Lead Design Engineer

Job title: Lead Design Engineer

About the Role

Lead the regionalization and new product development of centrifugal compressors, overseeing structural design and component development to deliver optimized designs with performance, cost, reliability and manufacturability.

What You'll Do

• Mechanical Structure Design: Responsible for structural design and development of centrifugal compressors including regionalization and NPD programs. Perform structural analysis including stress, vibration, and thermal deformation for risk assessment. Drive design optimization to achieve improved performance, reduced cost, high reliability and manufacturability. Lead technical standardization and continuous improvement of design guidelines. Research and drive patentable design trends to maximize product value, optimize cost, and enhance compressor performance.
• Components Qualification: Conduct component development, verification, and technical issue resolution throughout the product lifecycle. Identify & mitigate potential risks by using DFMEA, simulation tools and functional tests. Collaborate with manufacturing teams to identify and mitigate manufacturing risk by adopting the PFMEA tool.
• New Product Development: Lead technical reviews and prepare associated documentation. Interact with functional teams to ensure the design checklist and guidelines have been followed and meet program schedule. Release BOM, part drawing and engineering specification by following engineering change process.
• Maintain product and support improvement: Work with global engineering team for global product regionalization. Provide technical solutions for continuous maintenance and improvement after product launch.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree or above in Mechanical Engineering or related.
• More than 7 years (BS) or 4 years (MS) working experience in centrifugal compressors or turbomachinery.
• Proven technical knowledge on centrifugal compressor structure and design principles.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes.
• Proficient in 3D modeling tools with solid knowledge of GD&T.
• Familiarity with digital simulation tools.
• Familiarity with FMEA methodologies and tools. Knowledge of Rotor dynamic & Aero dynamic is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong sense of ownership, cost awareness, and engineering mindset.
• Good communication skills and ability to work across teams. Effective communication in English.

Nice to Have

• Rotor dynamics and aero-dynamics familiarity as a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

• Flexible and competitive benefits plans.
• Paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.
• Opportunity to contribute to sustainable HVACR technologies and climate solutions.