Senior Optical Manufacturing Engineer
TE Connectivity
Assembly
Thermal Engineer III, R&D
EPTA GROUP
full-time
Posted on:
Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AssemblyPythonVBA
About the role
- Apply thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid dynamics to develop industry-leading refrigerated display cases.
- Perform thermal testing to support product development phases, including prototypes, performance optimization, and regulatory submissions.
- Support product evolution by enhancing performance, reducing material costs, and qualifying alternative components.
- Communicate thermal analysis results to guide product design and improvements.
- Identify and evaluate emerging technologies; propose innovations to refrigeration and air management components.
- Design and size evaporator coils, piping, and flow control components.
- Develop and execute test plans to qualify products against FDA, NSF, DOE, in-house, and customer requirements.
- Carry out qualification tests for refrigeration components and validate system performance.
- Anticipate regulatory changes and adapt test methods and design practices accordingly.
- Utilize CFD and heat transfer simulation tools (e.g., ANSYS Fluent, CFX, Siemens Simcenter) and CAD modeling tools (e.g., SolidWorks).
- Author protocols, SOPs, and technical documentation to support R&D Lab operations.
- Partner with design teams to surface defects early and propose corrective actions.
- Contribute to Design for Manufacturing, Design for Assembly, and Design to Cost initiatives.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning, teamwork, and respect within the R&D Lab.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with 6+ years of experience (or Master’s degree with 3+ years).
- 2+ years of experience in thermal-flow analysis preferred.
- Experience with CFD & HT tools (ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS CFX, Siemens Simcenter) preferred.
- Experience with data acquisition systems (LabView preferred).
- Experience with coding in Excel VBA, C++, or Python preferred.
- Experience with CAD modeling tools (SolidWorks preferred).
