Design Engineer I

Rheem Manufacturing Company; Montgomery (AL); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Rheem North America in Montgomery, AL is seeking a Design Engineer I to design, maintain and improve products within its North America operations. The role supports a hybrid schedule with in-office Monday-Thursday and remote Fridays, focusing on mechanical design and certification coordination.

You will analyze sketches, perform layouts, and coordinate engineering changes while ensuring compliance with agency standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field required.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistics.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills; able to work in a matrix team.
• Experience in appliance design and change processes preferred; understands certification standards.
• Proficient with SolidWorks and engineering software; occasional travel required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Analyze sketches, specs and data to determine design factors such as size and arrangement.
• Sketch layouts and compute dimensions, tolerances and locations of holes.
• Coordinate and verify engineering changes prior to release to production.
• Investigate design problems, document findings and implement improvements.
• Review designs for compliance with standards and customer requirements.
• Develop agency submittals and coordinate testing with labs.

Skills

Mechanical design

SolidWorks

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Engineering changes

MS Office Suite

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

MS Office

ANSYS/Fluent

MATLAB

Job description

Job Description

Design Engineer I uses engineering techniques to design, maintain, or improve new or existing products and/or components for engineering projects within the area of assigned responsibility.

This position will serve Rheem North America, located in Montgomery, AL (Hybrid). This role follows our hybrid work arrangement, with team members working in the office Monday through Thursday and remotely on Fridays.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes engineering sketches, specifications and related data and drawings to determine design factors such as size, shape and arrangement of parts.
• Sketches rough layouts and computes angles, weights, surface areas, dimensions, radii, clearances, tolerances, leverages and location of holes.
• Plan, coordinate, and check engineering changes prior to supervisory signature release to production.
• Investigate and troubleshoot product design related problems and opportunities, documenting findings and performing corrective/improvement changes.
• Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, agency standards, company standards and customer contract requirements, and related specifications.
• Develop agency certification submittals and coordinate available testing with internal and external laboratories.
• Develop evaluation test plans and coordinate with engineering designers and lab test engineers on test set-up, data acquisition, interpretation of data and means for achieving desired test results.
• Write detailed engineering reports with analysis and summary of findings that will be shared with other departments and archived for historical reference.
• Investigate pertinent factors such as inter-changeability, service requirements, and efficiency and agency requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating, and maintenance instructions and procedures.
• Ability to work with mathematic concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Strong reasoning and analytical skills (ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variable in situations)
• Experience in appliance design preferred.
• Experience in engineering/manufacturing change processes.Experience in working with governing certification standards and agencies preferred.
• Experience in manufacturing processes engineering and engineering computer systems including SolidWorks modeling software.
• Occasional travel required.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficient computer skills and in-depth knowledge of relevant software such as MS Office Suite.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with others in a matrix team environment.

How To Stand Out

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 0-2 years of experience in design and manufacture of products
• Knowledge of gas combustion principles.
• Knowledge of heat pump design and heat exchanger optimization.
• Knowledge of analysis & system development tools (e.g. ANSYS/Fluent, ANSYS/Mechanical, MATLAB, LabView, Pro/e, EnergyPlus, GT-SUITE, etc)

As a Leader At Rheem, How You Achieve Results Is As Important As The Results You Achieve. While LEADING SELF, You Will Be Expected To Demonstrate The Following Competencies And Behaviors

• Adapting
• Business Understanding
• Collaborating
• Communicating Effectively
• Continuously Improving
• Customer-Orientation
• Developing Self
• Focusing on Results
• Influencing
• Managing Relationships
• Managing Work
• Problem Solving & Decision Making

About Us

At Rheem, we engineer products for life. For home life. For work life. For the life of the planet we all share. Backed by over 100 years of expertise, we’re passionate about product innovation and boldly committed to sustainability. Our full line of global air and water solutions deliver reliable performance, comfort and energy savings for residential and commercial applications worldwide. From engineers to accountants, sales professionals to support experts, Rheem depends on people to power our innovations. Join Rheem and help shape the future of products that impact lives—every day.

Our Behavior Based Values Set Us Apart

• Listening to Understand – Open mind, learning from others, accepting feedback, embracing the objective
• Contributing Respectfully - Sharing opinions, valuing ideas, sharing opposing perspectives with respect
• Thinking Creatively – Applying creativity, seeking improvements, understanding from the customers’ lens
• Acting with Responsibility – Owning decisions and actions, acting with integrity, embracing accountability

Rheem is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Rheem encourages all qualified candidates to apply, including those of any race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The job description above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equivalent combination of education, experience, and skills may supplement above minimum job requirements.

For U.S. Based jobs, please note that Rheem is unable to hire candidates to be employed in the following states: Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, or Vermont.

Rheem and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee.