Principal Engineer – Systems Engineering – Innovation & Strategy

Principal Engineer – Systems Engineering – Innovation & Strategy

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Systems Engineering or Building Science
• 7+ years of experience in research and development, or academic role, in electrification or electrical/mechanical engineering related to energy and energy management systems.
• 2+ years of experience in developing systems and components testing for technology performance demonstrations.
• 2+ years of experience in serving as principal investigator or team lead.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive the technical vision, as the principal investigator for innovative energy management systems, including overall system architecture.
• Lead R&D efforts; exploring new technologies and tools, reviewing patents, journals, and publicly available data to synthesize technical feasibility, and propose strategies for disruptive EMS applications.
• Own energy management systems development, including integration of hardware and software components, verification and validation, and compliance with standards and regulations, in collaboration with relevant experts.
• Lead teams of multi-disciplinary subject matter experts focusing on technology development and delivery following Carrier specific processes and best practices.
• Clearly articulate value of work conducted; proactively mitigate schedule risks and implement improvements.
• Communicate with different stakeholders, including leadership, management, internal and external customers on plans, risks, and results, through both written and verbal channels.
• Balance significant workload (lead and support multiple projects), propose priorities and readily shift activities to maximize impact.
• Must be self-driven and capable of driving development projects autonomously, while gathering feedback from appropriate experts and stakeholders, and implementing continuous improvement processes.
• Assist in the training and development of the EMS and wider Carrier team as relates to energy and energy management.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering
• Experience with technology development process, including NASA/ISO 16290 technology readiness levels (TRLs)
• 2+ years of experience with electrical systems and high voltage systems, both AC and/or DC.
• 2+ years of experience with energy storage systems, electrical or others.
• Demonstrated project completion/delivery as a project lead.
• Expertise in basic software operation (Microsoft office), as well as familiarity with different online meeting tools and work environment.
• Strong communication and influencing skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders and working with executive levels.
• Experience with design of experiments, test rig design, measurement system identification and implementation, instrumentation requirements development, and measurement uncertainty analysis.
• Experience in working with universities, consortia, external labs and/or start-ups, coordinating feasibility studies and evaluations through statements of work or joint development agreements.
• Familiarity with electromechanical systems including heat exchangers, compressors, motors, structural elements, HVAC equipment and applications, or similar systems.
• Familiarity with embedded and/or cloud software development
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle, Agile methods, source control, and CI/CD for software development
• Familiarity with control standards for distributed energy resources, including IEEE 2030.5, OpenADR, etc.
• Familiarity with specialty software for analysis, tracking and simulation (CFD/FEA tools, Labview, etc.)