NPD Lead Design Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead design execution for NPD projects from concept through production release.
• Own technical integrity and consistency of CAD models, drawings, BOMs, and configurations
• Coordinate and drive Engineering Change Notices (ECNs), including scope definition, checklist completion, and release sequencing.
• Resolve complex design and integration issues in collaboration with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Program teams.
• Provide day‑to‑day technical direction to onsite and offshore designers, including work assignment, review, and quality assurance.
• Ensure designs comply with engineering standards, drafting practices, and product development process requirements.
• Lead and participate in design reviews and cross‑functional technical discussions.
• Track design progress and communicate status, risks, and issues to stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement through lessons learned, best practices, and standard work adherence.
• Develops detailed design drawings and specifications for mechanical equipment, dies, tools, controls, and simple subassembly parts, using computer-assisted drafting (CAD) equipment.
• Senior individual contributor role (P3).
• Provides technical and task leadership to onsite and offshore designers without direct administrative people management responsibility.
• Works independently with minimal supervision
• Accountable for design quality, delivery, and execution for assigned NPD programs.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• 5+ years of product design experience in an engineering environment
• 3+ years working knowledge of PLM workflows and release processes.
• 3+ years CAD or 3D modeling experience.
• Able and available to work occasional evenings or early mornings based on global team needs and project requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Technology
• Proficiency with CREO for 3D modeling and drawing creation, including Windchill.
• Experience coordinating and reviewing work from offshore design resources.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and design for manufacturability principles
• Experience leading technical discussions and design reviews with multiple stakeholders.
• NPD or similarly complex development programs.
• Experience leading design work.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in cross‑functional teams.
• Experience in the HVAC industry.
• Industrial Machine Design experience.

Benefits

• Employees are eligible for benefits, including:
• Health Care benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; wellness incentives
• Retirement benefits
• Time Off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Healthcare Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

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• This position may be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Pay Range

• The annual salary for this position is $98,750–$138,250. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate.
• Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from Job Posting Date. Job Posting Date: 03/12/2026

Pay Range

• Job Number: 30200553
• Community / Marketing Title: NPD Lead Design Engineer

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• North Carolina, US

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