Mechanical Engineer II

Air Innovations is a world leader in designing and building environmental process control systems for applications that can’t be addressed with standard HVAC equipment. We customize packaged solutions for temperature, humidity, filtration, pressurization, and with direct-expansion, chilled-water, or thermoelectric capabilities. Many of Air Innovations customers fall into two categories: businesses integrating our solution into their OEM equipment (https://wineguardian.com/) or businesses requiring a complete HVAC solution (https://airinnovations.com/). We can meet almost any need in environmental control across almost any industry with major projects in Aerospace where we have designed and manufactured Environmental control units (ECU) for spacecraft before they launch, Military where we have designed and manufactured ECU’s for a variety technically challenging projects, Semiconductor where we have designed and manufactured ECU’s for very precise temperature and humidity control, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, and Clean Rooms.

Job Summary:

New product development:

Take engineering concept of prospective product design and turn it into a manufacturable product.  Generate all design documentation that defines and supports how the prototype and final product are to be built.  Participate in building and testing of prototype in order to validate the concept and/or function of the product.  Use results of prototype testing to make any changes necessary to meet design objectives of product. 

Sustaining Engineering:

Support all required aspects of existing product enhancement, from improving build process efficiency, cost reduction alternatives, reliability improvements, and customer and service support. This also entails Sales support tasks from a technical standpoint.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: (Additional duties may be assigned)

• Prepare engineering documentation for all projects such as schematics, P&ID, “Point to Point,†wiring charts, bills of materials, design assumptions, etc.
• Assist test engineer during testing phase on prototypes of new products.
• Perform thermodynamic modeling on refrigeration systems for new products for the purpose of selecting refrigeration components used to build these products.
• Evaluate field installations and applications and recommend design modifications required to eliminate/correct machine or system malfunctions.
• Research and analyze data such as client design proposals, specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to revise design of products and parts used in the building of these products so as to improve cycle time and product cost.
• Perform thermodynamic on products so that the output data can be used to generate rating tables used in product manuals.
• Meet with vendors to discuss improvements and updates to their product lines for the purpose of keeping up to date with new technology.
• Participate in engineering meetings and meetings with other departments as needed to discuss how to best introduce new products into manufacturing and meet cost targets for these products.
  

Education and Experience:  

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with two to five years related experience including design of HVAC mechanical systems and electrical circuitry.
• Proficient personal computer skills using, Solidworks, Emerson, and Sporlan Product Selectors, and Microsoft Office.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Sound knowledge and understanding of different manufacturing processes and materials.
• Proven ability to read, understand and generate complex engineering drawings and technical instructions or manuals.
• Must be able to generate and explain detailed schedules, performance and design objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to operate manual machine tools, small hand tools, power tools and test/inspection equipment;
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.

 Physical and Mental Requirements:

• High mental and visual attention required for planning difficult work methods and sequences to obtain size, shape, or physical qualities of product.  Ex. Analysis of vapor compression systems through use of computer and test laboratory. 
• Ability to stand, walk, talk, hear, use hands to finger, grasp, handle, or feel, push, pull, reach, crouch, kneel, crawl, or bend, and perform repetitive motions with hands and/or wrists.
• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently to move equipment in the test lab
• Required to use safety glasses, hearing protection, and gloves while performing specific tasks.

Air Innovations is an EEO employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of a person's race, religion, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, predisposing genetic characteristics or carrier status, arrest or conviction record, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally protected class or status.