Fun employee events including corn hole and ladder ball tournaments
• Employee Celebrations with meals
• Free Popcorn

Modine 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, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Modine provides a competitive benefit package, which could include paid vacation, short term disability, 401(k), health, dental, vision, life insurance, flex spending benefits, tuition reimbursement, Health Savings Account and much more. Human Resources will provide more detail upon your hiring.

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