OEM Application Engineer - HVAC

Siemens; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Smart Infrastructure in Chennai seeks an Equipment Automation Application Engineer with deep expertise in HVAC equipment design and control programming to deliver tailored cooling solutions for OEM partners. You will work across sales and engineering to create and implement application software for the Climatix portfolio, focusing on data center cooling needs.

The role involves collaboration with global centers, developing new liquid cooling applications and driving successful customer

Qualifications

• 5+ years of HVAC equipment design, control programming, operation and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of energy codes, laws and specifications.
• Datacenter cooling applications expertise (CRAC/CRAH/CDU/immersion cooling) and related equipment.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• Up to 30% travel.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical customer consulting and application support for Siemens Climatix portfolio.
• Develop market requirements with Product Portfolio Manager for new product developments.
• Support OEM sales team as technical/application expert during customer meetings.
• Create technical onboarding plans for new customers and assist proposal development.
• Translate customer equipment sequences of operations into application code.
• Define test plans with test engineers and validate application code.
• Train customers on customization of delivered applications.
• Coordinate customization requests with customers and internal teams.
• Lead on-site implementation of Siemens products at customer facilities.
• Conduct trainings on product operation, features, and troubleshooting.
• Stay updated on data center application developments, especially liquid cooling.

Skills

HVAC design

Control programming

Datacenter cooling

Troubleshooting

Python

MATLAB

LabVIEW

HTML5/Angular

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

PLC programming (FDB/ST)

MATLAB

LabVIEW

HTML5/Angular

Python

Climatix Sapro or Automation

Job description

We're enhancing the way we live and work by intelligently connecting energy systems, buildings and industries!!

Smart infrastructure from Siemens makes the world a more connected and caring place – where resources are valued, where impact on the world is considered, where sustainable energy is delivered reliably and efficiently. It provides the flexible infrastructure to allow society to evolve and respond to changing conditions. Technology and the ingenuity of people come together to be at one with our environments and to care for our world. We do this from the macro to the micro level, from physical products, components and systems to connected, cloud-based digital offerings and services. Siemens offers a broad portfolio of grid control and automation; low- and medium-voltage power distribution, switching and control; and building automation, fire safety and security, HVAC control and energy solutions.

HVAC Application Engineers of the future!

Who designs your future? You do.

Our Culture:

At Siemens, we live and foster an ownership culture, in which every employee takes personal responsibility for our company's success. We trust and empower our leaders to act as owners, direct their teams, and innovate to succeed. We communicate openly and honestly to learn from our failures and celebrate our successes. We recognize individual and team achievements frequently. We invest in our team members, offering a wide variety of internal and external development opportunities.

What you will do for Siemens Smart Infrastructure:

As an Equipment Automation Application Engineer at Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Buildings, you are the expert in HVAC equipment that knows how to apply the Siemens product range to deliver solutions to meet unique OEM customer needs. Working in a multi-functional sales and development environment, you are responsible to provide technical customer consulting and application support for the Siemens Climatix portfolio, to meet our business goals: generate growth, build dedicated customer solutions, and maximize return on investment. You will help drive the overall process for application specification and development to ensure our OEM partners receive the best solution for their market requirements.

You will have the opportunity to work with leading Data Center OEMs across the world, developing solutions for cutting edge liquid cooling as well as air based solutions.

This position is based in Chennai

Responsibilities

The individual in this role will be responsible for supporting our global application centers with specific development of equipment applications for datacenters. This will cover legacy air application such as CRAC, CRAH, FWU, and also strongly focus on new applications around liquid cooling technology. You will Work with Product Portfolio Manager in establishing market requirements for new product developments

• Support OEM sales team as technical/application expert during customer meetings
• Develop technical on-boarding plan for new customers, in support of proposal development
• Use programming tools to translate customer equipment sequence of operations into application code
• Work with test engineers to define test plans and validate application code
• Train customers to enable customization of delivered applications
• Work with both customer and internal groups in support of identifying and resolving field issues
• Lead on-site implementation of Siemens product use within customer facilities
• Work directly with engineering and product management in coordinating custom requests by customers
• Conduct both customer and sales team trainings specific to product operation, feature/benefit, programming, installation, and troubleshooting
• Stay abreast with the latest developments in Data Center Applications particularly around liquid cooling

Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, And Experience

• 5+ years of recent experience with HVAC equipment design and control programming, operation and troubleshooting.
• Understanding related energy and industry-specific codes, laws and specifications.
• Strong knowledge of Datacenter Cooling applications, specifically on CRAH; CRAC, CDU, Immersion cooling equipment but also Chiller and Cooling towers…
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or equivalent work experience
• Up to 30% travel

Preferred Knowledge/Skills, Education And Experience

• PLC programming (e.g.: FDB, ST)
• MATLAB, LabVIEW
• Understanding HTML5, Angular and similar frameworks
• Python
• Climatix Sapro or Automation (not mandatory but would be a plus)

This role is based in Chennai,, where you’ll get the chance to work with teams impacting entire cities, countries – and the shape of things to come.

Make your mark in our exciting world of Siemens

We’re Siemens. A collection of over 379,000 minds building the future, one day at a time in over 200 countries. We're dedicated to equality and we welcome applications that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in across Gender, LGBTQ+, Abilities & Ethnicity. All employment decisions at Siemens are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Bring your curiosity and imagination, and help us shape tomorrow.

Find out more about Smart Infrastructure at: https://new.siemens.com/global/en/company/topic-areas/smart-infrastructure.html and about Siemens careers at: www.siemens.com/careers