Principal Engineer - Innovation and HVAC System Performance Expert

Principal Engineer - Innovation and HVAC System Performance Expert - Plymouth, MN - Hybrid

Make your mark at the world's largest HVAC company

Daikin Applied is seeking a Principal Engineer - Innovation and HVAC System Performance Expert who will own the New Technology Introduction Portfolio. This person is a technical leader that manages an Innovation Portfolio and also leads a small number of technical projects (product features development and capability development) as a working technical leader. Ideally, most of the development will lead to a product/feature and add to knowledge in terms of Models, Components Characterization and Architecture Boundaries (pareto frontier).

Location: Hybrid, Plymouth, MN

What you will do:

• Deliver
• Own and manage Innovation Portfolio of New Development product features and capabilities. Product features are centered in optimal design solutions, system performance and HVAC/Cooling applications, Air Flow, and IAQ - Internal Air Quality
• Direct team activities to design new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and develop Models and test procedures
• Resolve problems using solutions that involve new techniques, technologies, or concepts - ideally Virtual Product Development using simulation to virtually verify & validate requirements
• Recognizes and predicts how variance affects our models and our design. When compared to actual sampling and testing, drive reduction of the uncertainty of our models by using a large inference space (noise and design factors). (Physical testing and mathematical-physical models correlation)

• Strategy
• Develop strategies to simplify or speed up our Technology Development: simulation, planned experimentation and agile tech project leadership
• Drive technology discussion through the planning process
• Actively create and maintain relationships to selected world-class universities by developing the R&D collaboration
• Coach & Mentoring (Talent Pipeline): develop the organization

What's in it for you:

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage, PTO, 401K match, support for community involvement and much more
• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering with 14+ years of experience or a Master's Degree with 7+ years of experience or a PhD with 5+ years of experience
• DFSS: Design for Six Sigma - Master Black Belt or Black Belt (minimum)
• Model-based Systems engineering knowledge and experience: system-level decomposition & integration (14 tech processes)

Preferred Qualifications:

• HVAC or Cooling Systems
• Math and analytical capability to emulate the physics
• Optimization techniques (multi-objective attribute analysis, numerical methods, finite element algorithms)
• Software: VapCyc, CoilDesigner, Python, Ansys, LS Dyna, Dymola, mathcad, Simulink
• Experience with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence application
• Subsystems level development experience

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