Associate Mechanical Engineer — HVAC Product Sustainment

Carrier; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 53,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Retirement benefits

Time off and leave

Disability insurance

Life Insurance and AD&D

Tax-advantaged accounts

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Carrier Global Corporation seeks an Associate Engineer, Mechanical Engineering, to support sustaining efforts for Residential Gas Furnace products in a collaborative cross-functional setting. You will contribute to product maintenance, testing, and continuous improvement across lifecycle stages.

You will work alongside product development, manufacturing, and quality teams, gaining exposure to HVAC product design, validation, and factory operations while developing core engineering expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology required or Associates with 4 years engineering experience.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills are essential.
• Demonstrated initiative, curiosity, and desire to learn in a collaborative engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Support sustaining engineering activities for Residential Gas Furnace products throughout the product lifecycle.
• Assist with engineering change requests, bill of materials maintenance, and drawing revisions.
• Execute laboratory and product validation testing per established procedures.
• Analyze test results relative to requirements and test objectives.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Product Management, and Supply Chain teams.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation including reports and test plans.

Skills

Analytical ability

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology

Associates degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology with 4 years of engineering experience

Job description

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About this role

Carrier's North America Residential HVAC Engineering organization is seeking an Associate Engineer, Mechanical Engineering, to support the Sustaining Engineering team for Residential Gas Furnace products. This position provides a unique opportunity to work alongside product development engineers, manufacturing personnel, laboratory technicians, and quality professionals in a co-located engineering, laboratory, and manufacturing environment supporting gas furnace products sold across North America.

The Associate Engineer will contribute to product maintenance, engineering changes, product testing, quality improvement, manufacturing support, and continuous improvement initiatives throughout the product lifecycle. This role offers broad exposure to product design, laboratory validation, factory operations, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced engineering environment while developing technical expertise in HVAC products, product lifecycle engineering, and engineering fundamentals.

Key Responsibilities

• Support sustaining engineering activities for Residential Gas Furnace products throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support product and process improvements focused on quality, reliability, manufacturability, safety, and cost.
• Assist with engineering change requests, engineering change notices, specification updates, bill of material maintenance, and drawing revisions.
• Execute laboratory and product validation testing for systems, subsystems, and components using established test procedures.
• Analyze and document test results relative to product requirements, specifications, and test objectives.
• Support investigations of field, factory, supplier, and customer issues and assist manufacturing teams in resolving product and process-related challenges.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Product Management, Supply Chain, Service, and Product Development teams to support product improvements and issue resolution.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation including reports, specifications, test plans, and technical presentations.
• Participate in root cause analysis and continuous improvement projects focused on quality, reliability, manufacturability, safety, and cost.
• Assist in evaluating alternate components, materials, and design solutions through testing and engineering analysis.
• Communicate technical findings, project status, opportunities, and risks to engineering and cross-functional teams.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering technology.
• OR
• Associates degree in Engineering or Engineering technology with 4 years of engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated initiative, curiosity, and desire to learn in a collaborative engineering environment.
• Demonstrated ability to collect, analyze, and communicate technical data through academic, internship, project, or work experience.
• Mechanical Engineering experience
• Internship, co-op, laboratory, manufacturing, or product development experience.
• Exposure to HVAC systems, combustion systems, thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid flow, controls, or electromechanical products.
• Familiarity with engineering drawings, engineering documentation, and bill of material management practices.
• Exposure to root cause analysis, Lean, or continuous improvement methodologies.

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $53,000.00 - $106,000.00 annually. 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. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation

Thisposition may be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

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 leave; military leave; purchased vacation

• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

• Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is 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, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days fromJobPosting Date: 19 October 2026

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