R&D Engineer – Retail AC Team

Location: Louisville,Kentucky,United States

Midea America Corp. is a U.S. subsidiary within Midea Group, the Fortune 500 giant known for making life easier for millions around the globe. As the world’s top maker of home appliances, Midea is proud of its 166,000+ employees and presence in 200+ countries, including here in the U.S.

Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., with an innovation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, Midea America provides practical innovations that surprise and delight, creating moments to cherish at home.

Midea's lineup of appliances - from refrigerators to air conditioners, laundry solutions and floor care - are high quality, reliable, and affordable. By thoughtfully engineering performance, convenience, and design into every product, Midea delivers on the promise of every appliance. 

This new position will focus on R&D activities for the Retail AC team. This will include designing and prototyping new concepts and designs, as well as advanced development and future innovation for these product categories. This is a full-time position. Some domestic and international travel is required.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with international R&D team regarding product design, problem-solving, and new concept development.
• Be an integral part of the product planning and future innovation roadmap process.
• Take a hands-on approach regarding advanced development and prototyping to prove feasibility.
• Participate in weekly R&D calls with international design team – following up on action items, etc.
• Potentially help lead university research projects and be a major sponsor/advocate for new projects related to these product categories.
• Work independently and with a small team to recommend product improvements, new features, etc. based on product feedback, reviews, and consumer research.
• Be a major contributor to the intellectual property strategy and roadmap for these product families.
• Lead competitive analysis and teardowns – including technology offerings, features, performance data, etc.
• Ability to travel domestically & internationally.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with technical teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to organize/execute a strategy.
• Experience with component and system level reliability testing.
• Goal-oriented & self-managed.
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment.
• Knowledge of and experience with standard fabrication tools & prototyping methods.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in engineering.
• History of working with global colleagues.
• Previous experience with HVAC, packaged terminal air conditioner experience strongly preferred.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive benefit package, to learn more, please visit Careers Page (midea.com).