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Systems Leader - Refrigeration
Greater Chicago, IL · ManufacturingWe are seeking a Systems Leader – Refrigeration to spearhead the development of systems-level architecture, integration, and execution across multiple foodservice product lines. This individual contributor role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams to decompose high-level requirements into detailed system specifications, define and govern key technical interfaces, and lead the integration, verification, and validation processes.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical lead for large-scale engineering projects with multiple variants.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to conceptualize and develop new products or enhance existing ones, managing systems-level requirements and interfaces in mechanical, electrical, performance, and data communication domains.
- Partner with the Refrigeration Principal Engineer to define and implement the refrigeration systems architecture and technology roadmap.
- Manage requirements through the V-model approach, ensuring traceability from elicitation through integration and validation.
- Mentor junior engineers to promote best practices and consistent processes within the engineering function.
- Lead project teams in scoping, developing timelines, budgets, and resource plans, ensuring timely delivery while meeting customer and quality requirements.
- Provide technical guidance to engineering teams, resolving challenges and ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
- Interface with reliability teams to ensure designs meet reliability and market requirements.
- Drive design processes, testing, reviews, and regulatory changes for refrigeration sealed systems, focusing on flammable, low-GWP refrigerants.
- Develop detailed specifications for suppliers, drive Design for Manufacturing and Assembly activities, and collaborate with supply chain on supplier selection and management.
- Manage the Impact of Change process in collaboration with Program and Product Management throughout the product lifecycle.
- Lead engineering teams in effective risk analysis, management, and mitigation planning.
- Collaborative Partner: Communicates effectively with cross-functional teams and customers.
- Strategic Thinker: Applies analytical and problem-solving skills to strategic and tactical execution.
- Optimizer: Continuously seeks process improvements to meet customer and market needs.
- Independent Self-Starter: Proactively accomplishes work goals with limited oversight.
- Results Driven: Committed to meeting or exceeding goals.
- Clear Communicator: Conveys technical information, project requirements, and progress updates effectively.
- Proven experience in writing technical requirements and specifications.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated experience with refrigeration system design, product development, and product launches, including hands-on engineering, testing, and optimization.
- Systems thinker with a holistic approach to analysis, focusing on system interactions and outcomes.
- Familiarity with complex electro-mechanical systems design and refrigeration appliances.
- Understanding of multiple engineering disciplines and their interactions.
- Experience providing feedback and leadership to team members outside of direct reporting lines.
- Strong ownership and accountability for team deliverables.
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements (e.g., UL, NSF, DOE, IEC, ETL, ISO, EN).
- Proficiency in Six Sigma tools (e.g., DOE, ANOVA, 8D, 5 Whys, A3s, DMAIC).
- Experience with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP).
- Proficiency in industry-standard CAD and PLM systems.
- Understanding of simulation types and their applications.
- Experience with Model-Based Design / Model-Based Systems Engineering (e.g., UML/SysML) is a plus.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
- 10+ years of experience in architecting, designing, implementing, and launching complex refrigeration systems and products.