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Paid time off, including in support of volunteer and parental leave needs.
Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support .
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Where is the work:This position has been designated as a Hybrid work schedule with work performed onsite 3 days each week.Job Summary:This Controls Application Engineer collaborates with Product Management and Engineering Development teams to deliver new products by assuring customer and business needs are satisfied.You will be directly involved with product development priorities, design details, and commercialization of HVAC Controls products. Your influence and ownership of this work drives better customer experiences, technician effectiveness, and sustainable business practices for Trane and its customers. The controls products you’ll be working on are at the heart of efficient, sustainable buildings everywhere.The focus of this position could be system or unit controls hardware and software. The specific responsibilities will be tailored based on the candidate’s expertise and the needs of the business.Responsibilities:
Serve as subject matter expert, primary decision maker, and owner of a controls project through the full development life cycle. Advocate customer and business needs and resolve technical, schedule, resource, and business constraints.
Compile and analyze customer and business needs with Product Management teams based on market research, competitive analysis, business strategies, and product roadmaps.
Conduct voice of customer activities with User Experience teams to identify customer, user, and business needs based on formal and informal activities.
Collaborate on product roadmaps and strategy with product management teams.
Author product requirements and build common understanding with product engineering and validation teams.
Author and review engineering documentation including System Requirements Documents, Feature Functional Documents, User Interface Design Documents, and Test Plans.
Collaborate with User Experience teams to develop user scenarios, user stories, personas, tasks flows, performance measurements, and usability tests.
Collaborate with engineering teams on concepts and feasibility for product designs.
Support product acceptance testing to assure product requirements and user needs are satisfied.
Manage field trial testing to assure product operates successfully in varied systems and real building environments prior to official release.
Support development of training modules, webinars, and user literature.
Present value propositions and feature overviews of products and systems in customer visits.
Teach technical audiences in our sales offices about controls products during the Controls Technical Update tour.
Teach internal audiences such as Product Support, Literature, Training, Product Communications, and Marketing about controls products.
Travel independently or in small teams to support sales offices and customers, up to 10-15%.
Qualifications:
Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in HVAC, Engineering, or related field is required.
Without a degree, at least 7 years of experience with Trane HVAC and/or controls is required. 3 years of experience in HVAC, Controls, or related building technologies is required. Knowledge and understanding of controls products and systems is preferred.
New product development experience in hardware or software is preferred.
Key Competencies:
Demonstrate building industry or facilities management experience with HVAC or BAS knowledge.
Demonstrate ability to cope with stress, change and pressure while maintaining a pleasant and cooperative manner.
Demonstrate a positive attitude and willingness to support others, especially when integrating with a new team.
Demonstrate critical thinking in decision making, organizing many topics, prioritizing work to align with business objectives, and exercising good judgment.
Communicate highly technical topics to non-technical users.
Communicate user needs to highly technical audiences.
Communicate compellingly to corporate stakeholders, sales offices, and end customers.
Communicate compellingly in both written and oral presentation methods.
Work regularly, dependably, independently, and accountably in a corporate culture.
Compensation:Base Pay Range: $90,000 - $110,000Total compensation for this role will include a commission/incentive plan. Disclaimer: This base pay range is based on US national averages. Actual base pay could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where the work is performed.Equal Employment Opportunity:We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.